If you believe in God, then you have to believe in Satan because they're part of the same story, and if you...

Question

believe in satan, then you must believe in evil and evil on earth. So, how can you say for sure, that when people do "crazy" or "horrific" things, that's it's not influenced by evil, real evil? Unless you don't believe in God.

Answer 1

I suppose i am just plain evil through and through,so what the Hell are you going to do about it BOY!!
Haven't you got the guts to stand on your own two feet and
say "What you mean" or are you just like the rest of the
Christian Sheep out there,you all rant and rattle your gum's
but none of you have the gut's to stand up and be counted.
You all say God will love you and he will forgive you for your
sin's,but you all forget one thing ? it's not god that speaks
for you ! It is you that speaks for him ??

Answer 2

Yes I do believe that God is real and I also believe that Satan is real and he{Satan} also influences evil happenings in the world today, but the time has now come when the time to prove his wicked challange has come to an end, and he will shortly be removed from the earth along with his demons and all his human followers.

Answer 3

The answer is in the question. Not all folks are going to believe (which is sad to say the least)

I've always wondered about the four viewpoings
1) God exists, satan exists
2) God exists, satan does not
3) God doesn't exist, satan exists
4) God doesn't exist, satan doesnt exist

I've met enough folks and am starting to get a better understanding of why they choose (4). Myself...I believe (1).

What I can't understand is 2 or 3. (3) is a flawed argument on its own (created creature without Creator, pure evil exists but pure good does not)

but worse is (2)....a believer who can overlook all Jesus Himself had to say. *sigh*

Answer 4

i believe that the devil influences all of us, even when we don't realize it. the devil is the father of all sin so any sin we commit , satan put in our minds. the problem is, most people know right from wrong, and even though we may feel this nagging in our minds that satan puts there, it's our jobs to fight that, god gave all of us a conscience, and through god , we are able to think these things and not act upon them, but for some people, they don't trust in god enough, if your not filled with the holy spirit, then we are susecptible to be filled with all sorts of evil, and it can over take us if we are not careful. but there still has to be consequences for these actions, regurdless of who put them in our heads, we know better, and should have taken better precautions to avoid letting these thoughts go that far. hopefully after punishment, jail time , whatever, we learn to be stronger. that is why it is so important to have god in our lives, he prevents us from doing the devils will.

Answer 5

PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF ALLAH (SWT)TO AN ATHEIST by Dr. Zakir Naik
CONGRATULATING AN ATHEIST
Normally, when I meet an atheist, the first thing I like to do is to congratulate him and say, " My special congratulations to you", because most of the people who believe in God are doing blind belief - he is a Christian, because his father is a Christian; he is a Hindu, because his father is a Hindu; the majority of the people in the world are blindly following the religion of their fathers. An atheist, on the other hand, even though he may belong to a religious family, uses his intellect to deny the existence of God; what ever concept or qualities of God he may have learnt in his religion may not seem to be logical to him.
My Muslim brothers may question me, "Zakir, why are you congratulating an atheist?" The reason that I am congratulating an atheist is because he agrees with the first part of the Shahada i.e. the Islamic Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is no God’. So half my job is already done; now the only part left is ‘il lallah’ i.e. ‘BUT ALLAH’ which I shall do Insha Allah. With others (who are not atheists) I have to first remove from their minds the wrong concept of God they may have and then put the correct concept of one true God.
LOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD
My first question to the atheist will be: "What is the definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, he should know what is the meaning of God. If I hold a book and say that ‘this is a pen’, for the opposite person to say, ‘it is not a pen’, he should know what is the definition of a pen, even if he does not know nor is able to recognise or identify the object I am holding in my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should at least know what a pen means. Similarly for an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god. Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.
If a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion with something to do with terrorism; a religion which does not give rights to women; a religion which contradicts science; in his limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam. The problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as a Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim i.e. Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the women, it is not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I present the correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah accept Islam.
Similarly the atheist rejects the false gods and the duty of every Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which he shall Insha Allah not refuse.

(You may refer to my article, ‘Concept of God in Islam’, for more details)
QUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE
The methods of proving the existence of God with usage of the material provided in the ‘Concept of God in Islam’ to an atheist may satisfy some but not all.
Many atheists demand a scientific proof for the existence of God. I agree that today is the age of science and technology. Let us use scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the existence of God and simultaneously prove that the Qur’an is a revelation of God.
If a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever seen or heard of before, is shown to an atheist or any person and then a question is asked, " Who is the first person who will be able to provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object? After little bit of thinking, he will reply, ‘the creator of that object.’ Some may say ‘the producer’ while others may say ‘the manufacturer.’ What ever answer the person gives, keep it in your mind, the answer will always be either the creator, the producer, the manufacturer or some what of the same meaning, i.e. the person who has made it or created it. Don’t grapple with words, whatever answer he gives, the meaning will be same, therefore accept it.
SCIENTIFIC FACTS MENTIONED IN THE QUR’AN: for details on this subject please refer to my book, ‘THE QUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE – COMPATIBLE OR INCOMPATIBLE?
THEORY OF PROBABILITY
In mathematics there is a theory known as ‘Theory of Probability’. If you have two options, out of which one is right, and one is wrong, the chances that you will chose the right one is half, i.e. one out of the two will be correct. You have 50% chances of being correct. Similarly if you toss a coin the chances that your guess will be correct is 50% (1 out of 2) i.e. 1/2. If you toss a coin the second time, the chances that you will be correct in the second toss is again 50% i.e. half. But the chances that you will be correct in both the tosses is half multiplied by half (1/2 x 1/2) which is equal to 1/4 i.e. 50% of 50% which is equal to 25%. If you toss a coin the third time, chances that you will be correct all three times is (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2) that is 1/8 or 50% of 50% of 50% that is 12½%.
A dice has got six sides. If you throw a dice and guess any number between 1 to 6, the chances that your guess will be correct is 1/6. If you throw the dice the second time, the chances that your guess will be correct in both the throws is (1/6 x 1/6) which is equal to 1/36. If you throw the dice the third time, the chances that all your three guesses are correct is (1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6) is equal to 1/216 that is less than 0.5 %.
Let us apply this theory of probability to the Qur’an, and assume that a person has guessed all the information that is mentioned in the Qur’an which was unknown at that time. Let us discuss the probability of all the guesses being simultaneously correct. At the time when the Qur’an was revealed, people thought the world was flat, there are several other options for the shape of the earth. It could be triangular, it could be quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, spherical, etc. Lets assume there are about 30 different options for the shape of the earth. The Qur’an rightly says it is spherical, if it was a guess the chances of the guess being correct is 1/30.
The light of the moon can be its own light or a reflected light. The Qur’an rightly says it is a reflected light. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/2 and the probability that both the guesses i.e the earth is spherical and the light of the moon is reflected light is 1/30 x 1/2 = 1/60.

Answer 6

GV3,
You are absolutely correct. We all have "free will" and are able to choose which direction that we want to go. Satan is the one who attempts to influence us to take his path and do evil things daily. It is his attempt to keep us away from our FATHER. GOD wants all to come to HIM and be worthy of Heaven but satan is a stumbling block that keeps many away from The TRUTH of GOD'S WORD. Have a wonderful day.
Thanks,
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Answer 7

Who says it is not influenced by evil? Satan influences us every day.

Answer 8

I AGREE that if you belive in god, satan comes with him but i dont belive in such forces.but how can you say it was evil forces for sure?just because you belive in god does not mean a god exists.that is your belief and choice and a bad one at that!

Answer 9

thats only if u believe the bible is true..
if i did i would be a satanist because Satan kills far less people than god and he also gives us technology and pleasure.

just because god tells us Satan is evil we can't take his word for it, especially since he influenced the bible not Satan.

if Satan wrote the bible he would probably say god was evil not him.

Answer 10

There can be demonic possession if the Holy Spirit is not within that person. I believe a lot of societies "mental illnesses" are caused by this. You are right on the money. Blessings dear one.