Is the devil evil?

Lartyconshayo · 2 May 2014 at 18:50

no because he/she/it doesn't exist

Xordium · 2 May 2014 at 18:52

Dimple said:
But back in 1972 my Vicar actually played Black Sabbath songs from the Masters Of Reality album and read out lyrics from it.
He was lyrically impressed with Lord Of This World, Children Of The Grave and Into the Void.
In the Vicargae he could be heard blasting out Zeppelin & Purple a lot.

See more like that and the Church of England wouldn't have so many empty seats.

Xordium · 2 May 2014 at 18:54

Kishywish said:
You can't spell devil without using the word evil.
Coincidence?

You can't spell the word 'sin' without putting 'I' in the middle too.

Atlas23 · 2 May 2014 at 19:20

Seriously guys, thread went better than expected!

Skidder said:
Does my willy hunt whales just because it has a jap's eye?

Absolute cracker

Krisali · 2 May 2014 at 19:36

Usher said:
I fear for the OP sanity to even ask such questions

Why? It's a perfectly rational question

Skidder said:
Does my willy hunt whales just because it has a jap's eye?

lmfao!

Pawnless Endgame · 2 May 2014 at 19:48

Zethor said:
I thought God was the jail keeper? He threw the Devil and various men in Hell for being sinful and he's keeping them locked, although the Devil somehow exerts influence on living people because God wouldn't be God if he didn't contradict himself every second.

... and wimmin too. Don't wanna discriminate

Anyway, the Devil is my ****ing co-pilot

(can't remember what song that was from)

dacads · 2 May 2014 at 19:51

There's good and bad, is the devil someone who sits in a pit of fire on a throne laughing? No

Rozzy85 said:
Well we humans tend to associate things with having opposites otherwise our minds can't comprehend the logic. Positive/Negative, Rich/Poor, Fast/Slow, Good/Evil, etc. Can't have the good guy without the bad guy.

So yeah, that's pretty much it.

This sums it up really, the sooner we realise everything revolves around polarity the better

Bluecube · 2 May 2014 at 20:10

Anyways, was the devil not invented by the Catholic Church about the 13th Century in order to cement it's power?

SexyGreyFox · 2 May 2014 at 20:13

Xordium said:
See more like that and the Church of England wouldn't have so many empty seats.

It was 1972, I was 14 and this ex pro boxer called Rev Wilkinson took over the Church.
We used to play football in the Church grounds and he'd come out and we'd run off. Eventually he told us not to run because he wanted to setup a proper Church football team but we would have to go to Church on a Sunday Evening for 1 hour. It was more a Youth Club with a prayer at the beginning and end but we ended up winning the league.
He even let us setup a rock band as long as we either wrote new religious songs or changed lyrics to classic rock songs, this was quite radical at the time.
He then started to invite the Young Christians from other Churches and that's when I met my future wife.
The guy was an inspiration but sadly I became an atheist 4 years later.

TheBDog · 2 May 2014 at 22:44

The biblical representation of good vs evil would only apply to a 1 dimensional world where the type of person we are is simple and may as well be written on a sign stapled to our forehead! People being defined by individual attributes leads to many problems not least of all homophobia and racism.

But the devil has horns and a tail and stuff so he is totally evil, mmkay?

Skidder said:
Does my willy hunt whales just because it has a jap's eye?

Also, ^^

modo77 · 2 May 2014 at 22:55

If he exists, yes he is evil.

However no way in hell he exists

thep02 · 2 May 2014 at 23:04

Nah he's a made up part of a false religion designed to help control people for the benefit of the few.

Baron C · 3 May 2014 at 01:30

thep02 said:
Nah he's a made up part of a false religion designed to help control people for the benefit of the few.

What, like our current Western democracies run by vested corporate interests, and blinded by vacuous Newsmedia?

[TW]Sponge · 3 May 2014 at 02:00

The letter 'J' wasn't invented until the 15th or 16th centuries.

God bless Esus.

Krisali · 3 May 2014 at 07:34

Dimple said:
It was 1972, I was 14 and this ex pro boxer called Rev Wilkinson took over the Church.
We used to play football in the Church grounds and he'd come out and we'd run off. Eventually he told us not to run because he wanted to setup a proper Church football team but we would have to go to Church on a Sunday Evening for 1 hour. It was more a Youth Club with a prayer at the beginning and end but we ended up winning the league.
He even let us setup a rock band as long as we either wrote new religious songs or changed lyrics to classic rock songs, this was quite radical at the time.
He then started to invite the Young Christians from other Churches and that's when I met my future wife.
The guy was an inspiration but sadly I became an atheist 4 years later.

Sounds like a legend.

jcr · 3 May 2014 at 07:38

I heard he's in Georgia

sbi5ar · 3 May 2014 at 08:07

#JusticeForTheDevil

Xordium · 3 May 2014 at 08:24

Dimple said:
But back in 1972 my Vicar actually played Black Sabbath songs from the Masters Of Reality album and read out lyrics from it.
He was lyrically impressed with Lord Of This World, Children Of The Grave and Into the Void.
In the Vicargae he could be heard blasting out Zeppelin & Purple a lot.

There used to be a vicar over Brownhills who was like that. I wonder whether it was the same one. This would have been around 1985.

Disclaimer: I have never ever lived in Brownhills only know that from boating on Chasewater.

areksnumbr1sxylady · 3 May 2014 at 08:31

Well God "apparently" created Hell and Devil.... Soooooooooooo.... awkward.

Orionaut · 3 May 2014 at 08:40

The concept of an evil "opponent" is essential for a mono-theistic religion. ISTM that One of the main reasons why Atenisim ultimately failed was because it didn't have one!