Without one, the other wouldn't exist.
2007-01-07 16:48:45 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Don't give me the "not all people" treatment, because you could never imply "ALL people" in a question like this. I didn't say all people, so don't think you would be correcting me. You wouldn't even be answering my question if you did so. Thank you.
2007-01-07 16:50:50 · update #1
I am referring to some atheists I know and don't know but heard from.
2007-01-07 16:51:57 · update #2
true non believers and true atheists do not.
2007-01-07 16:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by jen 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First of all, which God would you be refering to? I assume it's the Christian one, since you refer to Satan.
Since Satan and the Christian God are two sides of the coin of Christianity, you can't have one without the other. Thus, if a person does not believe in the Christian God, they cannot believe in the existence of Satan. If a person does not believe an certain entity exists, they really cannot "encourage the belief" of that entity.
Besides, of all the non-Christian people I've talked to, whether they be atheists, agnostics or believers in the many, many other deities, not one of them has attempted to "encourage the belief of Satan."
Your question does not make sense and is based on faulty assumptions. The faulty assumption you make it that everyone is really a Christian at heart, though some are "lapsed." You assume that everyone's theology is based on Christian theology. That is simply not the case.
2007-01-08 01:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Jesacat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Untrue.
Just because someone doesn't believe in your version of the creator doesn't mean they are encouraging evil. It merely means they are looking at it from a different angle you don't understand. With a wee bit of research on your part, you'd realize they are very very much the same, just a different place, people and time.
And atheists - who choose not to acknowledge any version - don't run about advocating evil.
If your church tells you this, then you might wish to find a new church that actually practices your religion, not makes a farce of it.
The ONLY people I see advocating, invoking and calling upon satan are Christians so worried about others they don't see how they stopped calling on their god and started calling on his adversary instead.
2007-01-08 00:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The only people I've heard encouraging the belief in Satan are the Satanists--and most of them revere Satan as a metaphor for rebellion against conformist thought. Who are you referring to?
2007-01-08 00:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I've never known anyone to encourage the belief in Satan. I think the character of Satan is a dumbass.
2007-01-08 00:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't say I have ever encouraged the belief in Satan.
2007-01-08 00:51:38 · answer #6 · answered by haiku_katie 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Satanism isn't about belief in Satan. Do a bit of research before you pretend to know anything about it.
2007-01-08 04:48:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pagans , Wiccians, Witches, Buddhists and others do not believe in the Christian/Jewish Idea of SATAN or GOD. but they do believe that there is good and evil in the world.
2007-01-08 00:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't encourage the belief in any silly superstitious stuffings. Neither exist.
2007-01-08 00:50:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
most that void god do the same for the rest as well I'll even go so far as to deny the supernatural entirely..your right neither exist.
Peace out
2007-01-08 00:55:20 · answer #10 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What are you talking about? People who enjoy their lives aren't doing it for "Satan". They're doing it for themselves. Gosh, you really are a simple creature.
2007-01-08 00:59:41 · answer #11 · answered by Autumn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋