Your views on a new definition of Satan?

Question

This was a vision in my meditation, when I was contemplating the "idea" of a Satan
S- Spirit
A- Adhering
T- To
A- Animalistic
N- Nature

Answer 1

Satan=Spirit Adhering To Animistic Nature.

yes 100% Satan.

Answer 2

Interesting thought, though I doubt the name was meant as an anagram.

Satan... well these are my thoughts.

1. I think there is someplace in the Bible where it says Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, but I am just as tempted to say that the source of literature for that is not in the Bible. I do know that Satan can be translated to mean "adversary", "tester", and "accuser" while Lucifer means "light". Satan's job was to test the soul's of man and therefore he would never have been cast out by God because he's doing what he was given in the job description. Satan then is the prosecutor in God's court. In fact, after looking at some sources, the bulk of the mythos behind Satan comes from non canonical Christian and Jewish Sources, not the Torah or the Bible.

2. I think that you may be right though in using Satan as metaphor for humanity as the passage (Isiah 14:12) that some use to point to Lucifer being cast out when taken in context seems to be a way of saying that the nation of Israel had grown arrogant. I would wonder if other such sources had similar meanings.

Answer 3

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 4

Very clever.

I've thought if that way, sort of: That Satan is metaphorical to Man in his carnal, animalistic state; that Satan isn't necessarily a seven-headed demon who roams the Earth tempting people into evil deeds.

Answer 5

It doesn't seem powerful enough to me. Satan is metaphorical and he doesn't have to be a physical person. I believe that he is a spirit, and he can lurk anywhere and take the form of any person if he wants.

Answer 6

No. most animals -- even the animals we think of as dangerous -- are afraid of humans, and attack us through fear, protectiveness of their young, or necessity. So remember, animals like the Great White or the Grizzly bear have been 'demonised' -- i.e. turned into demon-like creatures -- by man's imagination; it would be a grave error to 'animalise' the chief of demons, the slanderer, the accuser of the brethren, and the mortal enemy of mankind.

Answer 7

What is wrong with animalistic nature?
Your meditation seems to be tutored by Satan.

Animals kill only for food, territory and sex.
We kill for all that - but more for religion, color, race, country, cast etc.
Animals were never cannibals.
But we were cannibals long time ago - every one was a cannibal.
whether Christ came or not animals were not cannibals.

Answer 8

Nicely thought out.Don't forget Satan is a "fallen angel" trying to get back but condemmed to fall further away each soul he gets.

Answer 9

I get it man! Instead of being something of a demon, he's like.. a symbol of the animals, because animals do "Sinful" things apparently. So, kind of like a spirit embracing the more feral and less civilized side of things!

Answer 10

Sorry, the Bible already describes Satan as being the original liar, the deceiver.