God is good and satan is evil the bible says; but history is written by the victors.?
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The Bible was written mostly by the Jews, and you can see this sometimes in the way they inflate their own numbers, but for all that, the Jews have often been the losers.  I mean, the whole business in Egypt was perhaps the most prominent enslavement, but it was certainly not the last.  To their mentality, they were opressed under the Romans too, and many times in between.  Yet for all that, they stuck to God and upheld him as a good and just god.  It's amazing how faithful these "losers" are.  Perhaps it means something.
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Satan didn't hijack the universe, he brought up the issue of gods right to rule man.  If God just destroyed satan and humans and then started over again his point wouldn't be proven and no one would learn and that wouldn't be fair.  Instead he allows us to rule ourselves with satans influence to allow us to make our own choice and prove his right to rule.
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A good question. God is The Father of everything good. Satan was the first to sin or "pervert" God's ways so Satan is the father and creator of sin. God blesses those who seek Him.
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Satan is the god of this world. He is a great deciever and has blinded the eys of most. But he is merely a tool in God's Hands.\n People do not want to retain God in their knowledge, because their deeds are evil. They rather love darkness than Light.\n They look for signs, but they miss the ones that God gives. It's always been that way. How many saw the Signs that Jesus was the Messiah?\n\n Jesus said it would be in these Last Days, as it was in the Days of Noah. How many saw it in Noah's Day?\n Ask yourself this also...How many had the Truth in Noah's Day? Who had the Message of salvation for the entire world?\n Only one...and he was a Prophet.\n\nIf you want to see the Signs that God has given in these Last Days, and know what is the Truth of God, then click here...\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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Wow what a great question. So I understand. God created everything, he created the devil, and therefore he created sin. (which is the breaking of Law.. which he created!)\nSo when people say oh... its the devils work, its is just as much gods work too, just as much as a pretty flower is his work, so is the the Tsunami and 9/11... Ok so god is good.. but god is Evil too!\n\nHe doesn't deserve my worship.
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I read a link once that had counted every murder by god and satan in the bible.  The final count was smething close to God- 1 000 000 and Satan-10.   Speaks for itself I guess.
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lucifer\n\nSatan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek σατᾶν sátan, from the proper name Σατανάς Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Śaṭanâ; Arabic شيطان Shaitan: both words mean "Adversary; accuser"; derived from the Semitic root šṭn, which carries the semantics of opposing, obstructing, and of being adverse) is a Judeo-Christian term which is, together with the Islamic term Shaitan, traditionally applied to an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. The idea of this ultimate agent of evil as the Prince of Darkness was most likely introduced by the Iranian (Persian) prophet Zoroaster, whose ideas would later influence Judeo-Christian beliefs[1] Although Zoroaster’s beliefs concentrated on the duality and struggle between ultimate good and ultimate evil, it was the Judaic adaptation of these beliefs which portrayed Satan as the inferior enemy of God (Zoroaster saw the enemy as also omnipotent). Satan plays various roles in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, Satan is an angel that God uses to test man for various reasons usually dealing with his level of piety (e.g. the test in the Book of Job). In the Apocrypha and New Testament, Satan is portrayed as an evil, rebellious demon that is the enemy of God and mankind. However, in both Jewish and Christian theology Satan is not understood as a true equal to God (as he is perhaps so seen in Zoroastrianism, depending on whether one considers Ahura Mazda or Zurvan to be the proper parallel to the trinity)[citation needed] Since both religions are intentionally monotheistic, Satan is seen, rather, as a creature created by God--originally good, but now fallen of his own choosing. This prevents a true dualism in both religions. Good is the original status of all things made by God. Corruption comes later at the hand of created moral agents (consider Augustine's notion of privation here). Thus Satan is always under God's providential control and at times even his unwilling agent.\n\nIn Christio-Islamic tradition, Satan is generally viewed as a preternatural that is the central embodiment of evil.[citation needed] Satan is also commonly known as the Devil (Latin Diábolus, Diaboli, from Greek Διάβολος Diábolos, meaning slanderer), the "Prince of Darkness," Beelzebub (direct translation is "Lord of the Flies"), Belial, Mephistopheles, and Lucifer ("lightbringer").\n\nIn the Talmud and some works of Kabbalah, Satan is sometimes called Samael; however most Jewish literature is of the opinion that Samael is a separate angel.[citation needed] In the fields of angelology and demonology these different names sometimes refer to a number of different angels and demons, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these entities are actually evil.[citation needed]\n\nIn Islam, Iblīs (Arabic إبليس), is the primary devil. He appears more often in the Qur'an as being the Shaitan: Iblis is mentioned 11 times, and Shaitan "al-Shaitaan" ‏‏(الشيطان) 87 times. He is chief of the spirits of evil, and his personality is similar to that of the devil in Christianity. He suffered from pride and refused to bow down to Adam at Allah's command. He subsequently rebelled against Allah, and was therefore thrown out of Heaven, and was henceforth known as Shaitan.[citation needed]
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Because that "God" in Jeremiah 13:14 is the Lord, God of Israel. That "God" is not the same God who created humans or is it the same God who created the entire universe. They are all different. The Lord, God of Israel is actually Satan, the fallen angel. Satan is an alien from heaven and is obsessed with control and power over humans. In the case of the biblical story you brought up, Satan is concerned with collecting all the gold and treasures from all the people he ordered massacred. Reread the story again with this explanation in mind and it will make sense. Satan is still concerned with hoarding gold to this day. The followers of that "God" are actually Satanist working for a real alien (or angel). There is nothing spiritual about the mass killings of women, children, and babies; it is just, quite simply, a factual account of a greedy, gold hungry alien passing as a 'god' to humans who willing do his bidding in exchange for worldly policical powers. These Satanist are behind almost all the world events of modern times. But don't be scared, their time is almost up and they will soon be at our feet (Rev 2:9 and 3:9). And the creator God of human beings will be returning! (Rev 20-22) That is the Good News of the Bible.
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Satan was not the "best" but the most beautiful and he held a posistion that was one of the highest, a "coverer" Angels worshiped God like they do now before humans existed. Satan's source of greed and pride is from himself.
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Or torture us!  People make out God to seem so evil but these people dont see it that way , they actually think they are so bad that they do not deserve anything its just crazy!  I do not believe in the adam and eve story.  I do not believe in hell but i do believe in a loving God not a evil one.  I will get a lot of thumbs down from overly religious people but i dont care.  God did not write the bible nor did it fall from the sky.. How can anyone say its Gods true word when it has changed hands through man for thousands of years.  God is loving and kind, not mean and angry .
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Evil is the creation of the deity "god" plain & simple. He is the sole creator and therefore he created Satan and his crew. Sure he started out as an angel, but wouldn't the deity "god" see that one coming? His evil gives him something to do you know...so he won't feel useless.
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You've got to remember.  It's not about what we perceive as reality.  The Bible says there is a war in the "invisbles". . .the unseen.  It is a war against the principalities and powers of Satan.  Their objective is to supplant God.  Ålways has been.  God's objective is to redeem man, to get man back into fellowship with Him.  So, as Christians, we are in the family and Satan knows to bring whatever he has to bear against us.  Sex, war, terrorism. . .whatever.  Satan knows the Bible a whole lot better than we do and he is not afraid to jack us up royally.  He is the father of lies.  Satan's goal for us is self-destruction.  Since we choose to love God and follow Him, the only way Satan can really hurt God is to get us to choose to self-destruct.  He gets us where our weakness is and then just lets sin take it course. . .the end being self-destruction.  The world is just a part of that process.  There are really only two religions in the world.  Christianity and Hinduism.  Christianity says" you need a God".  Hinduism, which comes in many forms from  Mormonism to Humanism to whatever says 'you can be your own god."  If you'll recall, that's just the same old lie Satan used in the garden and is still using today.  Hope that helps.
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Methodists believe that Satan is Gods rival.\n\nIn ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do. \n\nThe word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.\n\n Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.\n\nOddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.\n\nOther hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.\n\nLove and blessings\ndon
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Say no to people who, perhaps unknowingly, are messengers of Satan trying to keep people from attaining eternal life through the salvation offered by Jesus Christ!  Jesus is Lord!  I'm sorry, you can't change that.  Have you read the Bible?  The good guys win.
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You've stated just a few reasons why I ended up asking the question, "Is it possible that the Christian God and the Muslim God(Yahweh and Allah) are the same entity as Satan? The character flaws exhibited by the religious "good gods" can be lined up point for point with the understood character flaws of "Satan". One of the most sadistic stories I've ever read has got to be the story of God telling Abraham to sacrifice his own son and then, "Oh, sorry just testing". You don't get any more cruel or mind-controlling than that.
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Go count up the number of humans the "God" of the Bible caused the death of then count up the number "Satan" killed. Methinks they got the labels mixed up ; )
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Neither, do not you know by now War is not the answer?  Why can not we learn from history?   No one Wins We all lose. Peace on earth, good will toward men.  Are we destined to repeat the same mistakes since Abel and Cain?, No it doesn't have to be.  But according to Bible yes, even in the last days, there will be wars and rumours of wars.  Whew!!! All the turmoil gets old.