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Old 07-24-2007, 12:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 24/7 View Post
Ok, Satan (as told by Christian folk), is supposedly the great embodiment of evil, the troubler of men's souls, the great tempter, destroyer, arch enemy of God and man, deceiver, the one we blame all the bad things we do, etc. Well in the 20th chapter of the book of Revelation (supposedly speaking of a distant future they tell me), he is captured and bound for 1,000 years and the nations of the world gets some peace. That should have been the end of him, right? God's got him locked up rendering him ineffective. Now a few verses later, God releases him to go back and do his mess all over again.

What's God smoking? This is the God people tell me I NEED to serve or else?
Because God and Satan are both part of the process...the Yin and the Yan, the Cosmic balance between Good and Evil. Possible to know Good absent of Evil...but in the presence of Evil, Good is better understood and appreciated. Besides, without Satan there to tempt us...how would we truly exercise free will? In order to freely choose something (Good), we need alternatives as well (Evil).
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