2007-03-22 01:46:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It could be.
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
2007-03-22 02:00:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The hebrew term "Yetzer ra" is the selfish nature, the desire to satisfy personal needs (food, shelter, sex, etc.)
The yetzer ra is not a bad thing. It was created by G-d, and all things created by G-d are good. The Talmud notes that without the yetzer ra (the desire to satisfy personal needs), man would not build a house, marry a wife, beget children or conduct business affairs. But the yetzer ra can lead to wrongdoing when it is not controlled by the yetzer tov. There is nothing inherently wrong with hunger, but it can lead you to steal food. There is nothing inherently wrong with sexual desire, but it can lead you to commit rape, adultery, incest or other sexual perversion.
The yetzer ra is generally seen as something internal to a person, not as an external force acting on a person. The idea that "the devil made me do it" is not in line with the majority of thought in Judaism. Although it has been said that Satan and the yetzer ra are one and the same, this is more often understood as meaning that Satan is merely a personification of our own selfish desires, rather than that our selfish desires are caused by some external force.
People have the ability to choose which impulse to follow: the yetzer tov or the yetzer ra. That is the heart of the Jewish understanding of free will. The Talmud notes that all people are descended from Adam, so no one can blame his own wickedness on his ancestry. On the contrary, we all have the ability to make our own choices, and we will all be held responsible for the choices we make.
2007-03-22 01:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's because of evolution, in prehistoric times it was pretty hard to get some food, so if you would find a generous source you would eat until you couldn't anymore. Especially fat and sugary food, because it would be stored as fat you would be able to use in times when there was a shortage.
Since evolution works very slow people still act like that today
2007-03-22 01:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Steven Z 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you really have a problem with this don't you? This seems to be a recurring theme in your questions.
No, it is not Satan who tempts us, it is our own flesh, a mishmash of chemicals that don't do what they are supposed to and cause the desire to eat.
Sort of the same way you have been unable to control your tongue and you ask rude questions. Yeah, sort of like that.
2007-03-22 01:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not Satan. People that can not stop eating have difficulty in producing the enzymes known as 'leptids'. They are what tells the brain that they are already full and to stop eating.
2007-03-22 01:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, you have no one to blame but yourself. Satan isnt interested in how obese you become. Try high fiber fresh veggies and fruit. This might stop you from wanting to be in the fridge all day.
Get thee to a dietician, and possibly a psychiatrist.
2007-03-22 01:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Sionainn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit blaming Satan for your own weaknesses. It makes it too easy for you to not own up to your own problems.
2007-03-22 01:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by Chloe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my husband says that it is not Satan, it is the little demon that sits on your shoulder (the angel on the other shoulder is apparently sleeping) that constantly says, "Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!) lol....Everytime he and I go work out together, we look at each other and say, "Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat!" ~ Kinda like repetitive Chinese water torture...you will eventually give in :P
2007-03-22 01:53:59 · answer #8 · answered by Cinna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no your mind is tempting you we were created with personal choice. You make the choice to do it.
2007-03-22 01:50:05 · answer #9 · answered by ♫Rock'n'Rob♫ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. That would be your fault. It is by habbit we do it.
2007-03-22 01:53:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋