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Originally Posted by octothorp
If you believe in the bible of a literal and infallible account of the will of God, then I think we'll have a hard time finding any common ground to debate this.
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agreed
We agree to disagree as I take the Bible to be the Word of God written by people who had the indwelling of the Spirit of the Most High. I use the Bible to interpret the Bible. When trying to understand it, I use other passages within the Bible to help explain it. Taking any information other than the Word of God to help interpret the Bible can lead to potential misinterpretation. e.g. While the some or all of the information you cite may be factual, you also assume that the circumstances or events affected how the Biblical authors viewed or wrote about Satan, whereas it may have been that the circumstances or events were completely ignored by the Biblical authors in favour of following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Neither you or I can assume to know the mind of the Biblical authors.
So we will agree to disagree, just making sure the opposing view was heard from, in case anyone thought your view was the only possible truth...now they can exercise their free will and determine for themselves what to believe.
Have a good one, Octothorp.