re a visit from the jehovah s witnesses in article apr batman bmd trw com jbrown batman bmd trw com writes in article c twso m hq ileaf com mukesh hq ileaf com mukesh prasad writes in article apr batman bmd trw com jbrown batman bmd trw com writes in article p v ainn e matt ksu ksu edu strat matt ksu ksu edu steve davis writes bskendig netcom com brian kendig writes the earth is evil because satan rules over it this is a new one to me i guess it s been a while since a witness bothered with me are they implying that satan is omniscient you might try tricking them into saying that satan is all knowing and then use that statement to show them how their beliefs are self contradictary no satan is not omniscient but he does hold dominion over the earth according to christian theology note not to be confused with jw s theology what are the standard theologies on who what created satan and why orthodox christian theology states that god created lucifer satan along with the other angels presumably because he wanted beings to celebrate glorify existence and life and thereby god along with him actually the whys and wherefores of god s motivations for creating the angels are not a big issue within christian theology but god created lucifer with a perfect nature and gave him along with the other angels free moral will lucifer was a high angel perhaps the highest with great authority it seems that his greatness caused him to begin to take pride in himself and desire to be equal to or greater than god he forgot his place as a created being he exalted himself above god and thereby evil and sin entered creation actually the story goes that lucifer refused to bow before man as god commanded him to lucifer was devoted to god oh yeah there is nothing in genesis that says the snake was anything more than a snake well a talking one had legs at the time too i don t think pointing out contradictions in stories is the best way to show the error in theology if they think a supernatural entity kicked the first humans out of paradise because they bit into a fruit that gave them special powers well they might not respond well to reason and logic brian
