In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-12-24 15:12:36
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answered by Anonymous
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To see Satan you have to enter a religious trance. As each trance differs from any others it is impossible to describe with words what your "third eye" has seen because we here talk of something that is immaterial.
NOW if you want another kind of vision, watch the movie "Bedazzled" featuring Liz Hurley as an attractive devil !
2006-12-23 22:39:49
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answered by jacquesh2001 6
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No one can see real satan, except the satan alone.
but I think I often saw satan in TV and others media mass in Human form, such as bush and anyone that do the bad thing, such as terorism.. but remember religion is not terorist.
2006-12-23 22:37:54
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answered by dolla 2
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Satan looks just like everybody else, and OOOOH, I'm scared of you. Hope you feel better in the morning.
2006-12-23 22:34:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Truthfully, he was the most beautiful of Gods angels, before the Fall....He can appear as still the most beautiful angel if he choose too and he can appear as anyone or anything that he wants....So all who have seen him...have seen something different....
2006-12-24 00:07:22
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answered by Mechelle C 3
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He looks like Rosie O'Donnell
2006-12-23 22:38:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Oh go take your meds, you forgot again.
2006-12-23 23:19:46
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answered by cereal_killer034 5
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He can spell, and by the way, he's never heard of you.
2006-12-23 22:38:17
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answered by Anonymous
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You are in the wrong category!!!
2006-12-24 03:58:00
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answered by Randy 7
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yeah your mama likes satan doesnt she.
2006-12-23 22:43:28
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answered by Dhillon 4
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