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Satan is not a conscious entity to be worshiped, rather a reservoir of power inside each human to be tapped at will". [236] LaVeyan Satanists embrace the original etymological meaning of the word "Satan" (Hebrew: שָּׂטָן satan, meaning "adversary"). According to Gilmore, "The Church of Satan has chosen Satan as its primary symbol because ...
Satan and his demons are said to have been cast down from Heaven to Earth in 1914, marking the beginning of the "last days". [ 215 ] [ 220 ] Witnesses believe that Satan and his demons influence individuals, organizations and nations, and that they are the cause of human suffering.
The Devil is a unique entity throughout the New Testament, neither identical to the demons nor the fallen angels, [32] [33] the tempter and perhaps rules over the kingdoms of earth. [34] In the temptation of Christ (Matthew 4:8–9 and Luke 4:6–7), [35] the devil offers all kingdoms of the earth to Jesus, implying they belong to him. [36]
Whereas in Christian doctrine Satan was an enemy of not only god but humanity, in the romantic portrayal he was a brave, noble, rebel against tyranny, a friend to other victims of the all powerful bully, i.e. humans. These writers saw Satan as a metaphor to criticize the power of churches and state and to champion the values of reason and liberty.
The Book of Moses, included in the LDS standard works canon, references the war in heaven and Satan's origin as a fallen angel of light. [15] The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels.
The Temple believes in reason, empathy and the pursuit of knowledge, its website FAQ helpfully explains. And it doesn’t worship Satan. “Satan is a symbol of the Eternal Rebel in opposition to ...
Jerome: "As much as to say, If Satan fight against himself, and dæmon be an enemy to dæmon, then must the end of the world be at hand, that these hostile powers should have no place there, whose mutual war is peace for men." [4] Glossa Ordinaria: " He holds them therefore in this dilemma. For Christ casts out dæmons either by the power of ...
In 1905, Russian writer and mystic Sergei Nilus again published the Protocols as an appendix to “The Great in the Small: The Coming of the Anti-Christ and the Rule of Satan on Earth.”