"Evil and the devil do not exist. What people consider evil is really ignorance. Hitler was not an evil man. He was just so incredibly ignorant that he was practically retarded at a spiritual level."
Think about it, if you we're God just for a few seconds what would be your first act? A person was asked this and said he/she would elimate evil and satan.
Maybe evil is just ignorance? If God loves evil creature why would he allow them the fate of Hell? What do you think?
2007-01-16 12:26:04 · 9 answers · asked by Rain. 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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
2007-01-17 03:49:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is such a thing as evil and satan. You do not know that evil and the devil do not exist, and you do not know that it is really ignorance, but you are stating it as such, as is your right. Hitlers actions, are bad, and evil, and we know this, and even you know, because you know how you would feel if that were your loved one, he cooked in an oven, for example. Your reaction would prove that you disaprove and think him evil and bad. You would want justice. You mention spiritual levels......this means you believe in spirituality and things good, correct? What is the opposite of that, if I may ask? Would it still be good? All of us, would have mercy, if a truly retarded person hurt our child by accident, we would not have so much mercy on a sane person, that just chose to hurt. This proves there is a difference from mental retardation and evil, or ignorance.
2007-01-16 15:58:34 · answer #2 · answered by oceansnsunsets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes evil and Satan do exist. Hitler may of said that he was christian but he wasn't. A lot of people say they are but they really aren't . A true christian has love and compassion
2007-01-16 12:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by suzy-Q 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your right, God allows them the fate of heaven or hell. Its up to the person to make that choice. God will never force himself on anyone. He loves everyone, he created everyone, and he gave his creation a choice. The devil was created by God and was cast out because of his arrogance. He wanted to BE god. Anyway, that's what I think.
2007-01-16 12:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by psst.... its me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in evil. The universe is one big gray area. Think about it. Can you think of a time when something considered "evil" might actually be a good thing? Is it "evil" to murder someone who is about to kill you? Is it "evil" to steal medicine if lack of it will kill your child?
Evil and sin are human constructs that don't have anything to do with the way the universe actually works.
2007-01-16 12:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by Huddy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible tells us about Satan and evil.
2007-01-16 13:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance means lack of education, surely you aren't suggesting that Hitler's extermination of 8 million people was just from ignorance!
2007-01-16 12:32:24 · answer #7 · answered by jack w 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's evil all right, and you know it.
There is no "Devil" or "Satan" however. It's a Christian construct used to frighten children and as something to blame when "good Christians" do bad things.
2007-01-16 12:34:07 · answer #8 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Evil is a quality.
Satan is a myth.
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2007-01-16 12:29:48 · answer #9 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋