Is Satan actually good?

[classical_hero]

This was from peter grimes in a thread that was well ordinary to say the least.
"Are we talking about the satan of the bible? I thought he was the good guy...

"

Well obviously the fact that he brought that in but he also brought in death and suffering. Must such a wonderful fellow.

 

[BvBPL]

I don't get it. Spell it out for me.

 

[El_Machinae]

Tough to say the Satan is good. But, it's a reasonable counterpoint to the idea that God is good.

 

[Kennigit]

I heard that if you read Satan's name backwords it looks like nataS

Weird how so much in our life is hidden right before our eyes

 

[Tsuhna]

Was God already divided into three parts before God came on Earth in human form? There is only one God, Jesus is God, God is eternal, so Jesus is eternal? I don't understand trinity.

This guy murdered all of man kind except for 8 people? This guy was pleased about the smell of burning goat flesh? Commanded people to kill in his name to please him? Cutting the foreskins of innocent babies made this guy happy? I don't get it.

Serves the bastard right to be nailed to a cross.
"Do to others what you would want them to do to you."
Hypocrite.

 

[Commodore]

Wasn't the original concept of Satan more of a tester of one's faith rather than an evil entity opposed to God? I seem to remember reading about that or seeing it in a documentary about ancient Judaism. It was something about God actually tasked Satan to try to get people to stray from the righteous path, and it wasn't until Christianity came along that the concept of Satan was changed to be a fallen angel who is now directly opposed to God and the embodiment of all that is evil.

 

[Zack]

Maybe Chaotic Good. Depends on the rulebook.

 

[JollyRoger]

he also brought in death and suffering.

Funny that he had so much power over God's creation.

 

[Zack]

Funny that he had so much power over God's creation.

Not to mention God can't even come close to Satan's dominance of the death metal market.

 

[Leonel]

The history books always tell the winners side. I haven't heard Satan's side and much more illwill has been done in the name of God than Satan.

 

[BvBPL]

Go read Paradise Lost, Leonel.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Among the immortal beings, Lucifer is the only one who accepts us for who we are instead of punishing us for not following his weird moral code.

 

[peter grimes]

This was from peter grimes in a thread that was well ordinary to say the least.
"Are we talking about the satan of the bible? I thought he was the good guy...

"

Well obviously the fact that he brought that in but he also brought in death and suffering. Must such a wonderful fellow.

Wait a second here - who was it that brought in death and suffering? I thought that was the God. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[JollyRoger]

God is like Israel and Satan is like Hamas . . . it is obviously Satan's fault that God is killing everyone.

 

[Krogan Doctor]

Satan is pure evil, and a slave to envy and malice.

 

[JollyRoger]

Satan is pure evil, and a slave to envy and malice.

He's not the only slave in the field:

for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God

 

[Zack]

Satan is pure evil, and a slave to envy and malice.

From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.

 

[Krogan Doctor]

He's not the only slave in the field:

Proper jealousy. The sort a husband exercises towards his wife.

 

[bhsup]

Counter...


Link to video.

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

 

[Krogan Doctor]

From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.

From the same guy who said: "The Jedi are selfless, they only care about others."