God did kill Satan though. If we look at the events written in the bible and place them on a time line, God kills Satan, just not in our time. God is claimed to be the Alpha and the Omega (The Beginning and The End). What we perceive to be happening at this moment has already happened in the future.
Re: Why didn't God kill the Devil?
Originally posted by Surtur
This is a serious question..I'm an atheist, but lets pretend God does exist for a minute. God is supposed to be good and Satan is supposed to be evil. In the bible God kills evil humans en masse on multiple occasions. So why not Satan?
If god killed satan, then evil would be destroyed. There would be no divine purpose. No evil, no hell,"above us only sky". And that is why I think god did not kill satan.
Originally posted by Surtur
The problem is God has in the past wiped out every evil man. Story of Noah, for one. Story of Sodom and Gamorrah has an entire city of supposedly evil people wiped out, but with Noah they were one dude short of total genocide.Why could Satan be redeemed, but those people could not?
Again, some "Satans" have surely been destroyed already. That some of them remains is simply a matter of God not being on a mission to wipe out evil, at least not right now.
And technically the people who died in the Flood had the chance to redeem themselves but refused God.
Originally posted by Bentley
The word has changed of meanings a number of times since the term was originally coined. Also it's something we cannot probably prove, so I don't see the point in arguing with people about it.
Uh, yeah. We can prove it. It's called God's Word (the Bible). IT's crystal clear to any believer that there is only one Satan, Bentley. Anyone who thinks there is more than one has been deceived in the same way people are deceived into believing evolution is fact when it's clearly not. There are many demons whom all mimic Satan but, in reality, there is only one true Satan.
Originally posted by Star428
Uh, yeah. We can prove it. It's called God's Word (the Bible). IT's crystal clear to any believer that there is only one Satan, Bentley. Anyone who thinks there is more than one has been deceived in the same way people are deceived into believing evolution is fact when it's clearly not. There are many demons whom all mimic Satan but, in reality, there is only one true Satan.
Deception is not all about lies, it's also about bending the truth to fascinate people into looking at the wrong things.
I have no reason to mistrust your assessment though.
here is 3 words for you
council of Nicea
where the bible was censored and put together by MAN
not to mention that the stories of the bible had begun to be collected 40 years AFTER the death of jesus christ
nor to bring up the fact that there are whole gospels held in the Vatican Vaults
but no, let us not pay attention to a religious entity that took advantage over mutlitutes of men and women who couldn't read, tell them to fight in "holy" lands to enter heaven and for a second lets think that it is word by word the miracle and truth of the lord
also if you can get the underlying sarcastic bits that would be nice
Originally posted by Bentley
The word has changed of meanings a number of times since the term was originally coined. Also it's something we cannot probably prove, so I don't see the point in arguing with people about it.
He's mentioned as the king of tyre. In the same passage, mentioned that he was in the garden, was fallen, was perfect, the top cherub who protected gods throne.
Etc.
Originally posted by long pig
No, there is a THE Satan .He's mentioned as the king of tyre. In the same passage, mentioned that he was in the garden, was fallen, was perfect, the top cherub who protected gods throne.
Etc.
We can delve into the historicity of the term if you want to. What is the source you're citing here?