What if Satan wasnt all that bad afterall?

Question

I have asked this question atleast twice but havent gotten a logical or mature answer. If your gonna answer with "your going to Hell" or "Satan is evil" then you obviously missed the mature answer part.

God is good and Satan is evil. Satan rose up against God and God supposedly punished Satan by giving him his own kingdom to reign over for all of eternity. Instead of blinking him out of existence or whatever else the "wrath of God" is, He basically rewards Satan. So heres the rundown; God made people with free will and knew there would be evil people out there that needed punishment, and SOMEBODY had to do the job of ruling Hell so he picked Satan. Unless Satan is really working for God, why is Satan still around?

All logical and mature answers welcome

Daughter of the King missed the mature answer part

Answer 1

The lightbringer, giver of knowledge, Prometheus, Osiris, the rebellious and creative spirit that brings the gifts of fire, knowledge and self awareness.

Kills no man
Brings down no flood
Smites no city
Turns no body to salt...

Maybe you have a point.

Answer 2

I'm questioning the logic of the statement here: How does God "reward Satan"? Put it this way Satan is everything that God does not stand for - Satan is the epitome of sin itself.

God made people, but not necessarily people of free will. It is because of the inherent nature of people's sin that has made people with free will. Now, I'm not justifying that everything the church stands for is correct or true. I'm saying, we are all faulty people (hence, mistakes are often attributed to humans), and we are all the same at this point.

The thing is, God cannot do anything to sin - sin is the "separation from God", and anything that is separated from God cannot be effected by God. Humans aren't totally sinners (we have some good) so God can have an effect on us, whether we notice it or not. Satan, however, is absolute sin, therefore God cannot effect Satan in any way.
Why is Satan still around? The same reason that God is still around. One theory is that the dimension in which they are in is eternal.

Answer 3

"If Satan wasn't all that bad afterall" God wouldn't be all that good afterall. And then the situation here presented would be more like the condition in which you implicitly state, "Why can't we choose whom to serve? Satan's got some powers and God let's him be, so he's kind of a being with power that deserves some human homage"...? If your thinking could possibly end up in such a train of possibilities, the very fact that Satan was created one way and defected then defeated STILL indicate God is more powerful. The entire scheme of Satan's existence would be for reasons we do not understand; however, to call this ridiculous would be to state we are omniscienct and all understanding. THAT, I can not allow as a believer in God. We humans don't realize we rely on hope. We are pitiful and simply wretched. Hope is only what we've got and if people don't understand hope and faith work as one, then they haven't humbled down.

Answer 4

I am christian. I think that Satan does the work of God by scaring people back to the church and faithfulness. God sometimes allows bad things to happen for the good of a person. So, in all honesty, that means that Satan is bad, God knows this, but God lets him do his own will for the glory of God. Just like Judas, without Judas turning Jesus into the soldiers, crucifiction never would've happened, therefore where would Christianity be today? Mature answer, I hope.

Answer 5

I see your point by some other ppl's way of looking at it but as a Christain I see it this way and what he does though out.....
I don't see satan back in the garden.But do see knowledge gained,but a utopea lost.
I first see satan in the first book of job allowed too tempt job.
I know another place he said here am I send me.
I don't see him as Levithan
or else
as you would say why didn't God keep him around.
He stayed to tempt Christ and left for a short season. till he intered judas so that the killing of a sinless man have the right given of God for a day that only God knows that satan that has been seeking whom he may devoir will end because he will have plouted the very name.
Then and only then will he be.
works for his self in the name of God ,
for himself is his kingdom.

Answer 6

I like to think of it as God is balance and Satan is imbalance. Satan is the polar opposite of good, but you do not want the polar opposite of evil either. Passivity can be destructive too. We are not equipped with the knowledge Satan has therefore we remain on a constant roller coaster trying to maintain balance.

God does not demand that we "be good"....his demand is that we keep the balance. Perform the duties we were meant to do. The sun and moon keep their covenant...they rise and set when they are supposed to....dirt kicks up when the wind blows... It is man that has corrupted the Earth. Plants and animals no longer keep their covenants...they do what we tell them!

Animals are living in zoos and farmers paid not to plant while researchers and developers are creating the food chain in LABS! Leaves you asking who's really the evil one in the grand scheme of things huh?

Answer 7

Its God's plan not your plan. We know that Satan will be thrown in the pit someday, that is good enough for me. Why God hasn't snuffed him out is God's business. Look at it like this. God will never snuff out completely any angel or human being he has created. He has reverence for the life he has created and he honors the choice each angel and human makes whether to serve him or not. You see angels have a free will choice just like we do. The angel Satan chose wrong. God will judge every one according to his choice angels and humans . Now is Satan bad? Absolutely and real bad as well. He has tried to exalt himself to God's position which just ain't gonna happen. Hope this is logical and mature enough for you. Your eternal future depends on your choice. Come to Christ

Answer 8

if you consider, suffering a eternity in a lake of fire and brimstone, because you were deceived by satan, not a bad guy at all...........
hey, have a good time with that.
Satan is here, because Christ cast him out of heaven, dont you know scripture??
thats gotta be the stupidest argument i ever heard, god knew there would be evil people, no, you chose to do evil
but still Christ will forgive
nobody but God will punish, and if you doubt that, you will find out in the end.
i suggest you read the book of proverbs.

Answer 9

Well, I would first like to point out the fact I am not Christian, but back when I was I often thought that. I came to many theories.

1. God and Saten are equally powerful, or close to it. It would make sense seeing as Saten tried to take the throne, and he would have to know that he would have to be able to fill in for god.
2. God wanted Balance.
3. The Bible is full of plot falls and paradixes...best not think to into them.

Answer 10

Satan was actually the most beautiful angel. He was being an unruly teenager and said, "Dude, I need my own place." So he took his followers down to an underrealm, where lost souls are lost. Not tortured, but lost. But then things got chaotic, so the priest's needed a scapegoat, so they re-wrote the Bible and put in Satan as an evil dude to take the blame.

Answer 11

Sounds reasonable. I do not believe he exists, but if one were to read the bible, the very first thing satan did was to help Adam and Eve gain knowledge of good and Evil. To me that sounds like a good thing.

We all know how that story ended, God punished them for their new found knowledge. To me, that punishment was unfounded.