Is he really that bad? Why?
2007-08-03 23:03:46 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, devil became my friend sometimes when the angel was nowhere to be found
2007-08-03 23:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok ask yourself this, the Devil was a angel who was cast out of heaven for having a mind of his own, sure his idea's were unconventional but the whole story is this, God didn't like the way Lucifer though so he banished him to another plane of existence after that there was the war between good and evil, doesn't that sound like something a mortal man would write about, if God and these angels are divine beings like people think, why would there even be good and evil, the idea of good and evil is a human idea to give claim to a book that was written ages ago by not just one man but a whole bunch of them, sure the idea's of God could represent the side of good but the idea's of the Devil could represent the side of humans, sure not every choice we make is right and good, but there is a old saying " The road to hell is often paved with good intentions" this sound more like what the idea of the bible is, just an opinion of some human that lived thousands of years ago.
2007-08-03 23:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by king_hrothgar_honour 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The devil is living with bad people only. He is making a living out of bad people actions.
2007-08-03 23:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swedenborg states "a perception of the sphere of falsity from evil that flows forth from hell has often been granted me. It was like a perpetual effort to destroy all that is good and true, combined with anger and a kind of fury at not being able to do so, especially an effort to annihilate and destroy the Divine of the Lord, and this because all good and truth are from Him. But out of heaven a sphere of truth and good was perceived, whereby the fury of the effort ascending from hell was restrained. The result of this was an equilibrium. This sphere from heaven was perceived to come from the Lord alone, although it appeared to come from the angels in heaven. It is from the Lord alone, and not from the angels, because every angel in heaven acknowledges that nothing of good and truth is from himself, but all is from the Lord" (Heaven and Hell n. 538).
"It has been believed heretofore in the world that there is one devil that presides over the hells; that he was created an angel of light; but having become rebellious he was cast down with his crew into hell. This belief has prevailed because the devil and satan, and also lucifer, are mentioned by name in the Word, and the Word in those places has been understood according to the sense of the letter. But by "devil" and "satan" there hell is meant, "devil" meaning the hell that is behind, where the worst dwell, who are called evil genii; and "satan" the hell that is in front, where the less wicked dwell, who are called evil spirits; and "lucifer" those that belong to Babel, or Babylon, who would extend their dominion even into heaven. That there is no one devil to whom the hells are subject is evident also from this, that all who are in the hells, like all who are in the heavens, are from the human race (see n. 311-317); and that those who have gone there from the beginning of creation to this time amount to myriads of myriads, and every one of them is a devil in accord with his opposition to the Divine while he lived in the world" (Heaven and Hell n. 544).
2007-08-03 23:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Brief Boxer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The devil can appear as sweetness and light and promise you the earth. When he's got you in hell it will be a different matter.
2007-08-03 23:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by cheir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very few people would say that
he was the go to guy for the all mighty,
so much that since he was always around him
he wanted to be like him.
and ask himself why couldn't he???
not knowing that GOD was Almighty
and he will damned him to hell for eternity if he defy him...
and then I don't know what happened.
but then again when Jesus was tempted
instead of showing a evil side he showed a rather human side.
2007-08-03 23:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by heathcliff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask George Bush
2007-08-03 23:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is said that the devil gave adam and eve knolage by telling them to eat from the tree of knolage but god wanted to keep them away from this knolage in a way the devil is mans inteligents and also y would god want to withold knolage from us if u want to know moor look up luciferism in google
2007-08-03 23:38:37 · answer #8 · answered by chris e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean by "devil".
Notice...devil spelled backwards is "lived".
So, if you believe in living backwards, I'd say that's pretty bad.
2007-08-03 23:09:35 · answer #9 · answered by Rip_Washington 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't question it, Man. The Devil is... very bad... He is so bad... Kittens die when he... when he sneezes... Yeah... And he's got horns... He's just a very very bad dude. Guy. And also a dragon-man.
2007-08-03 23:07:22 · answer #10 · answered by Tyler Mac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋