is god and the devil as one?
921466
I have often wondered the same thing. But God is good and does not condone violence or vengence. However, if he does not condone vengence why does he punish? And why in the bible did he punish all mankind for one action of one? Or was that Adam and Eve story just an add on and not an actual event? Why would he let his own son be killed? Why were so many wars fought for religion, why would God allow that?
541044
You will get so many rude answers. I believe in one God and Jesus is his name. The devil believes and he trembles.
293288
No, this is not a stupid question ... I wrestled with it for years.\n\nGod is love ... God gave Jesus ... Jesus is God ... Jesus forgives ...  God is the Holy Spirit ... Together they work for PURE LOVE.  Heaven is love ... Love is God ...\n\nLucifer is the absence of God ... Lucifer is the absence of love ... Lucifer is the absence of forgivness ... Lucifer is in hell ... hell simply is away from God.\n\nI would choose love and forgivness above all else!!!
625041
I think no god will arrange and furthermore enjoy the killing of people.\nI think the god you are talking about is the one from the \nbible.   THAT GOD IS MADE UP  by the ones who wrote that book.\nIt is impossible that a god can can be so twisted !\nOr maybe the bible is a book about the devil....what do you think?!
1125504
I don't. I think the devil is a symbol for evil and bad behavior, and not a physical being.
527362
you should drop them both because neither is real. there is only one god and that is God. following what you are now will only lead to more and more confusion. read the Bible and with time you will see clearly.
516932
Well, personally I don't believe in good and evil or a "good" god and an "evil" god. If there is "one" god then everything came into existence because of it, not only "good" also "evil". \n\nThe devil to me is a mythical character and even in Judaism he has no freewill, so what will be the point to worship it? I believe there are forces of creation and forces of destruction (call it gods if you will) maybe they are all manifestations of the highest "Mind of Creation" (all manifestations of "one" God or Godess).\n\nMaybe Christians needed someone to blame all the “bad” things on and so created this “Devil” guy. I think it is a bit far fetched and only makes their god look like a weakling that can’t manage his own creation. That is why I think their god is a fake.
557879
What in God's name are you getting at here? God is not Satan, God is God and Satan is Satan.
1020138
Yes the answer is nothing.  Nothing is greater than god, nothing is more evil than the devil, if you eat nothing  you will die etc......if this is the same riddle we are talking about
365888
The Scriptures indicate that the Devil was originally a perfect, righteous spirit creature. But he “did not stand fast in the truth.” (John 8:44) Only after he willingly took a course of opposition and resistance to God was he called Satan.\nIn centuries past most professed Christians have had very vivid ideas about who Satan is and what he looks like. He was an evil angel, they said, whom God had put in charge of the lake of fire to torment the wicked and he wore a red union suit and was equipped with horns, a tail and a pitchfork.\n\nWhat is the truth about the Devil? And what does the Bible reveal regarding Satan the Devil? For as Christians we follow the example of Christ Jesus, who always appealed to the Scriptures to settle any controversial point regarding teaching. \nBriefly scriptures tells us that he is an entity, an invisible spirit person; a wicked creature who, in the final analysis, is responsible for all the suffering and wickedness the human race has ever experienced; that he made himself a devil; that God has had good reasons for allowing him to live until now, and that in God’s due time the Devil will be destroyed.\n\nWhere did Satan come from? Surely God did not create him as Satan, for all His work is perfect. (Deut. 32:3, 4) Satan was at one time a perfect angel and served as a guardian of the first human pair in Eden. Concerning him we read: “Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; . . . Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; . . . Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee. . . . Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty.”—Ezek. 28:13-18, AS.\n\nAnd what caused him to corrupt his wisdom? His ambition to be like the Most High, Jehovah God, which was betrayed thousands of years later in these words of his: “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” (Isa. 14:13, 14, AS) \nBy taking the foregoing scriptures with the well-known account of what took place in Eden, we have the picture of an angel appointed as guardian over the first human pair, who let his appointment go to his head and became ambitious to be like Jehovah God and began by estranging the first human pair from their Maker. He made himself into a deceiving, opposing, devouring Devil.—Gen. 3:1-19.\n\nThus, it is no myth that “Your adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour someone.”—1 Pet. 5:8, NW.
97218
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.
163287
the Almighty God has the biggest heart and the opposite to Him has the smallest (the devil)
30020
don't let 'em get you down, boya.  first off, there's Tons more factions than that of the god of the christians OR of that deity's adversary.  there are people out there who do understand that just because it's not of "god" doesn't mean it's of "the devil".
1027641
The Scriptures actually indicate that Almighty God is a SINGLE person, and not a polytheistic triad of gods.\n\n(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah\n\n(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him
1177676
I don't think there is an actual "devil". I think the "devil" is a just a way for us to apply a bad face to evil acts. I think humans need God as humans have been worshipping dieties for tens of thousands of years and nearly 90% of the world believes in a diety in some form.
1045827
Well the devil did not tempt Jesus with these things. He tempted Him with proving who He was. \n\nAnti-Christ is anything against grace and peace. Which would be trying to follow law to gain favor with God.\n\nRevelations is mainly OT prophecy. All prophecy has been fulfilled. Rev. is what Jesus took upon Himself during His sacrafice. It was judgement day already.
975664
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).