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Author Topic:   What if Satan reformed?
danny
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Message 45 of 234 (348010)
09-10-2006 10:40 PM
Reply to: Message 44 by viewfromthetop
09-10-2006 8:43 PM


Re: God as Satan
Just to be Devil's Advocate concerning Satan throwing himself (or is that Himself) on God's mercy. Traditionally God is viewed as a male entity judging mankind against His own perfection, and finding us constantly wanting we are punished for the inadequacies He gave us. This entity requires worship, thanks and praise but above all fear and Love. Surely Love is the utter absence of fear. We see the history of slaughter wrought by those who worship this entity and the misery and suffering of countless millions. Belief in this male omnipresence (the ultimate Big Brother) is the cornerstone for every major conflict mankind has been subjected to. The big three - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - all follow this male God and we are at present witnessing a mounting war between them that may well drag us all down. This Gosd bestows, not Love, but war, violence, suffering and division. So - is this God really Satan in disguise leading us all merrily to Armageddon?

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danny
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Message 55 of 234 (348269)
09-11-2006 11:16 PM
Reply to: Message 54 by ringo
09-11-2006 9:54 PM


Can Satan reform?
I think talking about God in human terms is misleading. If God is everything then 'It' is less of a being and more of a 'state of being'. Satan reflects the separation from this state of being. It is the price we all pay for being individuals. This separation from God leaves us all with an underlying sense of isolation and it is from this that all our existential fears (Satan)stem from. For Satan to 'reform' He would have to transcend this separation and in doing so would "return to God", as it were. He would have to annihilate His own Self in order to return to the state of being that is God and I really don't think it's in His make up to do that.

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