In ancient times, people believed that the river god caused the flood and the volcano god caused the eruption, and they sacrificed virgins to these gods. Now people believe in only one kind, loving and almighty god. Why are there still flood and volcano eruption? Why are there still natural disasters? Why is there still evil? Is God really alone? Isn't Satan his partner? Can God exist without Satan?
2007-10-15 17:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by OKIM IM 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in ancient times with polythesism gods are not defined as the God of Abraham(Christianity, Islam, and Judaism). The ancient gods were not all powerful each had power over a specific thing and some were stronger than another. The Abrahamic God one of the key features are being all-powerful, all knowning, morally perfect, always existing and unbounded by time and space among other things.
For something to be truly omnipotence then it cannot have an equal or greater, so at least in the since that we use to identify God it is illogical to have multiple Gods. If two being were "all powerfull" neither could do anything to each other cause neither is stronger or weaker but how can you be the most powerful being if theres something that is outside of your control.
Theres different theories for the natural disasters and evil debate:
1)Free Will- evil exist because we have free will, as with Satan he choose to rebel against God's will. By definition God is morally perfect so to do something outside of what God expects of us to do would be morally imperfect resulting in evil.
2)Soul-Making Theodicy-evil exists to make us to develop./Suffering allows to become the people we need to be.
3)Skeptical Theism- we just don't understand why God allows these things, he has a good reason for it. However, God's knowledge is infinite ours is very limited so it would be impossible and arrogant to comprehend God's plans.
In Judaism they believe Satan is more of a person to test our devotion to God, so yes in a sense they would believe God and Satan are "partners" but not in the way some people are going to take it.
Other branches just believe Satan is evil and has nothing to do with God.
God created Satan so he could exist without him. Also going back to the charactistics of God always existing.
2007-10-17 08:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Cnote 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 00:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by threat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians believe that because it is all throughout the Bible that God is one. It is apparent in the Old and New Testaments.
2007-10-15 17:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Or, alternatively... all things are part of God -- creation and destruction, life and death, pleasure and pain. "Evil" is what causes us hardship, or alternatively is a failure of the individual human being to adjust properly to their environment. Human happiness is not God's number one priority, and death is part of existence; therefore, people are injured and people die as part of the natural order of things.
Just letting you know that there ARE other religious answers to the questions you're asking.
2007-10-15 17:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
never heard of the one god theory
2007-10-15 17:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by M-S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beats me. But I'm Asatru.
2007-10-15 17:04:44 · answer #6 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i dont think god and satan are homies.
2007-10-15 17:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by Little Miss WONDERFUL 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋