[Boogieman]

” To think that something created by God to serve Him could disobey, let alone lead an active revolt, let alone succeed for more than literally a single micro-second...that is blasphemy.”

Then Genesis is full of blasphemy, since Genesis tells us that man was created by God to serve Him and man disobeyed and rebelled.

[Ancesthntr]

“Then Genesis is full of blasphemy, since Genesis tells us that man was created by God to serve Him and man disobeyed and rebelled.”

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Man was given Free Will, and instructions as to how to obey God’s word. However, there’s no point to existence if you simply do what you’re programmed to do - and Free Will makes things interesting. Not necessarily good, and certainly not perfect, but interesting. Ask yourself why there are rules in the first place - if we didn’t have Free Will, if we just did the right thing automatically, then we wouldn’t need them, would we?

Angels were not given Free Will. Angels are, essentially, spiritual robots, which do as they are told (programmed) to do. Some (the higher ranking ones) have more autonomy...but they still cannot revolt. And if, somehow they did, God could wipe them out with a single thought.

The idea of a bad angel - the “Devil” or “Lucifer” or whomever - who revolted and can actually challenge God...THAT is blasphemy, since every being in the universe challenging God simultaneously would lose, totally and quickly.