Good Story Telling
WondieBee from Twitter
reminded me that a good story needs a protagonist and an antagonist. Without enemies juxtaposed, the story goes
nowhere. It becomes just another dull featureless
and very boring tome.
The Old Testament was a problem
for a few thousand years because God, The Creator was also God, The
Destroyer. He was his own worst
enemy. Imagine that! A dichotomy that
defies a solution.
The Christians, on the other
hand, solved that issue by inserting Satan into their pantheon. It turned 50/50
good/bad guy into 100% (being very generous here) good guy. Of course, God is still the ultimate bad guy
but that's for another post.
That's why I often ask
Christians if they worship Satan. Of
course, they reject it out of hand but I submit that they do. Here's why.
Satan is so ingrained in the Christian mindset that they cannot help but
think of "the dark one" every time they hear their god mentioned. They simply cannot separate the two.
When challenged on it, they
deny it because they have to. To admit
worshipping Satan would, in their minds, doom them to eternal punishment. Or worse yet, they begin to doubt. They just might start down the road to
disbelieve, heaven forbid!
Another question the subject
of Satan brings up is who is more powerful.
The faithful are preached that their god is the omega. The apex power. Omnipotent. That being
said, I then ask, "Why doesn't God simply destroy Satan and be done with
it?"
There is no logical answer
to that one. If God destroys Satan, the
need for a god disappears. If their god
doesn't want to destroy Satan, God is evil.
If God can't destroy the dark one, the Creator isn't omnipotent.
So, the bottom line
is....wait for it....they are both imaginary.
Let's hope the 'faithful' realize it soon.
Walk the Path in Grace
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