its just man and his need for not taking responsailaty for his actoins thats given rise to the stories being changed I bealev hes real and I beleave he is the one who tempts us but does it make sese to say he is eveil NO why would God give the job of testing our faith and devotion to him to an eveil creature we would be getting tempted by something or some one else if not satan cause the LORD wants true love from the hearts of man those we have to no that we can say no other wise its not true love and worship DOES FREE WILL mean anything to any one?
2007-03-10 05:20:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible teaches that Satan is a fallen angel. Scripture sees in this being a fallen angel, called "Satan" or the "devil". (Cf. Jn 8:44; Rev 12:9)
Satan was at first a good angel, made by God: "The devil and the other demons were indeed created naturally good by God, but they became evil by their own doing."
Scripture speaks of a sin of these angels. (2 Pet 2:4) This "fall" consists in the free choice of these created spirits, who radically and irrevocably rejected God and his reign.
The devil "has sinned from the beginning"; he is "a liar and the father of lies." (1 Jn 3:8; Jn 8:44)
It is the irrevocable character of their choice, and not a defect in the infinite divine mercy, that makes the angels' sin unforgivable. "There is no repentance for the angels after their fall, just as there is no repentance for men after death."
Scripture witnesses to the disastrous influence of the one Jesus calls "a murderer from the beginning," who would even try to divert Jesus from the mission received from his Father. (Jn 8:44; cf. Mt 4:1-11)
"The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil." (1 Jn 3:8)
The power of Satan is, nonetheless, not infinite.
He is only a creature, powerful from the fact that he is pure spirit, but still a creature.
He cannot prevent the building up of God's reign.
With love in Christ.
2007-03-10 05:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Satan was created by man to take the blame for our actions. Same way that confession is a way for Catholics to be absolved of hideous crimes. (or the same sin each week) and still get into Heaven without even passing go. darn there goes that $200.00!
Fables, myths, hocus pocus ----all created by man for control, domination, justification for slaughter and war......believe in the Higher Power in your heart. You're right - people need to take responsibility for their own actions. They're too lazy and afraid to---much easier to blame the 'evil of the devil, shoot yee-ha, can I get an amen?'
2007-03-10 05:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by Virgo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i agree with you in the first part, "its just man and his need for not taking responsailaty for his actoins", but to say that satan is not evil is one of the craziest paradoxes iv ever heard
2007-03-10 05:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by u r my friend 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I kind of think the same way as you but as you said god created all of us with some characteristics so... I think Satan is not as evil as people tell him to be.
2007-03-10 05:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Utkarsh S 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
satan is the father of lies and there is no truth in him. period.
its good that you believe satan exists.
but please do believe that he wants to destroy ur life with his evil tactics
2007-03-10 12:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by sylll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he isn't evil, why is he always tempting us to do evil?
2007-03-10 05:24:52 · answer #6 · answered by Gerry 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. Non-existent things can't be evil.
2007-03-10 05:25:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i kinda get what you are saying, however the BIBLE Says, He comes to steal, kill and destroy, that sounds evil to me!
2007-03-10 05:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by Thelaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does punctuation marks mean anything to you?
2007-03-10 05:23:56 · answer #9 · answered by Kings Child 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is real and He is evil.
2007-03-10 05:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋