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Published: 2011-06-02 00:16:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 7638; Favourites: 100; Downloads: 46
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Sometimes I wonder, If God really and truly wants to defeat Satan, which almost everyone agrees that he does, why doesn't God just snap his fingers and make Satan not exist? It'd be the simplest freaking thing to do. And no more Satan means no more corrupted humans. Methinks God's in need of the Staples Button.Related content
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In the book of Job, Satan was Yahweh's enforcer/bad cop, not Y's enemy. The way rabid fundie Christians use him, to give the True Believers an enemy to make Y look good (and kill their critical thinking); it seems to still be his role.
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Satan is just a title and he isn't the devil. I doubt god would have asked "where were you" since he sent Lucifer to hell
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He could destroy him but never erase him
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So there is something god can't do
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You ask why the god does not kill Satan? Because Satan is the god's closest friend, he does all dirty work for the god.
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I believe I've watched a Bible study on youtube saying that if God just did that, the angels would think negative of him which was just like what Satan said against God.
I don't recall it word by word, it's more like if a government silenced anyone saying things against them, despite whether it's true or not.
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Lol this is old but Lucifer was God's favorite and most beloved Angel, that's why he didn't destroy him.
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And the fact that Luci supposedly keeps messing up the humans is still a problem?
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Satan does not exist. It is just our misconception of life that makes us go crazy. It is what you actually believe. If you believe that "satan" exists, then your force your mind that there is a thing that's always going to harm you. Then, you're the one who does the rest.
SO convinced that he exists that you end up harming your own self!
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You don't need to believe in the devil to point out how idiotically one sided the conflict really is. I don't actually think Batman and Superman exist when I say "Superman can just super speed into the Batcave and break his neck". You seem to be just a Christian strawmaning atheism.
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He kept Satan as a test for humans to see which they would follow.
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That is stupid as he would already know. Being omniscient and all.
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This guy knows what he's talking about
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If God is truly omniscient and omnipotent AND omnibenevolent, then ridding the world, and the universe, of evil would be easy for them.
The fact that evil still exists means that either God isn't one of the above 'omni's, or that he doesn't exist at all.
If it is the former, then I'm guessing he doesn't have the power to stop evil or maybe even worse, he allows evil because it's actually part of his plan (which would mean he's pretty sadistic).
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I think it would be too merciful for Satan as he committed blasphemy and if God were to get rid of every potential for great evil we would all be damned.
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In scripture, it's written that Satan, the False Prophet, and the Trump (Antichrist) will be thrown in Hell for a thousand years, whereafter they will be unleashed once again upon Humanity, and then after they have picked out the weak souls, and the true end comes, they will be thrown in the Lake of fire to burn for all eternity, never to be released again.
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And you don't think burning forever is too much?
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No. Because if sin were allowed into heaven then there would be death, disease, and war in heaven.
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Then have fun getting a lobotomy
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Or maybe...if Satan were killed, what if an equally evil -if not even more evil- demon took his place?
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He's in the realm of the dead.
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I meant in in terms of Satan being killed by being erased from existence, like how Aonon seems to suggest should happen on this image that he created.
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If so, then God would have to eliminate everyone who us unsaved as well. Have you heard the parable of the tears and the grain?
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That sparks my curiosity. Could you please elaborate about such a parable?
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Well an enemy of the farmer went in and scattered some nasty tare seeds among the wheat and when the farmer woke up to find both tares and wheat, he elaborated that if he took the tears up at that particular moment then it would destroy the wheat as well. However, if he waited for the harvest, then he could eliminate the tares and harvest the wheat as the wheat would be better harvested without the interference of the tares destroying the wheat. I'm so glad you asked. Not many people ask me about what I believe, and when they do, it's usually only to mock and taunt.
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Ah. Thank you for satisfying my curiosity.
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I should say that it was in the right place.
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Anyways, what I meant that, if the Biblical God were toΒ only targeted Satan, and even if he only erased Satan out of existence and nobody else, wouldn't that theoretically mean that another evil would simply take the Devil's place?
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Exactly.
What I'm trying to say is that evil is like a Decepticon. It comes in many forms, and there will always be plenty of more no matter what. See my analogy?
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I think God made us a test, will we still believe God or will we be under Satan's bad things?
If that does not exist, why would hell and heaven exist?
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That would depend. First, prove Heaven and Hell exist. Then discussion over why they exist can begin.
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βIs God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.Β
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.Β
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?Β
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?β -Epicurus
To be fair, polytheism can lean on the same argument.
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LOL
BTW I think it would be better to make him go to hell for a reason.
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I think the reason that God hasn't made Satan disappear is because the world would be out of balance.Β
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Being a Christian-turned-Wiccan going on 17 years now, I happened to only recently had an epiphany concerning the ever-asked question "If God loves us, then why is the world the way it is?". Β Here's what I think could be the case if you first accept the Given of The Biblical God is real.
God blessed humanity with a certain level of wisdom and intelligence; unfortunately, intelligence can stack knowledge based on that which has come before it. Β Wisdom can inspire others, but cannot increase its services to humanity like intelligence can. Β So now we have a far more intelligence-driven society while wisdom takes a back seat due to being over-shouted by communal intellect.
Also, God granted humanity free-will and if he gave us the wisdom to see, without fail, that service to him was the wisest choice of action, then our very natures would force us into his service; thereby overriding the free-will he had given to us.
So, in the long run, God is making the world as screwed up as it is because he is letting us make the choices that keep screwing it up. End Proof.
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