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Poor Satan, so misunderstood.

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ringo
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Message 289 of 301 (448957)
01-15-2008 6:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 286 by New Cat's Eye
01-15-2008 6:24 PM

Catholic Scientist writes:
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You are assuming that the devil is not a person....
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No I'm not. I'm concluding that "the devil" is probably a personification of evil because of the indicators that the story is fiction.
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The fictional locale is just an indication that (in this particular story) the devil is a plot device and not a real entity.
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Got it. Because one detail was in inconsistent, the whole story is fake.
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No.
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Because one detail is fictional, other details in the story are possibly/probably fictional too. If Peter Pan flies you to Neverland, chances are there are other fictional aspects to the story.
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And fictional is not "fake".
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“If you had half a brain, wouldn't you have realized after the second time, that it was you, not God?” -- riVeRraT (see context here)
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“The endearing controvertist! One needs to become acute in the ploys of his kind.” -- ThreeDogs
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ringo
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01-15-2008 6:55 PM 		Reply to: Message 288 by ICANT
01-15-2008 6:45 PM

Re: Re-Dogma
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Looks to me like he's trying to overturn dogma.
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No I read all those and all I see is Greatest I Am saying I am right these things do not exist and all you people are wrong.
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That's what I said. Greatest I Am thinks "all you people are wrong" - i.e. your dogma is wrong. (That's all you people who are parroting the standard Christian dogma about Satan.)
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I don't necessarily agree with his ideas on perfection, but I agree that "Satan" (the essence of evil) is doing God's work.
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“If you had half a brain, wouldn't you have realized after the second time, that it was you, not God?” -- riVeRraT (see context here)
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“The endearing controvertist! One needs to become acute in the ploys of his kind.” -- ThreeDogs
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