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To: RobertClark
Then the point of Miranda would be........? This is almost amusing, it flies not only in the face of Miranda, but also the 5th amendment.

Only a lawyer could even come up with this position.

Before the Fall, I don't know if God needed courts in heaven, but if He did, you know what Satan's profession was.

11 posted on 01/20/2013 6:24:24 AM PST by chesley (Vast deserts of political ignorance makes liberalism possible - James Lewis)
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To: chesley
Before the Fall, I don't know if God needed courts in heaven, but if He did, you know what Satan's profession was.

I know you are being facetious, but there is a strong element of truth in your joke. "Satan" means (roughly) "One who accuses" and in ancient Hebrew theology Satan was like a prosecuting attorney. If you look at the story of Job (without the interpretations and connotations that come from a Christian world-view) you can see that the Hebrews saw Satan as the angel tasked with bringing man's faults before God. Only later did that name become associated with the fallen angel/ultimate source of worldly evil in Judaic tradition.

So yes, Satan was (loosely) a lawyer and prosecutor by trade...

43 posted on 01/20/2013 7:15:51 AM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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