The Problem of Evil (Spirits)
3/07/2008 | 3:47 PM | Evolved Rationalist
Theologians have been splitting hairs over the Problem of Evil for centuries. Nevertheless, they seemed to have solved one of the 'evils' of Christian myth theology: The existence of evil spirits.
In Christianity, evil spirits have long been attributed to Satan. Not many people (including the deluded, moronic, hypocritical fundies) know that what the Bible really says contradicts the theological consensus on this issue. If you are wondering what the Bible says about the origin of evil spirits, let's take a look at a few Bible verses:
1 Samuel 16:14-16
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
1 Samuel 18:10
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel 19:9
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
The other instances where the Bible mentions evil spirits is when illnesses are concerned. The facts clearly show that the Christian view that evil spirits are from Satan does not have a Biblical basis. It was simply made up (what else can you expect from Christianity apart from a bunch of poorly made-up lies and bad fiction?).
*snicker*
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There is an awful lot of evidence in the Bible that Satan is not the enemy of God, but basically the guy who does Go'd dirty work for him.
There were even "heretical" Christian sects who put together bits of New Testament stuff saying Satan is "the lord of this world" and Old Testament stuff such as in your post and declared that the Old Testament's "God" was in "fact" the New Testament's "Satan".
Personally, if i were to think they actually existed, i would see God/Satan as roughly analogous to Al Quaeda's relationship with the US special forces...
"In Christianity, evil spirits have long been attributed to Satan."
Uh, by whom? Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Quakers, etc., etc. reject this idea. That's about 2/3 of all Christians. Toss in that the few protestant sects that *do* think that way have only existed since the Reformation.
In short, a clear minority of Christians have agreed with you for a fraction of the existence of Christianity. Your statement is, at best, unsupportable.
snicker? Heck, I am laughing out loud!
Well this is correct evil does descend from God but really what point does this blog make? It clearly states that Satan is an enemy of God not an ally, not a friend.
you're a fucking idiot. you all are. God is absolutely amazing. Satan is straight up evil. There's TONS of evidence in the Bible that satan is the evil enemy of God. I can't believe how stupid you are dude. Man if only you knew God's love you wouldn't be a "snickering" idiot. how do you think we're all here? one big explosion set everything perfectly into place? evolution? the theories have been disproved. I'm done with bashing you cause you should already know this. but you'll go to God when you're ready.
Ah yes. The ol' threatening us with hellfire bit, hoping it'll scare us enough to shut us up.
http://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/2007/09/doggerel-124-better-safe-than-sorry.html