Tsyroc wrote:Considering what the Bible says God has done what exactly makes the Devil evil and God good?
My understanding is that heaven/hell is described in the bible as:
Heaven: with God
Hell: w/o God, a state of death, a state of depravity.
The key thing being that nowhere in the bible (new or old) is Hell described as a place of eternal punishment with the Devil at its lead.
The old testament descibes hell as a place that dead people go (gehenna or hades). Also using it to describe a state of depravity, or a state not pleasing to God, as in "that place is going to hell".
With the new testament, by following Jesus you can leave this "dead" state and be with Jesus and God in heaven. But, No where does he say that failing to do so would lead you to eternal punishment. Nor does it say that being in Hell is an eternal state.
If the devil is simply leading people "away from God" and not into eternal punishment, why is he considered evil?
Why did he let a STINKING APPLE ruin it for his supposed favorite creation. IS someone SERIOUSLY going to argue that God can't reverse what a fruit did to us???
Well, I guess if I take Hell as being a state "away from God". Then not doing what God wants will lead me to such a state. Seems that Adam saw the truth: that God is a tyranical dictator and took steps to distance himself from God (ie. a state of sin, a state further away from God). Thanks Adam and Eve!