2007-09-15 16:05:55 · 41 answers · asked by Page 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am sure he is a fun guy to hang around with. And after a couple of drinks....wow!!
He is probably a good looking guy as well.
2007-09-15 16:07:58 · update #1
I haven’t seen any evidence – one way or the other.
2007-09-15 16:23:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No comments on this one, other than to say that you might enjoy reading the Russian classic novel, "The Master and Margarita." The Devil comes out as quite a sympathetic character, doing the most good of any of the natural or supernatural characters in the novel. The novel has an epigraph from Goethe's Faust that sums up the Devil's role:
Say at last who art thou?
Mephistopheles' answer:
That Power I serve
Which wills forever evil
Yet does forever good
Extra rock music trivia points: The Rolling Stones' song, "Sympathy for the Devil" is based on the novel.
Read it some time, it's a blast, and you'll be one of the few people in the West outside of the Russian emigre community who will have read it.
2007-09-15 18:59:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan will offer you nothing but lies and deseption. You seem very iggnorant to the Truth. Eternity is real and your decisions on this earth will deside your destiny after death. Open your eyes to the love of Christ. Satan only wants to trick you and make you think that you're having a good time on this earth. What you don't know is that this earth will pass away but the word of God will stand firm and all who are not saved by the mercy and grace of Christ will be in Hell for eternity. Please take this to heart.
2007-09-15 16:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many things. All the material and worldy goods your heart desires. Satan made this offer to Jesus. He offered him the world and you have to admit Jesus must have been a pretty special guy if Satan would give him the world if only he would bow down and worship him. The only difference is that your soul is the price you pay. The only decision you have to make is where you want your soul to spend eternity. Will you choose the light or will you choose darkness. Eternal life or eternal hell. The choice is yours. The only thing God offers is that freedom to choose and that is freewill.
2007-09-15 16:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by Enigma 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The concept of God and Satan, at a very basic level, provides people who adhere to these concepts with a sense of purpose and meaning in what is typically viewed as a chaotic and uncertain world. Both of these concepts ultimately derive from the basic human need for meaning. So although Satanism is a reactionary movement to Christianity, at their core lies the same basic principles.
I still have hope in humanities' ability to reason, and perhaps someday we can overcome these superstitious concepts.
2007-09-15 16:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are seven in number:
Lust (is necessary for business growth).
Gluttony (is good for business).
Greed (is even better for business).
Sloth (is good for weekend business).
Anger (is necessary on Monday morning).
Envy (makes everybody try to keep up with the Jones).
Pride (comes before the fall, if the above works for you).
There are also seven virtues:
Charity (denigrates the receiver).
Abstinence (is bad for business).
Temperance (was good for Al Capone and the Mafia)
Diligence (makes your boss rich).
Patience (is for sheep waiting to be shorn).
Kindness (toward enemies is stupid).
Humility (will put you at the end of the line).
View point is not the only thing. It's everything!
2007-09-15 17:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by marvinsussman@sbcglobal.net 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan is about as real as the easter bunny. However for religious people that like to believe in him, they wish to avoid responsibility for their own actions, so Satan is their scape goat. I guess some people enjoy leading negative lives.
2007-09-15 16:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by xanadu88 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Positive things Satan offers that God doesn't not:
Instant gratification.
Swelling pride.
Revenge without mercy.
The feeling you have the right to hurt anyone who hurts you, or even makes you uncomfortable.
The right to betray, rob, or lie to others.
Unfortunately, these things do not remain positive for long.
2007-09-15 16:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you really seeking enlightenment? It seems like you just want to offend.
In any case, Satan offers shallow earthly delights, followed up by an eternity of damnation and condemnation, suffering in hell. Sounds like a deal, huh? 60-80 years of fun, and billions and billions of years suffering unfathomable torment.
Personally, I will choose salvation and eternity in heaven with the risen Christ, Jesus.
2007-09-15 16:14:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I highly doubt Satin has a human appearance, he is an spirit or angle not a human.
He offers nothing worthwhile as far as I am concerned. He claimed humans were weak during the Job account, - also that we were all selfish.
2007-09-15 16:16:19 · answer #10 · answered by AEH101 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, seeing as how heaven is an orgy of alcohol, consequenceless sex, gluttony, and overall mindless indulgence (as a reward for avoiding those very same things in our finite, but guaranteed, life on Earth), whereas Satan promises the same exact thing, in the aforementioned finite life, except you are punished for it afterward....wheeee!
2007-09-15 16:13:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋