r/atheism • u/Westonski • Jun 24 '12
Why Satan is more powerful than God..
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u/Noobtard_McCancerfag Jun 25 '12
Well if God and Satan did exist, Satan is supposed to be the lord of deceit and lies. So it stands to reason that he would spread lies to get as many people doing his work as possible and condemning themselves to Hell. Isn't it possible then, that Satan was responsible for writing the bible in a way that would divide mankind and make them argue over its meaning as much as possible? Perhaps he also came up with the whole concept of an afterlife in order to eliminate the only true good in the world- people being altruistic and kind with no hope of any reward for it?
Once you introduce the idea of a super-powerful being trying to lie to you as effectively as possible, how could you ever trust any information again considering that the most generally accepted facts would be the most likely to be tampered with?
It's a good job neither God nor Satan exists really, I think it would be horribly confusing to think about too much.
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u/terrordactoll Jun 24 '12
Too bad neither exist
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u/minno Jun 25 '12
Is that what you'd say if we were debating whether Samus or Master Chief was stronger? You can talk about the qualities of a work of fiction without believing that it's not fiction.
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u/RepostThatShit Jun 25 '12
Is that what you'd say if we were debating whether Samus or Master Chief was stronger?
Basically, yes.
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u/GingerGeezus Jun 25 '12
Wait... are you saying that neither Master Chief nor Samus Aran are real?
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u/terrordactoll Jun 25 '12
We don't have millions of people discriminating others over a religion that Samus and Master Chief are the foundation of. I understand your point, and it is a very good one. I was just saying that neither exist, which I realize if you are apart of r/atheism you already know.
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u/Protagoris Jun 25 '12
It's not that Satan is more powerful, it's that humans are already shitty, evil hearted fucks and Satan just encourages them to follow their will, mean while, God is asking that you go against your will and follow his... which is almost always in direct opposition to what you want.
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Jun 25 '12
For the sake of accuracy, people on r/atheism should remember that the Serpent was never attributed to be the Devil. It's just a Christian way of trying to explain why God's other creature--a talking snake--gave Eve the fruit (which, incidentally, was never said to be an apple). My point? A FREAKIN' SNAKE outwitted God.
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u/EvOllj Jun 25 '12
I like text that shows christianity to be just as silly as scientology.
All religions are equally unreasonable, some are just more violent and more hypocritical.
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u/teldonh Jun 25 '12
For the ~1% of you who aren't merely interested in taking cheap shots at straw men, but actually learning what Christianity teaches, here's a preacher who does a good job of explaining this:
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u/FRIENDLY_KNIFE_RUB Jun 25 '12
Thanks for the link. I take issue with the idea that "God created sin without being the least bit sinful", That concept doesn't seem to make sense. But then he rounds it off with: we cannot hope to understand God's ways. and that's where intelligent conversation ends, I guess.
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Jun 25 '12
It never actually states in the bible that the serpent in the Garden of Eden is the Satan.
Jewish people believe it was Adam's first wife in the form of a snake.
Its just a piece of christian orthodoxy that most christians don't know why they believe. Please look it up and then throw it in their faces. I know you r/atheism kids love to do that.
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u/Westonski Jun 24 '12
I wonder if there's an r/satanism subreddit that this would've been better suited for...