Is Satan really just God's negative side?
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Wow, this is a new topic and compared to what I have read so far today...a pleasant change.  Possibly so, since we are to believe we were all 'created' in the image of God.  Angels were first according to history and Satan, Lucifer was his favorite at one time.  I don't know what else to say, but I appreciate the question for the open minded people out in the world today...what if this is true?  Good one.
617151
For thousands of years, Satan has been working to convince mankind that we can "be like God". What's so bad about living here on earth, especially if it's forever in paradise?!\n\n(Genesis 3:4-5) the serpent said to the woman [Eve]: “you positively will not die. For God knows that in the very day of your eating from it your eyes are bound to be opened and you are bound to be like God
1007890
your not  crazy. That's a fact he, the evil one, want s to scare you into submission ...fear is one of satans greatest tools .. you know God is all powerful and will never leave you remember  next time satan and his angels try very hard to mess with you when you are doing your best to do what you know to be right  keep up the good work ...don't give up God loves you ok i am going to add  something  you cannot fight Satan God is the one with power you pray and pray and rebuke him in the name of Jesus and God will hear your prayers and make him leave....
94768
Because Satan hates the source, so he tells all kinds of lies in order to turn people away from the one true God. Then he stirs up strife between the different beliefs while he sits back and laughs.
1112526
lol, the christian god is too human sounding to be a god in the first place. \nit wouldn't surprise me though, that god would pretend to be satan when he does bad things.\n\nbut they've obviously thought about this more than some christians have and recognized some sobering trends in the bible that don't coincide with the whole "god is only good" dogma they teach in sunday school.
919959
Any one that is opposite of God or rejects him is an enemy against God therefore is of Satan.
1054656
If Satan is not attacking you, it means he doesn't think you're a threat. Satan wouldn't be persecuting you if he didn't know that you are a man of God and determined to live for Him. \n\nYou could look at Job, an amazing man of God, who God had such faith in that He allowed Satan to bring unspeakable torments upon him.  The Bible says God will never give us more than we can handle. =)
636395
Satan is very subtle.  He doesn't even want people to believe he exists.  Anything that causes people to doubt God and Jesus' divinity certainly helps Satan.  The world is a spiritual battleground, and most people aren't even aware of it.
394738
:}\nNo at least not in a direct sense. He does take advantage of evil which occurs to cause good for believers. his absence is evil so he is it's counter part.
723845
All people, christians and non-christians grow old and die and many die from unforeseen circumstances. The reason bad things happen to anyone, is because of God's enemy, Satan the devil. He challenged God's right to rule over the earth and said that humans do not need God and could rule themselves independently without God's help. God is answering Satans challenge by allowing man to try to live without his interference. Satan also said that humans would discontinue serving God if he( Satan and his demons)) were allowed to cause them pain and suffering. There have been and still are many who are proving Satan to be a liar, who love and serve God faithfully, despite whatever persecution Satan brings upon them.\nWhat has been the result of man ruling man without God intervening? Suffering and injustice, wars, crime and hatred. \nGod has promised to soon rid the earth of all those things and to destroy Satan and all who follow him. Satan will lose the challenge and be proved a liar. By remaining faithful to the end, we show that we are on God's side and prefer his rule over man's.  \nWe need a righteous ruler who will be just and merciful. Human rulers can do nothing for us. (Psalm 146:3)\nLook what Psalms 37:9-11 promises us--" For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." \nSoon the meek who inherit this earth will be under one government that will last forever. (See Daniel 2:44) No more will we have to put up with imperfect human rulers who can never bring an end to injustice, crime, terrorism or death itself. God's government will do all that and more.
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Good and evil are highly biased concepts precisely because of social constructions such as God and Satan. However, we cannot look at the world as a set of binary opositions: white, black, up, down, God, Devil etc. If it really were about negativity and positivity if you can say that, then what the hell do we do with everything in between?!?! As far as Satan goes, he is just a human created mithological creature that scares small minded people and keeps them in line. He is the product of some idiot's imagination who wanted to control people's mind, Satan is a political weapon as is God; and for people's brainwashed little heads, he represents evil and darkness and "the enemy", so it is the people who attatch meaning to an otherwise meaningless nonexistant thing like the devil.
91687
Your question should be:  Why does God ALLOW Satan to torture us?  What sick joy does God get from this?  \n\nSome may say I am blaspheming God.  He has not struck me with a lightning bolt yet...so I guess I am safe from His wrath.  \n\nSatan is just God's servant.  In any court of law, God would be more culpable than Satan.\n\nThey say the cleverest thing Satan has done is convince the world he does not exist.  Well, we could also say the trickiest thing God does is convince us Satan DOES exist.\n\nFor more on the "Problem of Evil" see my extensive response to that question too.
763698
I know that's right.  Satan wants us to think WE are the ONLY ones going through things, like pain.  \n\nBut,There is ALWAYS someone worse off than we are......
593936
God is not good, Satan is the best!
660366
I wouldn't believe them because satan would never tell you who he is.He would rather deceive you into believing he is someone who cares about you.God would be saddened if you didn't know enough to recognize the devil when you see him.Afterall he has given us a manual to refer to,and yet we doubt what he says.If calling evil just that is crazy,then crazy I am.I know evil when I see it and am not afraid to call it what it is......EVIL SATAN!!!!!
1077063
The real enemy of God and man is Satan the Devil, although it is true that false religion is a favorite tool used by Satan...\n\n(1 Peter 5:8-10) Keep YOUR senses, be watchful. YOUR adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour [someone]. 9 But take YOUR stand against him, solid in the faith, knowing that the same things in the way of sufferings are being accomplished in the entire association of YOUR brothers in the world. 10 But, after YOU have suffered a little while, the God of all undeserved kindness, who called YOU to his everlasting glory in union with Christ, will himself finish YOUR training, he will make YOU firm, he will make YOU strong\n\n(2 Corinthians 4:3-4) If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through
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Wow, no offense but Satans got you right where he wants you. Satan is the father of lies, the prince of darkness, he's ready to kill and devour anything God will let him. Hell was created by God for the devil and his angels, not for people. Unfortunately some people end up there because they refuse God's forgiveness. Satans going to try and make himself appear harmless and when you least expect it he'll crush you and destroy your life. And half the time you won't even know it was him! He's that clever. Pray to Almighty God that Satan will not annihilate you.