Re: God or Devil
My religion believes Angels are the spirits of exhalted men. Rather, angel-kind is simply another state of man-kind. That said, we believe before Earth, that Lucifer was the brother of Jesus (as are you and I, and everyone else, as we are all brothers and sisters in the eyes of God). His fall was one of pride, thinking he could be above God, and that is why he was cast out.
I am sure that God laments the fact that there must be opposition, and one of His chosen ended up in that roll. I bet Lucifer was a pretty good fellow in the premortal existance, if for no other reason than evidenced by his name, which means "Son of the Morning". Being completely cast off from God's presence warps a soul, he being the ultimate example.
In Paradise Lost, Satan actually has second thoughts about tempting mankind. It's an extremely interesting passage. It brings up the question that if Satan could feel remorse for his sins and repent of them, could he return to salvation just as any of humanity can? I feel he could be forgiven, but that he could never feel remorse enough for what he did to meet the necissary obligations to MEET the requirements for forgiveness.
On to the topic of God: I believe God = Universal Law. It isn't so much that He said "This is the way I think things should be run, so that's what's gonna happen" as it is the fact that some laws are inherent and inescapable. Lemme give an example. It isn't that God said "Alcohol is bad, don't get drunk" as it is that alcohol will inebriate man's ability to think and will inevitably cause him harm. That is simply fact due to the nature of the substance. Whether or not there is a God does not change the universal law that alcohol is a toxin to the human body and is not healthy.
What better way to highlight the reason war is bad than to show a war in all it's gritty detail?
Originally posted by justfun
I am sure that God laments the fact that there must be opposition, and one of His chosen ended up in that roll. I bet Lucifer was a pretty good fellow in the premortal existance, if for no other reason than evidenced by his name, which means "Son of the Morning". Being completely cast off from God's presence warps a soul, he being the ultimate example.
In Paradise Lost, Satan actually has second thoughts about tempting mankind. It's an extremely interesting passage. It brings up the question that if Satan could feel remorse for his sins and repent of them, could he return to salvation just as any of humanity can? I feel he could be forgiven, but that he could never feel remorse enough for what he did to meet the necissary obligations to MEET the requirements for forgiveness.
On to the topic of God: I believe God = Universal Law. It isn't so much that He said "This is the way I think things should be run, so that's what's gonna happen" as it is the fact that some laws are inherent and inescapable. Lemme give an example. It isn't that God said "Alcohol is bad, don't get drunk" as it is that alcohol will inebriate man's ability to think and will inevitably cause him harm. That is simply fact due to the nature of the substance. Whether or not there is a God does not change the universal law that alcohol is a toxin to the human body and is not healthy.
Originally posted by Lightknight924

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