Who created the devil and why?
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Who did that?
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Today Saturday, those who noe may not be here, so wont reply fast one...
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God created Lucifer The Angel of Light & Music...Originally posted by Yuna:Who did that?
But then Lucifer's head grew big and thought that he is greater than God himself and wanted to be God's equal.. God banished Lucifer from the heavenly realm and Lucifer then led 1/3 of the Angels with him to form his own Realm..
In short, Lucifer brought about his own creation.. The Devil.. -
banana is good for youOriginally posted by laurence82:Today Saturday, those who noe may not be here, so wont reply fast one...
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God create evil, which manifest into devil and all things nasty.
About lucifer, he is an angel but become a devil right ? God, being all-knowing knwo tis will happen, yet god being omni-potent do nothing to stop it or prevent it. God had intended for tis to happen. -
yeah, banana is good for digestion....Originally posted by Yuna:banana is good for you
anyway, i think i seen u b4, posting here and there...ur nick very familiar...
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Lucifer is the Devil ?? then where's satan ???Originally posted by larry_longwei:God created Lucifer The Angel of Light & Music...
But then Lucifer's head grew big and thought that he is greater than God himself and wanted to be God's equal.. God banished Lucifer from the heavenly realm and Lucifer then led 1/3 of the Angels with him to form his own Realm..
In short, Lucifer brought about his own creation.. The Devil.. -
Lucifer = Satan its the same entity..Originally posted by stem_-_daimyou_asobi_hen:Lucifer is the Devil ?? then where's satan ???
juz as we use our nick.. "his" nick is ~Satan~ ...
dats the closest i can describe/explain .. -
DEVIL1976...!Originally posted by Yuna:Who did that?
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hahaha..Originally posted by Yunhaier:DEVIL1976...! -
Yes God created Lucifer.
Then Lucifer rebelled against God and is the devil we know of, aka Satan. -
why God did not extermine him?Originally posted by sillyme:Yes God created Lucifer.
Then Lucifer rebelled against God and is the devil we know of, aka Satan. -
To cut a very very long story short:
In the Old Testament, satan was an angel who did the bidding of God and wasn't exactly considered good or bad.
The creation of satan was mainly to explain the dual nature of God.
Back then in the times of the OT, the Israelites believed that the one true god was Yahweh (there were many other gods that other tribes worshipped) and that He was infinitely good. However, they also acknowledged that bad and evil things did happen (eg, wars with other tribes, death, murder, famine etc) to them and they had to explain why this was so. Since they believed that Yahweh was omnipotent (almighty and all knowing) and was "good" by nature, they had to explain where this "evil" came from. And since there cannot be another "god" (they believed there was only ONE true God), satan was created by the OT writers for this purpose. Note that satan was part of God and had to do God's bidding eg to inflict harm onto Job, satan had to ask God for permission before it could do anything.
However, the role of the devil/satan evolved over the years. By the time of the New Testament, the role of the devil/satan was one of opposition to God.
Jesus Christ came to save humanity from sin/evil and these were attributed to temptations from the devil. Hence, the devil slowly became a separate entity from God (as opposed to its role in the OT).
This is just a very brief and simplistic explanation. If you have any questions, you might want to check with your local priest/ pastor to provide a clearer picture.
Hope this helps.
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Exterminate him no fun liao. Then Job's faith will not be tested.
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Wah...where did you get the source for that? Why does it sound so wrong? The serpent in the garden of eden?Originally posted by Kismet:To cut a very very long story short:
In the Old Testament, satan was an angel who did the bidding of God and wasn't exactly considered good or bad.
The creation of satan was mainly to explain the dual nature of God.
Back then in the times of the OT, the Israelites believed that the one true god was Yahweh (there were many other gods that other tribes worshipped) and that He was infinitely good. However, they also acknowledged that bad and evil things did happen (eg, wars with other tribes, death, murder, famine etc) to them and they had to explain why this was so. Since they believed that Yahweh was omnipotent (almighty and all knowing) and was "good" by nature, they had to explain where this "evil" came from. And since there cannot be another "god" (they believed there was only ONE true God), satan was created by the OT writers for this purpose. Note that satan was part of God and had to do God's bidding eg to inflict harm onto Job, satan had to ask God for permission before it could do anything.
However, the role of the devil/satan evolved over the years. By the time of the New Testament, the role of the devil/satan was one of opposition to God.
Jesus Christ came to save humanity from sin/evil and these were attributed to temptations from the devil. Hence, the devil slowly became a separate entity from God (as opposed to its role in the OT).
This is just a very brief and simplistic explanation. If you have any questions, you might want to check with your local priest/ pastor to provide a clearer picture.
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Erm, sound wrong meh ???Originally posted by Himbo:Wah...where did you get the source for that? Why does it sound so wrong? The serpent in the garden of eden?
It was part of a research paper I did back in school a long time back on the creation and evolution of the devil from OT to NT.
Like I said, this was more of what I had researched and cannot be considered as the official doctrine. It is probably better to get the answer from your local priest/pastor. -
Simply refer to the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible.Originally posted by Himbo:Wah...where did you get the source for that? Why does it sound so wrong? The serpent in the garden of eden? -
Simply refer to the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible.Originally posted by Himbo:Wah...where did you get the source for that? Why does it sound so wrong? The serpent in the garden of eden? -
Lol...
I was the one who created EVIL -
Originally posted by Yunhaier:DEVIL1976...!
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Originally posted by Kismet:To cut a very very long story short:
In the Old Testament, satan was an angel who did the bidding of God and wasn't exactly considered good or bad.
The creation of satan was mainly to explain the dual nature of God.
Back then in the times of the OT, the Israelites believed that the one true god was Yahweh (there were many other gods that other tribes worshipped) and that He was infinitely good. However, they also acknowledged that bad and evil things did happen (eg, wars with other tribes, death, murder, famine etc) to them and they had to explain why this was so. Since they believed that Yahweh was omnipotent (almighty and all knowing) and was "good" by nature, they had to explain where this "evil" came from. And since there cannot be another "god" (they believed there was only ONE true God), satan was created by the OT writers for this purpose. Note that satan was part of God and had to do God's bidding eg to inflict harm onto Job, satan had to ask God for permission before it could do anything.
However, the role of the devil/satan evolved over the years. By the time of the New Testament, the role of the devil/satan was one of opposition to God.
Jesus Christ came to save humanity from sin/evil and these were attributed to temptations from the devil. Hence, the devil slowly became a separate entity from God (as opposed to its role in the OT).
This is just a very brief and simplistic explanation. If you have any questions, you might want to check with your local priest/ pastor to provide a clearer picture.
Hope this helps.
T
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VERY COMPLICATED. Well... In a way?Originally posted by Killer Tomatoes:why God did not extermine him? -
I will not go into God's reason for creating devil.
But to me, we humans only appreciate the good when there are bad ones.
Hence, without the devil, we won't appreciate the love and goodness of God. -
for satan to oppose god he also must be very clever and powerful ma.... so maybe hell is not ani worse than heaven lo...god can create heaven so wonderful maybe satan also can make it a nice place...