Why do people hate Satan so much?

[T@T]

I'm not religious but for those who believe...just wondering?

[missdpuck]

For a second I thought you were talking about the Penguin. Seriously tho I guess it's because the Bible tells them to? I dunno.

[The Fonz]

Is there anyone out there that actually believes Satan exists?

[Jayems]

edit, have to reword that. I don't make sense

[T@T]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Is there anyone out there that actually believes Satan exists?

I think if you believe in God your basicly forced to believe in the Devil...no?

[The Fonz]

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[NuclearFart]

Well I'm not religious but here's my theory: Its not about killing the people, its about what they do to the people once dead.

God = Heaven full of food and hot virgins
Satan = Hell full of pitchforks and non-heterosexuals

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by NuclearFart

Well I'm not religious but here's my theory: Its not about killing the people, its about what they do to the people once dead.

God = Heaven full of food and hot virgins
Satan = Hell full of pitchforks and non-heterosexuals

Yep it's the fear of consequences.

[HOOT]

Oh I am sure some quack religious person will find a way to spin that.

[Devils'Advocate]

The graph is too small to see. But it seems ambiguous. Did Satan kill 10 people or less than zero?

[T@T]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Oh I am sure some quack religious person will find a way to spin that.

Disclaimer. I didn't create the thread to find out who the quacks are on CP

[T@T]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

The graph is too small to see. But it seems ambiguous. Did Satan kill 10 people or less than zero?

You must have a small monitor.

God = 2,038,344
Satan = 10

[flip]

This thread almost seems too obvious. Religious people can kill in the name of God to better the earth.

Satan is here to spread evil. Killing in his name also spreads evil. So killing in the name of god eradicates evil. nuff said

[onetwo_threefour]

Well it doesn't surprise me that people who try to moralize on consensual sexual activities between adults believe that there must be someone that tempts them to do bad things. Religion generally strikes me as the ultimate abdication of self-responsibility and accountability.

[Devils'Advocate]

Originally Posted by T@T

You must have a small monitor.

God = 2,038,344
Satan = 10

Aye. But the bar doesn't reach the zero line on the X axis.

I wonder who the 10 were.....

[V]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Aye. But the bar doesn't reach the zero line on the X axis.

I wonder who the 10 were.....

I'm guessing Job's family. But I thought that was more than 10.

[maverickstruth]

I actually wrote a paper on evil/the devil/etc. when I was in school in a course on the Hebrew Bible (i.e. the Old Testament).

Interesting thing is that throughout most of the Old Testament, it's actually God who is the source of all evil. Occasionally, he makes use of adversaries (satans) -- both human and supernatural -- but the working of evil is always at his behest.

It's argued that it was only when the Hebrews come into contact with the Persians and Zoroastrianism that the idea of a separate evil arises. Since Zoroastrianism is strongly dualistic (having separate good and evil powers) it's thought that maybe it influenced the Hebrew's beliefs. Even then, though, it's still God that's in control -- satans always act on God's behalf.

Scholars still debate whether "Satan" ever really shows up in the Old Testament as a personal name (most agree that it's just as a title or descriptor. And there's only really one or two places in the whole Old Testament that it's even debated, the rest are obviously just descriptors/titles). It's really only in later works (both Biblical and non) that the character known as Satan shows up.

Anyway, doesn't particularly answer the question, but I always thought it was interesting. Blame it on the Zoroastrians?

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Aye. But the bar doesn't reach the zero line on the X axis.

I wonder who the 10 were.....

The only 10 good Christians? Or wait was it in the Old Testament? Hmmmmm

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Aye. But the bar doesn't reach the zero line on the X axis.

I wonder who the 10 were.....

That's a parallax error because of the awesome 3Dness of the graph. If you shift your head to the left a bit it lines up.

[The Fonz]

For the religious, why does Satan punish those who go against God? Wouldn't he be happy with those people?