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 12:16:23
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answer #1
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answered by apicole 4
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Satan, according to Judeo-Christian theology, is a prosecuting attourney for God. He weeds out the wicked and unpure. He helps God to uncover those who would not follow His every command. Thus, Satan is already good. Besides, not even God is all-good.
Isaiah 45:6-7:
"...I am the LORD and there is none else. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace an create evil. I the LORD do all these things." (KJV)
Job 9:22-23:
"...[God] destroys both the blameless and the wicked. When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent." (i.e. laughs at the suffering of the victim)
Lamentations 3:37-38:
"Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?"
Satan only became a devil in Christianity. But even that is nothing more than a misinterpretation of the text.
2007-01-09 18:51:11
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answer #2
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answered by Wisdom Lies in the Heart 3
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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 11:37:14
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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SATAN NEVER GIVES AND INCH
Rev.20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
He has 7,130 years from Eden. All Possible that was LOST is SAVED.
2007-01-09 18:56:35
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answer #4
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answered by jeni 7
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Satan is the mind of man turned away from God. That is, turned away from virtue and the commandments. Turn ones mind toward God and that is one less satan in the world.
2007-01-09 18:55:03
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answer #5
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answered by regmor12 3
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When King George W confesses to crimes against humanity and begs for forgiveness from of the people of the world.
2007-01-09 18:53:09
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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Never
"But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur." -Revelation 19:20
*The "two of them" refers to Satan(the beast) and the antichrist(the false prophet)
2007-01-09 18:52:54
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answer #7
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answered by c8lin 2
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When we stop fighting among ourselves, and he has nobody else to lead any fights. Then he will have no choice but to repent and change or live in solitary.
2007-01-09 18:52:06
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answer #8
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answered by David G 6
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All evil will some day surcome to God's goodness!! It depends on the religion! Some religions think the devil will go to hell with all his followers in the end!
2007-01-09 18:53:52
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answered by September Sweetie 5
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never satan is the soul of evil without him good would have no meaning
2007-01-09 18:51:42
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answered by Anonymous
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