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Post by behemoth on Apr 5, 2011 20:07:41 GMT -5
This post will be unusal in two ways. First, you need not cringe seeing me post because this will be a short post (unusual from me). Second, I rarely if ever start threads, but rather make absurdly long responses to others fearing to be misunderstood in my attempt for clarity.
Who or what is Satan? Let's talk about him. It is my experience that we have no shortage of ideas about him/her/it, but in reality there are very few actual scriptural references to him. More of our ideas about Satan come from Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost than actually come from the Bible...what do you think about our nemesis and why?
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Post by Patrick on Apr 6, 2011 1:24:27 GMT -5
It's very interesting to me how he is portrayed in Job. It seems to be quite a stark contrast from what we see of him in Revelation. It's interesting how God used Satan as a tool to ultimately bless Job. The idea that he has to ask permission of the Lord before he does anything to a Christian is a very comforting idea.
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Post by Radiant Magnificence Alastair on Apr 6, 2011 7:34:00 GMT -5
Please don't talk about Job to much, I don't want it spoiled... I don't think I'm even half way through it yet.
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Post by conner on Apr 7, 2011 11:43:03 GMT -5
Please don't talk about Job to much, I don't want it spoiled... I don't think I'm even half way through it yet. THE DOG DIES
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Post by Patrick on Apr 8, 2011 13:55:57 GMT -5
Everything (except Job) dies!
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Post by N/A on Apr 9, 2011 2:39:09 GMT -5
Satan is the leader of the Anti-Cosmic gods, he was spawned from Chaos to counter the creation of the Earth and man by The Demiurge (Marduk), and to help ignite the black flame of rebellion inside every human, so that we may be free of the lies of Marduk, and that The Ancient Ones may unify with Tiamat and bring a new dark aeon, and end this existence by ripping the earth in two.
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Post by skully on May 1, 2011 18:01:03 GMT -5
@ Landon: that's a very interesting view...never heard that before.
For me i find it interesting how although Satan and a third of the angels fell from heaven, they still believe in the gospel and tremble before the name of God. In a way, despite the fact that Stan's job is to decieve people and lead them to eternal destruction, he still works for God as the ultimate punisher. of course God is the judge and if we aren't believers then we are condemned to satan, and he therefore takes on the role of punishing us.
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Post by Paul on May 1, 2011 19:14:50 GMT -5
except satan is in hell to be punished, not to punish
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Post by N/A on May 4, 2011 1:16:32 GMT -5
Satan is to be revered, not condemned! Only by following Satan can one free themselves from the constraints of the false sense of morality placed upon all mankind by the deceitful Demiurge! It is by this lie called "hell" that the cosmic gods have tricked all of humanity into shunning the truth: Marduk only wants power, power over us, power over this world, and the only way he can get it is to get us to turn against our true nature, to turn against Satan and the anti-cosmic gods, to deny the black flame inside of us! We have been lied to, Satan is not evil! Marduk is evil! Hail Satan!
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Post by althrioan on May 7, 2011 10:26:49 GMT -5
wtf?!
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Post by N/A on May 7, 2011 13:23:04 GMT -5
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Post by skully on May 7, 2011 15:34:14 GMT -5
i knew somewhat about satanism, but i didn't know there were other types of it
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Post by davo on May 7, 2011 16:38:55 GMT -5
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Post by N/A on May 9, 2011 12:19:44 GMT -5
I thought so as well.
It justifies being on Satan's "side", otherwise you're just an idiot. In the christian structure, he loses in the end, so why would you choose to be on his side? This is a different structure though.
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Post by Paul on May 9, 2011 12:42:17 GMT -5
So basically it's a big excuse to say everything you want to do is justifiable and good, and you're some sort of freedom fighter because you want to do what everyone else says is evil
SO COOL
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