Do you believe that satan (also called the devil) is a real spiritual being as outlined in the Bible?
Why? Why not?
2007-09-02 11:02:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A real evil spiritual being...yes I definitely do. Why? Because I believe what the Bible says and from first hand experience, right after I got saved.....Satan and his demons, roam around Earth, looking for silly people to lead astray..unfortunately they find many. The problem is, people see him as a red devil with at pitchfork tail and horns...., and he can appear as anyone, even your dead relative....even an angel of light....you have to be careful.
Demons can also possess a person who is willing...Just open the door by using drugs or alcohol....get into Satan worship or the occult..tarot cards..you are opening the door to him...sending them an invitation.....to come on in...
2007-09-02 11:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. While I can accept that that Satan is a personification, or even a symbol, of the principal of evil, I don't accept the idea that there is such a being.
Interestingly, certain fundamentalists such as the Christadelphians also reject the notion of Satan as a real being, citing the fact that most of the terms used in the Masoretic text of the OT used for Satan actually mean nothing more than 'an adversary'. Like them, I accept there is personal evil in the world, but not some embodiment of it that actively seeks to tempt and destroy us. An issue like that goes right to the very heart of the notion of a compassionate God who supposedly wants our salvation, doesn't it?
2007-09-02 11:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by chris m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe there is a higher power and it makes me want to think logically that there is also a lower power. Thats not saying its the Bibles Satan. I believe you give things the power over you by believing in them
2007-09-02 11:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understandings: Lucifer grew to become into an archangel, between the three archangels. He grew to become into tasked to show Adam and Eve. in spite of the undeniable fact that, he has gotten jealous, questioning for himself (i.e. egocentric techniques), he tempted Eve. His emotions and strikes are organic, in spite of the undeniable fact that, he and the two Adam and Eve knew what's sweet. regrettably, Eve, then later Adam did not adhere to the training that God has given. This compelled Lucifer to alter into devil, or in different words, Adam and Eve 'created' devil out of Lucifer by making a incorrect determination.
2016-12-16 09:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he was a fallen angel. The devil, Satan, Lucifer, they are all the same thing.
2007-09-02 11:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by Kate J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't beleive everything I read in a book. I do not beleive that if we aren't mr. miss. goody toosho's we will go to hell. It's kind of unfair, considering humans are made unperfect in the first place. Yea, we were created in God's image, but he didn't make us perfect. And yet, if we are bad we go to hell?? It makes no sense.
2007-09-02 11:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because I am not a christian and I do not believe in personifying evil. To do so only gives it power. That is not to say, however, that evil acts, people, influences, etc do not exist in this world.
2007-09-02 11:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Because gods are human inventions, and that includes all supernatural beings like the devil.
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2007-09-02 11:06:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jeez, no, lad. You know such things are merely myths, and pathetic ones. You're too smart to think otherwise. (Are you a New Yorker? Manhattan's lower Fifth, here.)
2007-09-02 11:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by Yank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I use to worship him. I would see him at home and also during rituals along with demons.
2007-09-02 11:39:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋