2007-12-20 05:48:39 · 21 answers · asked by liBbi24 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Another funny twist to that story is where god banished satan to. Yes thats right, EARTH. When he was ousted from heaven, god gave satan earth as his domain to rule. He corrupted it, so god flooded the earth, sparing Noah and the animals. So how did fire and hell come in the picture, when isn't the bible actually saying earth is hell?
2007-12-20 05:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Evil was a relative term.
In a perfect heaven where all realize that Jah is the creator and worthy of praise, to want to have praise for just existing and looking good is evil.(It's like a Paris Hilotn type of thing only heavier.) All intelligent creation is endowed with free will ("intelligent" also being relative) We find in Gen 6:1-4 other angels (sons of God) noticed women and decided to leave their heavenly positions to have sex with women giving the world a hybrid of angel and human.It is believed that the Nephilim are the ones to who Greek and Roman mythology are referring.
That's why Satan lied to Eve. When Eve decided to eat the fruit she turned her back on what Jah had instructed her not to do and, in fact, worshiped Satan by following his advise instead of Jah's.
(Gen.3:1-6 and beyond!)
2007-12-20 06:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by robert2011@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free will ; cast out of heaven ; how about the creation of humans is that a good book too; the universe was in existence before us, works well without our input and yet we as humans think we know so much ; we are not all knowing far from it and to think that we are is arrogant and ignorant at the same time ; we can't even figure out our own bodies that house us; nor our environment; food ; everything that we fool around with evolves to a bigger problem for us ; we don't give back ; we use up etc all out of greed ; the cures that have come , come from God's pharmacy , Nature ; who is telling stories??
2007-12-20 05:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by sml 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is not actually a created thing. God did not create evil.
Evil is simply the lack of good.
Darkness is not a created thing. Darkness is the lack of light.
You cannot shine darkness into light and overcome it. E.g.darkness does not shine into your lit up house at night when you open the blinds.
Foolishness is not a created thing, rather it is the lack of wisdom.
Lies are simply the lack of truth.
Chaos is the lack of order. Chaos only exists where order is not. You do not create chaos, rather it is the result of no order.
In other words Satan looked to himself and not God. God was not his number one anymore. This shows us that Satan put his will ahead of God's will. Satan exercised his free will and chose to to make God no longer supreme in all areas of his life, so he really chose to cut himself of from God and because Satan became separated from the Eternal Loving God, he could no longer draw his strength and inspiration from God.
So when God removes his presence, there will be chaos, darkness, suffering, wickedness, pain and lies. God didn't create those things as they are just the lack of him, yet God has allowed his beings to reject him so that they can truly exercise the gift of free will that he has given them.
Satan in essence chose to leave a 'perfect heaven' ....
2007-12-20 06:01:24 · answer #4 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Judaism/ Christianity/ Islam
Satan is not evil.
Satan is a job description - the adversary (prosecutor). He is the angel charged with challenging, prosecuting human beings.
Read the book of Job - he is not in any sort of banishment, he is hanging out with God. Also, somewhere in the book of kings he is giving false prohesies to a king who is meant to fail and preventing that king from listening to the prophet of the day.
The whole "good god vs evil god" is an extra biblical development coming out of dualistic religions like Zoroastrianism.
Or are you talking about Milton and "Paradise Lost"?
2007-12-20 06:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by kaganate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find out about satan in the old testament book of Ezekiel chapter 28 beginning at verse 11
2007-12-20 05:52:13 · answer #6 · answered by ding-a-ling 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it was in God's script.
If god is omnipotent and omnicognizant then everything that happens must be exactly what god wants/wanted to happen.
Otherwise hes is not omnipotent and omnicognizant.
People like to slap these infinite abilities onto their deity, on a my-god-is-greater-than-your-god basis, but have not thought about the logical consequences of those claims.
2007-12-20 05:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heaven it self is perfect but everything else isn't and Satan could have chosen being good to the end or bad so it's his choice n he chose to be bad
2007-12-20 05:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by Jasmine 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, it's a poorly edited book with little internal consistency and some gaping plot holes...
The only conclusion is: Joe Hovah WANTED him to behave that way -- EVERYTHING is the fault of an omniscient and omnipotent being, if only because he fails to intervene.
2007-12-20 05:54:17 · answer #9 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is it torturing once you instruct your baby the thank you to examine, stroll, consume, gown themselves and instruct them the thank you to be polite, respectful?. All Jesus teaches us are to turn right into a competent being... Is Jesus teaches us to cheat? Kill? rob? No! Jesus coaching is for the betterment of all and sundry and that pleases God.
2016-11-23 17:38:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋