why is the devil depicted as Goat?
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The devil is identified as the goat enclosed within a downpointing pentagram.  This became the official sigil of the Church of Satan, but they did not invent this sign; nor is this sign ancient.\n\nThe idol of a winged goat-man with a reversed pentagram on its head is called Baphomet, etymologically deriving its name from eastern cultures (possible Arabic meaning "Father of Understanding" or Seat of Understanding").  It first became known thanks to the Knights Templars and their famous trial for idolatry.  \n\nThere have been some scholars who beleive Christianity co-opted the figure of Dionysus, Greek God of wine, ecstacy and divine life, to suppress his worship by likening him to Satan.  Be/c Dionysus was also known as Dionysus Soter, Dionysus Eleftherios, etc (Dionysus Savior, Dionysus Liberator) because he was the main figure int he Eleusinian Mysteries and his function was to grant salvation to the "soul"..... just as Jesus would come to pronounce in later centuries, early Christian circles co-opted the imagery of his known familiars (goats, namely satyrs, mythical half man-half goat figures) and likened it to a representation of Satan to crush the Dionysian worship.\n\nThe pentagram is an ancient symbol, best known from the Pythagoreans, but used by many cultures in antiquity....  Where the Pythagoreans used the words Hygeia in each of the quarters of the pentagram, meaning Good Health, or a loose form of the contemporary pagan "BLESSED BE", the Pentagram was reversed by Satanists to demonstrate the anti-world and all of the qualities advocated by their "reversing" or ridiculing or literally "turning the mainstream conception of things on its head".  They include other lettering in the place of HYGEIA....\n\nIn any event,\nFor a good article, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet
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The devil, and what he has to offer.
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FOund this photo, I assume it's the same guy?  Enjoy!\nhttp://www.btinternet.com/~thejoker/images/devil.jpg
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welcome to Judaism my friend. We mearly see the "devil" as the angle of death and a servant of Gd. Personally I do not know where that whole fallen angel garbage came from.
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No, actually you misunderstand as do most. 666 is the Mark of the Beast. The "Anti-Christ," The False Prophet and the Beast are all three different things. The Devil will eventually take the body of the "Anti-Christ" but that is another story. Anyway if you take the mark 666 or if it appears on you then you CHOSE the devil. That doesn't mean it is the Devil's number it means you rejected God.
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&*&*&\nI HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.  GOOD LUCK!!!\n\n\nhttp://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/animalgods.htm\n\nAnimals and the Gods of Ancient Egypt\nby Caroline Seawright\n\nEgyptian towns usually had their own local sacred animal. It was thought that some gods and goddesses represented themselves on earth in the form of a single representative of a specific species, and honoring that species of animal would please the god or goddess associated with the animal. The animal believed to be the incarnation of the god or goddess lived a pampered life in and near the temples and religious centers.\n\nBaboon y`n baboon determinative y`n - The dog-headed baboon was one of the manifestations of both Thoth, god of writing, and Khonsu, the youthful moon god. Both deities were related to the moon. Hapy, the son of Horus who guarded the canopic jars that held the lungs, had the head of a baboon. There was also a baboon god in the Early Dynastic period named Hedjwer, 'The Great White One', who became closely linked with Thoth. Sometimes Thoth was shown in baboon form, perched on top of the scales of judgement in the underworld.\n\nBast, Egyptian Cat Goddess Cat myywcat determinative myw - Many deities were depicted as cats, both domestic or wild, and so they were seen as benevolent, sacred animals. Bast, originally a desert cat, was later depicted as a domestic cat. Ra was shown as 'The Great Cat of Heliopolis' who defeated Apep in 'The Book of the Dead'.\n\nCattle mnnmnntcattle determinative mnmnt - Hathor, Isis, Nut and Bat were three goddesses who were often depicted as cows, with the horns of cows or with the ears of cows. Because of this, and because of the relationship of the pharaoh as a living god, the cow came to symbolize the mother of the pharaoh. The cow was also a solar icon, where Nut carried the sun across the sky on her back, when she was in cow form. The cow was linked to female fertility and to the mother of the pharaoh. Osiris was related to the bull - the Apis bull, after death, became Osiris-Apis. While it was still alive, the Apis bull was seen as the Ba of Ptah, mummified god of creation. The Mnevis bull was regarded as the Ba of Ra-Atum. The bull, therefor, was linked to masculinity and the pharaoh.\n\nWadjet in her Human-headed Cobra Form Cobra djtcobra in a basket determinative djt - The cobra was sacred to Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Buto, who represented Lower Egypt and kingship. The cobra goddess Renenet was a fertility goddess who was sometimes depicted as nursing children and as protector of pharaoh. Another cobra goddess was Meretseger, 'she who loves silence', who could punish criminals with blindness or her venom.\n\nCrocodile mshcrocodile determinative msh - Ammut, the demoness at the judgement hall, had the head of a crocodile along with other fearful creatures, and was known as 'the devourer of the dead' who punished evildoers by eating their hearts. The god of the Athribis region, the solar god Horus Khenty-Khenty, was sometimes shown as a crocodile. But the crocodile was also sacred to Sobek, who was portrayed as a human with the head of a crocodile, or as the crocodile itself. The temples of Sobek usually had sacred lakes where crocodiles were fed and cared for. The hippo goddess of childbirth, Taweret, was thought to have the back and tail of a crocodile, or was shown with a crocodile perched on her back.\n\nFalcon / Hawk bykfalcon with a flagellum determinative byk - The sacred bird of the falcon-headed solar god Horus, it was also regarded as his Ba. The falcon was a bird that had protective powers, and was frequently linked with royalty, where it was depicted as hovering over the head of the pharaoh, with outstretched wings. The falcon was also sacred to Montu, god of war, and Sokar, god of the Memphite necropolis. The bird of prey was sometimes associated with Hathor, 'The House of Horus'. The son of Horus, Qebehsenuef who guarded the canopic jar of t
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The mark of the beast is the fact that people are going to worship the devil when he comes pretending to be Jesus. When one is taken away in the field and the other stays, this means that the person that is taken away because she goes to worship the false Jesus.\n\nRevelations  13:11 \n"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."\n\nThe two horns represent power like the Lamb (Jesus). But, he spake as a dragon (devil).\nBasically he looked like Jesus, but, spake like the devil. This is how people worship the devil. Because the devil is pretending to be Jesus.
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I highly doubt that most people are; they always view Lucifer as a demonic creature (like that in my avatar). Forgetting that he is the master of deception. Satan can be a beautiful woman or a monk for that matter. Satan can be the stray cat that you feed everyday. Lest we forget, satan is a fallen "angel". He knows the scripture "better" than you and that's a fact. One must rely on The Omnipotent for the wisdom to notice the difference and the vigor to overcome. Dominus Vobiscum.\n\nexcellent question.
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God created the devil.
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The devil is a fallen angel, previously named Lucifer, who God kicked out of heaven because he set himself up in God's place. God changed his name to Satan or "deceiver."\nElves are fictional characters, possibly based on actual sightings of demons. Traditionally they make shoes. J. R. R. Tolkien redefined the elf (in my opinion) with his classic Lord of the Rings series, making them a tall, noble, light-footed, pointy-eared race that love beauty and happiness.
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The Devil is neither a sub-god nor half-god. The Devil was once Lucifer, an angel in God's realm of angels. He lost favor with God by wanting to rule and have his own way and, as a result, was kicked out of Heaven. The Devil has many deceiving powers, but he cannot and will never over-power God. At the end of time, only God knows when that is --not even "the Son of man",Jesus Christ, knows when it is--the Devil will be bound and cast into the eternal lake of fire found in Hell. His followers will discover the same lake of fire(reference: Revelation, the last book of the Bible).
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Is called The Chupacabras which means the goats sucker.  It is a legendary modern character still very alive. Many goats cows and chicken ha been found bloodless in Puerto Rico and other countries and many people; adults and young, have claimed seeing a strange creature with extraterrestrial and anthropomorphic features, more like prehistoric monsters, being around the places where animals had been found dead. Serious researchers and many police departments has checked out the stories . Terrified people and whole towns had been objects of the Chupacabra terror. It is worse than Bin Laden and Sadam toghether. I believe it is a flying almost extinct pre historic specie that hides in caves and dark places underground and comes out peridically as climatological changes take place. It is not exclusive of Puerto Rico. some people claim it is an allien. Others a demon and others a creation of imaginative people, but how can all those animals including very beloved pet dogs are found dead with very specific orifices and no blood in the open fields and sometimes as a massacre to the awe of owners and mentaly stable people and scintific profesionals in charge of agricultural programs and universities.
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The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. \n\nTwo very similar-appearing male goats were brought into the courtyard of the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur as part of the Holy Service of that day. The high priest cast lots for the two goats. One goat was offered as a burnt offering, as was the bull. The second goat was the scapegoat. The high priest placed his hands on the head of the goat and confessed the sins of the people of Israel. The scapegoat was led away and pushed over a distant cliff. \n\nIn Christian theology, the story of the scapegoat in Leviticus is interpreted as a symbolic prefiguration of the self-sacrifice of Jesus, who takes the sins of humanity on his own head, having been driven into the 'wilderness' outside the city by order of the high priests.\n\nIts from this christian view that the modern use of scape goating comes from, i.e. blaming others for our own sins.
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Satan is a proper Hebrew word that means "adversary", and does not refer specifically to "the devil".  This is why it makes sense when Jesus refers to Peter as "you satan".\n\nLucifer refers to Venus and literally means "shining star".  It is a specific reference to Nebuchadnezzar, who was known by that moniker in his day.  It is not a reference to "the devil".  \n\nYou will not find the word "devil" anywhere in the Old Testament.
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The Devil is a convenient invention of semitic religions to put the blame onto. If people do anything wrong they can blame the devil.\n\nThe muslims go around blaming the devil and calling anyone who doesn't share their viewpoint a devil - therefore the devil is just a human invention. The muslims also go around chucking stones at stone-pillar in the middle of the desert thinking it represents the devil. Well if the devil has been turned into a stone pillar then it is no longer a devil - what power can a stone pillar have?\n\nIf you believe there is an all powerful God then it is only logical there can't be another equally powerful entity otherwise God has not power really. If you only have a wishy washy belief in God then you go around making some invention as an excuse for not oobeying Gods commands - like the Jews, Christians and Muslims.\n\nIf the story of the biblical creation is to be believed then we can see that the devil is merely an invention since Eve must have wanted to eat the forbidden fruit but then conveniently blamed the serpent - this has been the general trend in Judaism, Christianity and Islam all through the ages.
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1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence! \n\n2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams! \n\n3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit! \n\n4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates! \n\n5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek! \n\n6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires! \n\n7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all! \n\n8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! \n\n9. Satan has been the best friend I have ever had, as He has kept me happy all these years!
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I was taught that the snake/serpent was changed when cursed by God to from then on it had to crawl on its belly and eat dust.  All of creation changed after the fall.\n\nOf course this particular serpent was Satan, but the animal he used to represent himself was cursed as well.\n\nGen 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, \n       "Cursed are you above all the livestock \n       and all the wild animals! \n       You will crawl on your belly \n       and you will eat dust \n       all the days of your life.