What is the truth about The Devil?

[Gavmacp]

A much maligned character who may of just been misunderstood. Was he really as bad as people have made out?
I have not met him but I have heard he is quite hot!!

[WyeDyed]

SandyRoe - I am impressed with your fluent speech, considering that your tongue is so often planted firmly in your cheek. ;-)

[sandyRoe]

This is a cruel thing to say, but necessary I think. When an atheist was at his/her lowest ebb they might then be amenable. Paradoxically, a dread of hellfire then might be the saving of them.

[mibn2cweus]

In comparison, he appears innocent enough in the Bible. But then who's to say he's not the one who wrote the book, creating God . . . in his own image?

[naomi24]

^^ The devil's reputation as a trickster goes before him. ;o)

[LazyGun]

@ Sandy only necessary if you have faith, belief without any evidence, in this intercessory ( is that the word I want?) god, and you are sufficiently lacking in humility that you wish to impose your world view on others.

Cruel? yes, goes without saying.But then, so much of religion is..............

[madmaggot]

God knows!

[Gavmacp]

I am confused are you now saying that God played in Genesis?

[cupid04]

The devil is definitely evil, it's even written in his name:- dEVIL.

[Gavmacp]

A GP once said that when someone goes through a difficult time they either find God or get a doG or did I get that the right way round?

[LazyGun]

you know, I had never seen that before- devil, dEVIL -how come i had never seen that - thats me convinced then....

or not...does that mean that there is a hut in a sHUTtle then? or perhaps sLAUGHTER encourages laughter? such a jolly thing....

[seadogg]

Flaw in your argument Gav. Quite a few dogs of our acquaintance are little devils. Seriously though there is a lot in that. You can talk to a dog about your problems, bit the same a God actually.

[seadogg]

sorry "as"

[ll_billym]

Absolutely true:- Once, on my doorstep, a Mormon told me that women wearing short skirts was the devils doing. You wouldn't think he was supposed to be converting me to God would you.

[Gavmacp]

LuCIFer? Is there any cleaning products I should be aware of?

[humbersloop]

Can I cut and paste all of Paradise Lost now? Please??

^^Seadogg, see you try the briny preaching with our crew - It Will Get Ugly...

[ludwig]

This is the kind of stuff the devil gets up to..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMh9CDNQhBg

[wildwood]

There is no God. Theists have no idea that they are actually praying to the devil who disguises itself as a good God. Sometimes he gets confused and in anger causes thousands of people to die at once, but he's no fool..... he blames the bad guy, Satan.

All you theists are doomed I tell you... DOOMED!

At least the realists are promised eternity in Hell with debauchery, unlimited alcohol and good food.

[birdie1971]

mibn2cweus mentioned it earlier and it's something I've always wondered – since God is so mysterious and His actions so unfathomable, how do religious people know that they are worshipping God and not the Devil?

I'm not being facetious or deliberately antagonistic. If God is the cause of earthquakes and tsunamis that kill thousands and thousands of people, how can anyone be sure that God is not simply the devil in disguise (or vica-versa)?

[venator]

Good thought, Birdie - all that stuff in the bible about stoning people to death and all the old testament killing sounds more like the baddies than the goodies.

likewise, many fun things are classified a sin, and we're told not to enjoy them.

Perhaps all theists have fallen for a whopping great PR job!