satan? just a thought.?

Question

so dont get mad.
have you ever stop to think maybe satan was the true god? this could explain why the world is so messed up. you know just the way it is except god is lower. once again im not trying to put anyone or your god down. this is just a thought that came to me. how do you feel about this?

oh i also am atheist. i was just curious.

Stand-up Philosopher:
not quite what i meant but i get your idea.
it was more of what if god was son to satan and he rebeled for a better outcome instead of the negative one satan wanted.

tenshigirl35:
i dont believe in god or satan it was just a curiousity. satan has never made me do anything. and neither will your god.

chieko:
i dont think there is more good then evil in this world. evil is everywhere you can only keep positive for so long till someone comes around and shows you a new one to murder or hurt someone. take a look at the news. every time i glance at the tv someone is either drinking and driving, dieing, or hurting kids. i want to contribute to a positive world but support is rare. no one has time for anything this is why i want to become a teacher so i can teach yes you are the future and yes you can make a difference.

Answer 1

This is what Marcionism and several gnostic sects of Christianity taught in the 1st and 2nd centuries.

Many early Christians had trouble reconciling Jesus's message of "love and peace" with the Old Testament's message of "smash the babies of unbelievers against rocks and cut open their pregnant women with swords (Hosea 13:16)."

This type of question is not at all unreasonable. You should be proud of yourself for asking it. And ignore the ignorant masses that responded to you negatively.

Answer 2

that thought might make sense if one believed that more evil existed than good in the world. and it is also true that satan has been called the ruler of this world.

but your statement makes no sense at all, because if satan was god, it would be torment for everyone, all the time, without ending. we would have no hope, no happiness, no capacity to even dream or to love...

Answer 3

No. Satan has no power except the deception over ourselves. He can make people love the messed up stuff in the world, but God can't explain anything to us because we prefer to live by Satan's will. (And I admire your repeated respect, so ups to you.) But no. There is no way God could be Satan. Satan has no power. There could be no good things in the world without God.

Answer 4

hope i dont offend anyone but bieng a kid who loves rock i welcome satan as my new overlord, never liked god anyways he never awnserd my prayers and if he was the true god and a good person how come the world sucks so much but then again if the world didnt suck so much we'd all fall off so... i dunno but it wud be so cool if he was ooh i can imagine it now
but i am a atheist cos i dont belive in all that mystical powers mumbojumbo i meen levetating lol get real its impossible im strting to sound like a dork now so ill finish this quickly the universe runs on a random decision of an event leading to anotherant turning 1 loaf of bread and 1 fish into anoth to feel a thousand or whatever it is ha id commit suicide right now and kill everyone along with me if someone could proove to me that god acctually existsbut you know i dont wanna tell you what to belive thats just my opionion but still satan as our satanic overloard... coolio and also to that other duded that said satan is a angel who got kiked out of heven how do you know that god just made a conspiracy because satan was becoming more powerfull then him ok iv said about 8 difforent theories so far so imma just gonna finish this quick
god = non existant
universe bieng created = big bang (i do oh so love exlplosions)

Answer 5

Maybe Loch Ness monster is the true God. Which would explain why there are so many lakes in the world. You know, just the way it is except Luke Skywalker is lower. Actually no, the Easter Bunny is the true God.

Answer 6

Um, no, I can't say that I ever have stopped to think that particular thought before. Even before I became a Christian, my family had taught me enough to know that just isn't right. I believe that satan walks the Earth. I believe that he is powerful, but in no way is satan more powerful than God. And he is most definately not God. That's just something he wants us to think.

Answer 7

That is exactly what Satan has wanted since before the world was. Because he was unable to do this...he tries to makes us as miserable as possible. Satan is the Ultimate Sore Loser.

Answer 8

OMgosh!!! how could anyone think such a horrible thing like that. God is of love and satan is of hate. satan aka lucifer was the angel of praise and worship. he tryed to be more powerful than god but he couldn't be ( of course). and cast him into hell and he became "the devil" and satan uses people like you to get to non belivers and make them think those satanic thoughts. STOP Please.
i know you are an atheist, but just hear me out. god loves you and wants you to be in heaven with him and not in hell with the enemy. ok if your right, you die and nothing happens. BUT if im right and you die, you get thrown into hell. so why take the chance. repent of your sins and ask jesus for forgiveness and to come into your heart forever. live the way god wants you to, not the way the world wants you to. i kno you think this: why would god send me to hell if he loves me? well god crated man to worship him and be happy and live with him. he loves those who are faithful to him and love him back. im not saying god doesnt love those who aren't christians, im saying that there is a free gift of eternal paradise in heaven and why would anyone turn it down???

Answer 9

Some early Christian Mystics resolved the differences between the old testament (eye for an eye) and new testament (Love god, love others) by deciding the old testament god was in fact the devil, and there's a lot of validity to their arguments.

Answer 10

You'll be okay... take your medicine. Satan is just a fairy tale ogre meant to scare the socks off of little kids.... you don't still believe in santa, the big bad wolf or the three little pigs either, do you?