god and satan

[ultraman]

god seems to condem people for not worshipping him were satan does not maybe satan and other angels rebelled against god because satan did not want to be apart of gods way of life and god did not like that. so satan maybe had no choice but to fight back if god is so perfect then why do so many people turn to satan or turn away from god?

[Llamatron]

Not to mention that God killed way more people in the Bible than Satan yet it's the cloven hooved one who is considered to be the bad guy. Go figure.

[Lonnie]

God isn't the ruler of Earth, Satan is, even Jesus admits that, so God is the interloper on this planet

It coud be said, Jews, Christians, Islamists and others, are worshipping the wrong God.

I know thats not what you were asking, but it seemed relevent.

[naomi24]

People who don't believe in god don't necessarily turn to Satan. You'll usually find they don't believe in either.

Those who do worship the biblical god, in my opinion, do it under duress since the threat of eternal damnation is the penalty for non-belief. Quite simply they're afraid not to believe. I always wonder if believers would be quite so faithful if their god really was a god of love (which he clearly isn't) and if that threat wasn't present.

[luna-tic]

The Biblical God is self-serving; A bit of a Jekyll and Hyde character. Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't.

[naomi24]

Lonnie has an interesting point. I wonder if god's the real culprit? After all, he's the one obsessed with sin, death and destruction - and yet he's the one who demands unconditional adoration. If he was human, he'd be considered psychologically unbalanced, surely?