Does Satan Get a Bad Rap?

OurLadyofKnock

He tells a woman to fight for her independence and stop her and her fella from being bullied by some bloke in the clouds.

He is sent by the bloke in the clouds to 'test' this poor bastard called Job with a horrible life. He protests to God that his treatment of Job is not very nice.

He gets an army (he is called Lucifer at this stage) and wages war on the bloke in the clouds who loves genocide, plagues and killing babies. But they lose the war and he is thrown out of heaven.

But get this, it is a smart move as he gets his own kingdom in the end.

I think we need a revision of the so called evils of this Satan/Lucifer chap. Invite him over for a cup of tea and allow him to give his side of the story.

On the whole, he seems to have only wanted freedom for humans and angels. I bet he is a decent chap regardless of the bad PR.

summerskin

Does he get a bad rap? Yes if it's performed by professor green.

Mr Benevolent

And God killed puppies. Remember that.

Gran Hermano

Especially from dyslexics at Christmas.

OurLadyofKnock

and Sodomites.

RobbieTheRobber

Hail Satan!

summerskin

OPs ironic username is ironic

RainMaker

"Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven"

Rented Mule

Ray Palmer

OP you got your facts wrong. Satan isn't actually in the bible. He is mostly made up and different characters have been linked outside the bible to connect different characters together.
If you take the bible as true satan doesn't exist. If you push it there is an angel who does things for god that are evil. He didn't do them for himself but in the name of god.

Riddle101

Satan is cool in my books, way cooler then Jesus. Satan was the first rebel, who told god to f*ck off. Just a total badass.

deathrider

Satan doesn't rap, he's a metalhead.

Lawrence1895

The Eishockey player from Slowakia? What did he do wrong?

Tabnabs

deathrider wrote: »

Satan doesn't rap, he's a metalhead.

he's clearly in the domain of dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo29_EjE-1Q

BensonSlide

The guy was caught cheating at the poker table one night. Saw it with my own eyes. Have no time for him.

im invisible

Lord of the Underworld, Lucifer, the bringer of light

im invisible

kylith

Assuming, for the sake of argument, that God and Satan exist I think Satan gets a bad rap through no fault of his own. If God is omnipotent then Satan can't do anything except what God wants him too; if he were able to go against God's will then God wouldn't be omnipotent, so everything bad that 'Satan' gets the blame for is actually the will of God. Satan is God's whipping boy.

Calibos

http://www.quickmeme.com/Good-Guy-Lucifer/?upcoming

Jimoslimos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXThbqU0dw4

Shryke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBecM3CQVD8

Real Life

If i had to pick between heaven and hell i know where id want to go.
Hell is the party zone, thats where the good stuff goes down. Satan would be throwing partys that would put p.diddy to shame.

furiousox

It's all here lads.
Less of the "get me behind me satan" more of the "come in me old mate, have a cup of tea"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCzquk9h5k

Custardpi

The main tenets of Satanism in song form. Most of it fairly sensible really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIv-mAppjQA

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2batMed4cCk/TVAabO088HI/AAAAAAAAASQ/XG3L4-MATFM/s1600/Bible_deaths2.jpg

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/good-guy-lucifer-meme-christ.jpg

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/193/981/358bcb.jpg

Archeron

667 - the number of the man who lives next door to the beast.

smash

I keep thinking this thread is about Santa

furiousox

Archeron wrote: »

667 - the number of the man who lives next door to the beast.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qbQ4p6zsL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

IvySlayer

God needs Satan.

Satan makes us choose good from bad, wheres God says OBEY MEH!!

philologos

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

He tells a woman to fight for her independence and stop her and her fella from being bullied by some bloke in the clouds.

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OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

He is sent by the bloke in the clouds to 'test' this poor bastard called Job with a horrible life. He protests to God that his treatment of Job is not very nice.

Biblically in Job, Satan challenges God for being too nice to Job:

Job 2:3-6 wrote:

And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.” Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.” [6] And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

He gets an army (he is called Lucifer at this stage) and wages war on the bloke in the clouds who loves genocide, plagues and killing babies. But they lose the war and he is thrown out of heaven.

Where is this in the Bible?

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

But get this, it is a smart move as he gets his own kingdom in the end.

If you're referring to hell. The Bible doesn't teach that Satan is lord over it. Revelation 20:10 says that the devil is in hell, not as lord over it, but as one who is being condemned.

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

I think we need a revision of the so called evils of this Satan/Lucifer chap. Invite him over for a cup of tea and allow him to give his side of the story.

It seems that you've not even understood what the Bible says about Satan.

Da Shins Kelly

philologos wrote: »

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Biblically in Job, Satan challenges God for being too nice to Job:




Where is this in the Bible?



If you're referring to hell. The Bible doesn't teach that Satan is lord over it. Revelation 20:10 says that the devil is in hell, not as lord over it, but as one who is being condemned.



It seems that you've not even understood what the Bible says about Satan.

Who cares about particulars? All that matters is, Satan stuck it to the man. He was rock n' roll before it was cool.

furiousox

He's buried in Killarney you know.

Sin City

furiousox wrote: »

He's buried in Killarney you know.

Ah I heard he rose again and joined the British army

Archeron

furiousox wrote: »

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qbQ4p6zsL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

thank you, that sounds much better.

665.99 - the retail price of the beast

Zillah

Satan is pretty baddass in my book. The whole angle on him being evil is from a time when not obeying authority figures was the worst thing someone could do. God isn't about love, he's about obedience. Rising up against an omnipotent God is pretty ballsy, you have to concede. If I was one of the Angelic host and I had to spend eternity singing His praises and telling Him how great He is, being sent to bring plagues to humankind and being treated as a slave...I'd join Lucifer in a second.

What I always find funny is that in movies the end of the world is brought about by the Devil and the heroes have to stop him. Eh, no. Please see Revelations; God orders the doom of humankind and sends Angels to carry out the apocalyptic horrors he has devised. He drowned every last living thing on the Earth once, save for a miniscule population on a boat.

Assuming, of course, that it isn't all made up. Which it is, of course.