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Christians were WRONG to brand Satan evil as scientist insists devil is good
Express ^ | PUBLISHED: 11:01, Sat, Jul 22, 2017 | UPDATED: 14:41, Sat, Jul 22, 2017 | Sean Martin

Posted on 07/27/2017 4:12:15 AM PDT by vannrox

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To: TigerClaws

Scary isn’t it?


41 posted on 07/27/2017 4:58:33 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: vannrox
Henry Ansgar Kelly (born June 6, 1934 in Fonda, Iowa)[1] is distinguished Research Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.: Henry A. Kelly

He's not even as much of a scientist as Dr. Frankenstein.

42 posted on 07/27/2017 4:59:38 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: vannrox

The devil is the father of LIESberals for they lie and twist truth just like their daddy.


43 posted on 07/27/2017 5:00:35 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: vannrox

BS


44 posted on 07/27/2017 5:01:55 AM PDT by caver
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To: ClearCase_guy

Or Mathew 4:1-11, NRSVCE.


45 posted on 07/27/2017 5:07:15 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: vannrox

Satan is the personification of the worst of evils: that of vanity.

Not just looking in a mirror and calling yourself beautiful, real vanity is very specific. It means comparing yourself to God and claiming god-like powers beyond what you are.

In the philosophy of the Pentateuch, God is the creator of all things. He does this directly, not through agents or representatives, though is not exclusive about the maintenance or manipulation of His creations.

Mankind performs its own function within creation: that of labeling and describing creation with abstracts. But neither angels such as Lucifer, nor mankind, can create anything. Everything we seemingly create is either just maintenance or manipulation or description of what already has been created.

As such, the pretense and assertion that we do create is the oldest of sins. Vanity is also the one sin resulting most consistently in punishment in the Pentateuch. While the assumption is that this punishment is “from Heaven”, it could also be imagined that vanity creates its own punishment without the need for Heavenly intervention.

Philosophers have never been happy with the idea that God is the exclusive creator, because they crave for mankind to be part of the process of creation. Unless mankind can “do” creation, there is little for philosophers themselves to do. So over time, philosophy tends to become atheist.

Did Lucifer exist? Does he still exist as Satan? Good questions. But even if he is no longer, he still performs a very useful role of reminding us of the hazards of vanity. His manifestation is all about vanity, of a very specific kind.


46 posted on 07/27/2017 5:07:45 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (HitlerÂ’s Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: Biggirl

Yeh but devil is not as good a fiddle player as Charlie Daniels. Did professor ever go down to Georgia to interview him?


47 posted on 07/27/2017 5:09:09 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: tflabo

Amen, you got that right.


48 posted on 07/27/2017 5:09:13 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: vannrox

I don’t want to be standing next to this drooling half witted demonic creature on Judgement Day.


49 posted on 07/27/2017 5:09:44 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: vannrox

being a G-d denier has no future in the after life.

but he will get to live forever under the authority of someone he believes is in the Lord’s administration

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50 posted on 07/27/2017 5:13:33 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: vannrox

Of course, this is from a professor from UCLA.


51 posted on 07/27/2017 5:14:34 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yet God is as of right now being very merciful to us so that we will be given the chance for repentance by having Donald J. Trump elected President.


52 posted on 07/27/2017 5:17:10 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: vannrox

Next week’s article: Scientists determine exactly how many angels can dance on the head of a pin!


53 posted on 07/27/2017 5:17:42 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: V_TWIN

Well what is scary is that professor and likeminded twisters may wind up spending an eternity with their good buddy. The ultimate dumbest decision in all the universe just like devils pride over the Almighty God.


54 posted on 07/27/2017 5:19:20 AM PDT by tflabo
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RE:”He said: “Nobody in the Old Testament — or, for that matter, in the New Testament either — ever identifies the serpent of Eden with Satan.”

True as with some of his other points.

However it is in the Gospels Mark and Luke that Satan tried to tempt Jesus.

For some reason I feel like this subject has come up before here.

55 posted on 07/27/2017 5:19:58 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Message to Trump : I am not tired of winning yet. Please more winning ! Get your crap together fast!)
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To: tflabo

Should have been part of the research.


56 posted on 07/27/2017 5:20:37 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: vannrox

Seeing all the scientists involved with the global warming hoax, I am less inclined to believe anything a scientist may claim.

Further I’ve learned not to take spiritual advice from atheists who despise my faith. Which is very likely the case here.


57 posted on 07/27/2017 5:22:40 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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58 posted on 07/27/2017 5:25:54 AM PDT by hattend
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To: vannrox

He spent 40 years researching Hillary? Well I don’t think she’s good.


59 posted on 07/27/2017 5:27:25 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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To: kearnyirish2
Very funny; soon he’ll be on the History Channel testifying that Sodom & Gomorrah were hit by meteors. Anything to distort the message...

Well if he's on the History Channel the culprits are probably Aliens! Ancient Aliens.

60 posted on 07/27/2017 5:31:16 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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