All religions – Who is Satan?

Question

Your honest opinion - answer please, no B.S

Different beliefs have different approaches on where he came from?
Pagans don’t believe in the Devil, some say he is a Christian deity, nothing more, some say he is an adversary.
What do you think?

Answer 1

Satan comes from the Hebrew word for 'adversary'.

An atheist

Answer 2

You ask the question, here is the answer.
Satan means 'the hater or accuser'. If I were to fiercely to disagree with you I would become a 'satan' to you.
Compare 2 Sam Ch 24 with 1 Chron Ch 21. Take note of the first few verses in each, for they are telling of the same instance. Here we find God described as satan or a hater and accuser of David for what he did in numbering the children of Israel, when he tried to judge their strength through numbers rather than relying on Gods strength and salvation as He promised to them.
The words 'satan' and 'devil' are not to be always taken as of the same meaning. Though God can be refered to as 'satan, (see above example) he can never be refered to as 'devil' for 'devil' means a false accuser and that, God can never be.
Go to your concordance and look up the words. Then check their Hebrew and Greek originals and see how the English translators have split the word into different English meanings. Quite an eye opener, another Bible word to study in this way is 'hell'.
Just remember when you read the different English translations of the original word, it is the original word that is the base for your understanding all the interpretations of that word are of the same meaning.
PS. because this is the Word of God, pray for this knowledge before you start your search for the answer. He says He cannot refuse if you do this earnestly.

Answer 3

Satan is an angel that went bad. He saw that God had made man and that man was worshiping God, and Satan wanted that worship for himself. Satan had the power, being an angel to make the serpent talk to Eve. He called God a liar, when it was he that was the liar and deceiver. He thus became a “Devil,” which means “Slanderer.” At the same time, he became “Satan,” which means “Opposer.”
When Satan led Adam and Eve into sinning against God, he was really leading a rebellion. He was challenging Jehovah’s way of ruling. In effect, Satan was saying: ‘God is a bad ruler. He tells lies and holds back good things from his subjects. Humans do not need to have God ruling over them. They can decide for themselves what is good and what is bad. And they will be better off under my rulership.’
God could have put the all the rebels to death immediately, but it was not God's power that was being put to the test, it was his right to rule that was being challenged.
Jehovah’s perfect sense of justice would not allow him to put the rebels to death right away. He decided that time was needed to answer Satan’s challenge in a satisfying way and to prove that the Devil is a liar. So God determined that he would permit humans to rule themselves for some time under Satan’s influence.

Answer 4

He has two parts.

He's the Anthesis of the Xian God.

He is also the demonising the various Gods of the various Indigenous faiths that was conquered as Xity moved across the planet.

You're quite right - he has nothing to do with Paganism other than they worship those conquered various deities.

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Answer 5

If you can get a Bible to read , read Isaiah 14:9-15 also Ezekiel 28:12a-19. There you will see for yourself, what is written of Satan. Also there is useful info on line. What do I think? Satan is exactly who and what scripture says he is. And I only consider God's Word. It'sfar better than what someone 'SAID' Satan is someone who can trick you into joining him in the Lake of fire also! I have no ;religion.

Answer 6

I'm pagan ... Hard core Christians see Satan as a real entity, others see "him" as a symbol for all that is evil. I do not believe in Satan anymore than I believe in heaven or hell. All of these things are symbols of the balance that nature provides for through the God and the Goddess. Satan is a biblical character ... but dark and evil are not in books, they exist ... and we must balance them with white and goodness!

Answer 7

The early Christians conjured up Satan to scare little children and to keep the newly brain-washed Pagans in their fold from straying back to the old ways...
He is a very convenient scapegoat, don't you think !!
Oh the Devil made me do it, and when they talk about us Pagans, they say that we are influenced by Satan, what a crock of sh!t....
Blessed Be... )O(

Answer 8

Satan is a fallen angel, he was God's highest angel, but his pride and jealousy got the best of him. He wanted to be God, and he rebelled against God, convincing 1/3 of the other angels to rebel also. They were thrown out of heaven, and now rule the earth. This is the reason God created Hell as punishment for Satan and his demons, all those who worship Satan will take part in his hell. But be not deceived, because if you are not for God you are against God, therefore if you do not worship God you are worshiping Satan.

Answer 9

pagans had the god of the underworld neptune and hades .
the idea of the devil dates way back 2300 years bc to early Egypt as the evil god of night who fought Ra each dusk and dawn . Nothing that new just new names for the similar rehashed myths .the Christians just did a remake on the same old same old .I know I've over simplified it but can't write a book here .

Answer 10

Satan was an angel of God, also known as "Lucifer" which means "light bearer". He was the most beautiful of all the angels, but nonetheless he rebelled against God. It has been suggested that it was his great beauty that caused pride to grow in his heart and led to his rebellion. He was cast out of heaven along with a number of other angels who refused to serve God. They are now known as demons, and Satan is their leader. Throughout time Satan has tried to lead people away from God, starting with Adam and Eve. He even tried to tempt Christ to sin. Another name for Satan is "The Accuser", because he often torments people by reminding them of their sins. Christ conquered Satan by his crucifixion, so when we feel we are under attack we can drive him away by invoking the name of Christ, or holding a crucifix, or by using holy water or blessed salt.

In the desert Satan asked Christ to worship him, which Christ refused to do. This raises the question, does Satan know that he is evil and that Christ is God? If he understood this why would he have asked Christ to worship him? Is it possible that Satan is so corrupted by pride that he actually thinks that he is God? He truly is the father of lies, as Christ said.

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You are commiting the error of predestinationism. The error is based on the faulty premise that we cannot have free will if God knows everything before it happened. The truth is that angels and men do have free will despite God's omniscience. God is timeless, therefore he does not know things "before" they happen or "after" he creates us. All of time is one instant for God, and our choice to sin or not sin occurs for God at the same "moment" of our creation. There is no way for us to understand this because all of our thought is temporal, but predestinationism makes the common error of applying temporal constructs to a timeless being. You have free will because you are in fact temporally free.