2007-03-28 08:59:41 · 18 answers · asked by YippyYahQQ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you think dick cheney has superpowers?
2007-03-28 09:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by music junkie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan is at least the handmaiden of God, if you will. It's ridiculous to pretend that he's a "rebel." If we grant that God is omniscient and omnipotent, it's obviously impossible for any lesser being to rebel against Him. So we have to chalk Satan's fall and the fall of man up to God's plan. Hence God is ultimately responsible for the "evil" in the world, and there's no getting away from it!
Of course, this is just an attack on Christian dogma. I'm just taking their premises and showing why they're absurd when carried to their conclusions. I don't actually believe in God or Satan, at least in the vulgar orthodox sense. I say this specifically because "Christians," in their blockheaded way, often think that I'm "attacking God," when I'm really just attacking stupid human ideas.
Note the standard claptrap about how Satan is the "prosecuting attorney," but we have Jesus as our "public defender," etc. Again, human ideas projected onto a cosmic scale.
2007-03-28 16:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally, Satan was an Angel of God. His heavenly name was Lucifer. As a matter of fact, he was also the most revered and beautiful of God's angels. The term "satan", however, did actually mean "devil". Satan is a Hebrew word that can be used as a noun or a verb and can refer to anyone who is an enemy.
He is not God. He is not A god. He was an angel who rebelled against the throne causing his banishment.
2007-03-28 16:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he is a god - he's described as such in 2 Corinthians 4:4 - he rules this earth - see 1 John 5:19. People worship him, which makes him a god. Yes he is a fallen angel, and angels have greater power than humans - we can see what Satan did to Job in the book of Job. However, he's just not as powerful as God, and he will be destroyed.
2007-03-28 16:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by north_lights20 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The lord says there are two gods; the father of truth and the father of lies. Satan was an angel who used to serve God and God favored him until Lucifer wanted to be God. God gave power to Lucifer and to every angel before any of them turned against God. God sent Satan and 1/3 of the bad angels out to earth to roam in darkness until man was made. Satan- the devil; is the leader of the fallen spirits which were once angels have power and are against God and humans.
2007-03-28 16:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by alexd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude. The gods of Rome had NO power. Where do you get that? It's called Mythology for a reason.
The devil (satan) is a fallen angel, and what fundamentalist EVER put him on a level with God? Get your facts straight! Satan is like the prosecuting attorney in that he'd like every sinner everywhere to share in his fate (hell) and accuses them day and night before God. But we do have an advocate (Jesus) Who stands as the "public defender" if you will, to mediate between the redeemed and God.
2007-03-28 16:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by hoff_mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Satan is the god of this wicked system Jesus Christ refered to him as being the ruller of the world.
1John 5:19 " The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."
But this power is only for a limited period of time and is only by the toleration of Jehovah, who is God Almighty.
Zeph 1:14 "THE GREAT DAY OF JEHOVAH IS NEAR."
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2007-03-28 17:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Vivimos en los Ultimos Dias 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is not a god he is an fallen angel. His only real power is to lie and he is very good at it. He has lied to a lot of people into believing that he doesn't exist.
2007-03-28 16:03:46 · answer #8 · answered by logank1469 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
According to the Qur'an (the basic source of Islamic belief), when God created Adam (pbuh) and directed the assembly of angels to prostrate before Adam (pbuh), Iblis - a Jinn - was also present in the court. All the angels obediently prostrated before Adam (pbuh). However, Iblis - the Jinn - arrogantly refused to do so. This, obviously, was a transgression on the part of Iblis. It was this transgression of Iblis that made him deserving of the name 'Al-Shaitaan'[1] (the Satan). As a result of this transgression, God turned Iblis out of His court and sentenced him to punishment. However, Iblis asked God for respite till the Day of Judgment and declared that because God had turned him out of his court and had sentenced him to punishment because of man, he would therefore always be an enemy to man. He, and those who become his agents, would do all that they can to turn man away from the path of God and as a consequence, suffer the everlasting punishment of hellfire..
Thus, according to the Islamic belief, Iblis - the Satan - is neither a fallen angel, as the Christians believe, nor an agent of God. Islam introduces Iblis as a Jinn, who by his freewill opted to disobey God and transgress. God allowed Satan respite from punishment till an appointed time and gave him the authority only to the extent of suggesting evil to man. Iblis and his agents[2] - from among jinn as well as men - cannot force man into evil. They, however, can incite man to do what is against God's commandments and thereby lose the path of eternal success.
It should be kept in mind that the basic scheme of things in giving man life, according to the Qur'an, was to test him by giving him authority to choose between 'good' and 'evil'. It is, in fact, the incorrect use of this authority, which results in evil. It seems that the Jinn are also given the same authority. Iblis became 'the Satan' for no other reason except for using this freedom of choice for the wrong end.
2007-03-28 16:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by lisa 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Satan is a fallen angel. And his powers are extremely limited compared to God's.
2007-03-28 16:05:07 · answer #10 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, he is not a God but he was a heavenly being at one point in time so he would naturally have had some powers that man does not have. But he is still less than God.
2007-03-28 16:05:40 · answer #11 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋