A conversation in another thread prompted this thread/discussion...
A conversation in another thread prompted this thread/discussion...
The biggest problem with this is that the concept of Satan is corrupted by pagan influences and Persian Dualism. This shows the very strong pagan influences that Paul grafted on to the Jewish religion. In fact, in the Jewish scriptures 'ha-satan' is reference in the book of Job , and Zechariah only.. the other references to satan refer to human adversaries.
lol...you are putting the cart before the horse...Satan is the reason for paganism and false teachings, as brought out in the video...
You see it every single day when people regularly attempt to compel and control other people... Compulsion does not come from God; compulsion comes from Satan...
lol...you are putting the cart before the horse...Satan is the reason for paganism and false teachings, as brought out in the video...
Of course Christians think all other religions were false, and other gods were Satan. That's just typical human egocentrism.
But in the Old Testament, Satan is the "adversary." He is a servant of Yahweh, whose job is to test human beings.
When Christianity redefined Satan, they created the whole ridiculous "problem of evil" that kept philosophers spinning their wheels for centuries.
You see it every single day when people regularly attempt to compel and control other people... Compulsion does not come from God; compulsion comes from Satan...
Sometimes man puts Satan in the forefront when making bad decisions that effects us all.
That is so not true...Satan is Jehovah's enemy, as well as Jesus Christ's and mankind's...Jesus Christ will soon crush him in the head/a death dealing blow...
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head, and you will strike him in the heel.” Genesis 3:15
"You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie." John 8:44
"The one who practices sin originates with the Devil, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was made manifest, to break up the works of the Devil." 1 John 3:8
Sometimes man puts Satan in the forefront when making bad decisions that effects us all.
Sometimes man puts Satan in the forefront when making bad decisions that effects us all.
Hard to do, since Satan doesn't exist.