Satan Good Or Bad, ?????? Options

Is satan (Lucifer) really evil i mean if you follow christian beliefs. I know he is supposed to be the most evil being/deity ever. But what happened to the souls of those who were bad before Lucifer became the devil i mean once he was Gods highest regarded angel. So is it to be assumed that every one was just perfect before satan come around. Or was God just scared that Lucifer was becoming more powerful or just as powerful and decided that he wanted to remain supreme. So he banished Satan was god just being power hungry and didnt want to share his rule? Anyone have any thoughts on this i do not believe in christ or any of that personally but i do like to know as much as possible so when people (general people in my area are christian) question what i belive i can put it to them so to say. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sport_boxing.gif)

I argue that in no way does "Satan" truly oppose "God," because the two are inextricably bound to each other, if the Christian faith is placed under scrutiny. If other world views are taken into account, Satan, as the Christans know, does not truly exist. There is no ABSOLUTE evil or adversary, able to be separated in mind and/or vaccuum, to the human race except the human race itself.

Well I don't mean to miss your point but I do have a different opinion so hopefully it can be cleared up. Your last post cleared up what you meant quite well (to me) so I will sum up what I think a little better now that I see what you mean. That part that is in bold, that's just the part I don't agree with. I am a Christian and so I believe that Satan does physically exit in one being, and that they are not inextricably bound to each other for the reason that God was before Satan, and God will be after Satan.

But if someone isn't a Christian (or a Jew) then I see perfectly well where you are coming from and how that does make sense. If I am wrong hopefully it won't take me to many years to figure it out, and I'll keep this in mind. I am aware of archetypes and believe what you said. It's just I believe it a little differently and with something extra.

This post has been edited by ☞Tomber☜: Aug 13 2010, 07:16 AM

I am a Christian and so I believe that Satan does physically exit in one being, and that they are not inextricably bound to each other for the reason that God was before Satan, and God will be after Satan.

But if someone isn't a Christian (or a Jew) then I see perfectly well where you are coming from and how that does make sense. If I am wrong hopefully it won't take me to many years to figure it out, and I'll keep this in mind. I am aware of archetypes and believe what you said. It's just I believe it a little differently and with something extra.

Very cool that you can keep your Christian perspective and also see how and why other people walk as they do in their own shoes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

Wish more New Agers, Thelemites, et cetera, could do the same thing visa vie their own beliefs.

(Obviously, the one and only Xenomancer doesn't have a problem doing this. And I think his summary of the "basic nut" of the argument is correct.)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shoot2.gif) (myopic worldviews that can't see outside themselves)

This post has been edited by monkman418: Aug 16 2010, 02:26 AM