God created everything, so isn't Satan apart of god? So wouldn't that mean that god it evil or has pride and what not. Since "All" Comes from him. Doesn't that mean that god is both god and evil?
2007-01-09 05:46:03 · 11 answers · asked by ArchAngel Raziel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Somehow, it doesn't.
I've never understood that either.
It's yet another contradiction....
2007-01-09 05:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Light exists. Darkness is non-existence, it is the non-existence of light.
There is no planet sending us darkness. There is a planet sending us light. Light has a physical source. Darkness has none. A room "full of darkness" can be transformed in an instant by just flicking a switch and all the darkness in the universe can do nothing about it.
This analogy can be used to show that what we call bad or evil is just the absence of good. For example to be cruel is considered bad. But cruelty is the absence of a moral quality which is kindness.
Cruelty is not caused by an unknown or malefic force it is only the absence of a moral virtue which is kindness.
Satan or the Devil were pedagogical notions used to educate humanity when it was in it's infancy.
In many countries small children are warned not to walk into the darkness because there is a malefic force or person hidden in the darkness. An adult knows that this is not true however this is used to warn the child that he could get hurt if he walks in the darkness without seeing where he goes. A child can not understand a more elaborate or abstract reason. But if we tell the same story to the same child when he is grown up he will certainly laugh at the notion.
2007-01-12 20:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by apicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. 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
2007-01-10 11:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well according to the Belief and Teachings everything was created by him. If a thing does not exist (or had never been created) there would be no concept of it or ability to choose so therefore, yes.
The argument does exist that states without it's opposite a thing cannot exist, that without evil, good becomes meaningless. Something to think about.
2007-01-09 14:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you get many answers on this, you must first define evil and good.
What defines the two is conscience.
While most would say that it is evil to be naked in the front of strangers, Eve and Adam were naked and never had a problem with it until they ate of the forbidden tree of KNOWLEDGE of good and evil.
Then their eyes were opened.
The acts themselves may be good, but the evil comes with the knowledge that it should not be by OUR understanding.
2007-01-09 14:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by Honesty is the best policy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, God created beings with the free will to be either good or evil.. Is our choice, we are not born evil by nature.
2007-01-09 13:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God created everything yes, is God evil? NO
Satan made his choice to rebel against God.
It is not the role of the created to ask why to the Creator, we wouldn't understand anyway. He is super natural and we are just plain natural.
2007-01-09 13:54:51 · answer #7 · answered by Droppinshock 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, it means that God created genuinely free beings.
2007-01-09 13:51:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your premise is a bit of stretch.
About the only thing you can make of things for sure, is that God is ultimately responsible for all that he created.
That's also one of the main reasons he sent his son Jesus, to save us.
2007-01-09 14:35:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually that should mean exactly what you said
2007-01-09 13:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Yulia 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋