Ok so this God was a feathered serpent. Satan was a serpent in the garden of Eden. Satan was also a fallen angel. (wings) This God had those who believed in him do some pretty nasty things to each other. Just a thought...
2007-06-08 06:24:16 · 12 answers · asked by Edward V 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Doh I meant "WAS possibly Satan". My bad.
2007-06-08 06:25:26 · update #1
Oh I see, so a deity that was on the other side of the world, not even known about to those who wrote the bible, was just similar, but not Satan.
And that's right, Satan would only exist to those in Europe, not the Americas.
Is this what you are saying? Come on give me better answers than that!
2007-06-08 06:33:48 · update #2
LOL I know Satan is a myth. Wouldn't this help those who did believe in him to say, "Oh look! He was in America too!"? Instead they are arguing that it is not possible and in turn are helping to reinforce that their own beliefs are false. If Satan were real he would be all over the world, yes? Come on someone prove me wrong with intelligent arguments like the dates were wrong, etc... Come on now
I especially like that tool saying I am insulting Aztecs, thats great!
2007-06-08 06:45:38 · update #3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Quetzalcoatl_telleriano.jpg
Yes he looks very very peaceful. LMAO. That was off the exact site you gave me! I like your argument though =)
2007-06-08 06:48:07 · update #4
Now, c'mon. EVERY snake-creature across the world has to be Satan because the Bible mentioned a serpent?
If you read about him, you'll notice that aside from the serpentine form, Questzalcoatl has nothing else in common with Satan - and in fact has a good deal in common with a Jesus figure. He's a benefactor, who is appealed to provide rain and corn. He's a god of resurrection and new life, he's a creator of mankind.
While most Mayans practiced ritual sacrfice, some sects of Quezalcoatl were opposed to it - and they were the only ones. In fact one high priest was essentially banished from his civilization because of his peaceful teachings.
Study the stories before you decide which figure he's really connected with.
2007-06-08 06:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible? Yes. It's also possible that my coffee mug is Satan too.
This is ultimately a question you have to answer for yourself. There are people who believe that ALL deities other than God are really Satan in disguise. I disagree, but that is certainly an opinion out there.
In terms of your particular arguments, I would like to suggest a couple counterpoints. First, there are millions and millions of deities and other supernatural entities among all the religions of the world. The fact that you can find some similarities between a few should be expected. That's just plain and simple odds.
Second, the Bible never states that the serpent in the Garden was Satan. That is something that some people presume (it is also written in the Koran) but it is not Biblical.
Lots of entities have wings. By that argument, it seems as likely that Quetzalcoatl was an angel. (not that I'm endorsing that position either.)
2007-06-08 13:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The winged serpent quetzalqoatl was a pagan construct and as such I don't believe there was a spiritual connection to Satan in the Bible but it is an interesting parallel.
2007-06-08 13:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see your logic, however; the images we see in the bible were not the original images used. The whole angels have wings thing didn't come about until the dark ages. In fact, genesis says god said "let us make man in OUR image" probably refering to the angelic hosts. Satan is a generic term for a "demonic" creature. It comes from Sumarian folk lore, a kind of boogie man to get their children to behave. Lucifer would have looked like any of the other angels as that's what he started as.
2007-06-08 13:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is also possible among Christian and Muslims. It is possible anywhere and everywhere with or without feather. Aren't religions at present doing pretty nasty things against each others too? Killing each other in the name of God?
On the other hand, all of them have been teaching also what is good for mankind don't they? So, evil is a man's gift to himself because he is the one that destroys what is good.
2007-06-08 13:34:25 · answer #5 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those two were once one of the greatest civilizations at their time, Quetzacoatl was suppossed to return but never did. I climbed the Pyramid of "El Catillo" in Chichen Itza and thats dedicated to the God Kukulcan, he's a winged serpent and on the soltices it appears that a snake is climbing down the pyramid steps, simply amazing, the idea of sacrifice to the Gods was not of Queztacoatl's doing, but of Toltec influence.
2007-06-08 13:33:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A guy I saw on the street the other day was wearing a turban and had a beard and mustache. He looked like Osama bin Laden, but was he?
It's possible, sure. Anything's possible.
2007-06-08 13:30:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good golly, no!
Completely different mythologies, man.
Sometimes gods who are similar are simply adaptions and synchretizations of each other, but the civilizations at least need contact for that to happen.
2007-06-08 13:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Minh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan doesn't exist. He is a fantasy created by christians for social control. To instill fear in their followers.
2007-06-08 13:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by Amy 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Are you trying to insult the Aztecs?
2007-06-08 13:34:28 · answer #10 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋