IF GOD exists, does Satan/evil exist too? - Page 2

Originally posted by: mermaid_QT

On a more serious note, I am sure you have heard of satan worshipper. They exists and so do their cults. It is nothing someone called "Preeti" could get attracted to, atleast I hope
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lol^^ You never know. maybe I become a satanist 😆

By Newton's third law..every action has an equal and opposite reaction... 😉 😉 😉

The presence of god warrants the presence of evil...

Originally posted by: Believe

The concept of GOD is human creation ... all religion says the same ... Do good things ... instruction for how to live n survive...

On the contrary, it is Man who is a creation of God.

About Satan/Devil/Rakshash, that too is a manifestation of God. Evil is not absence of God. It is prsence of God in a different form - for the purpose of destruction and regeneration.

Why? Because it is the will of God. He plays His own game in His own way. We are mere puppets in His hand and do His bidding.

As Hero is to villian
God is to Satan(Devil)
White is to Black
Man is to Woman!!
(Good is to Baddie)

God has created satan- the head of evil to test mankind as to who fights him and who follows!

Originally posted by: Jatayu

On the contrary, it is Man who is a creation of God.

About Satan/Devil/Rakshash, that too is a manifestation of God. Evil is not absence of God. It is prsence of God in a different form - for the purpose of destruction and regeneration.

Why? Because it is the will of God. He plays His own game in His own way. We are mere puppets in His hand and do His bidding.

Succinctly put!👏

You echoed my thoughts.....

Originally posted by: Buffie

Succinctly put!👏

You echoed my thoughts.....

Uncle J and Buffiee!

Well said!!

I feel entire universe (rather creation ) is in us.GOD and SAITAN are present in each one of us.Each time in a person one factor(GOD or EVIL) dominates.

STRENGTH of a person is GOD and WEAKNESS of a person is SAITAN or EVIL.

Biggest challenge of human is not understanding the mysteries of outer world.Knowing your ownself is the biggest challenge.

TAT TWAM ASI !!

Another tangent to this topic actually: Are people born evil or do circumstances make them evil?

One example I can think of is Cathy Ames from East of Eden. She was a fictional character who used other people to suit her own needs from a very young age. But, she had a normal childhood with loving parents. No abuse or anything. The narrator says that sometimes "monsters are born" and that Cathy was a monster.

Nowadays, whenever we find serial killers, there are stories about their abusive parents or the rough neighbourhoods they were born in. The circumstances are blamed.

In reality, does upbringing play any role in good or evil? Or is good and evil something inherent and emerges on its own regardless of upbringing?

Originally posted by: T.

In reality, does upbringing play any role in good or evil? Or is good and evil something inherent and emerges on its own regardless of upbringing?

I don't think we can quantify human behaviour with such simplicity.

I have read of a drunkard wife beater. He has two sons. One is also a no-good laybout, and says that having had a father like that how could he be any different.The other son, who's a doctor, says that hesaw his Dad and knew what he should not be.

So there is an element of choice. We are who we are because if the choices we make - to paraphrase Albus Dumbledore

T. the question you raised is very thoughtful. I don't have answer for this, but like Jatyuji said it is not that simple. I have thought about it a lot whether human are born evil or the circumstances make them one, and I don't think there are strong yes or no to this. But a very very thoughtful question for sure.