NB: I'm 100% Catholic, I'm not an Atheist.
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This is something I often wonder about. Since God knows all, He must have known at the time of creating Satan that "this Guy is going to create a lot of problems for mankind" and yet he went ahead and created him. WHY?

ghettokid1:
Did God create satan on purpose?

Kobojunkie:
Where do you get the idea that Satan creates all the problems though? What entries in the Bible do you get this claim from?

Please show us

ghettokid1:
WHY?

ghettokid1:
Did God create satan on purpose?

LordIsaac:
Well... I think it is all a function of freewill. Just as He placed man on earth knowing there's a Satan roaming. No one is truly free to express his will in the true sense of the word as there are many determinism factors. What do I know sef?

Shelumiel:
The answer is freewill.

LordIsaac:
Well... I think it is all a function of freewill. Just as He placed man on earth knowing there's a Satan roaming. No one is truly free to express his will in the true sense of the word as there are many determinism factors. What do I know sef?

ghettokid1:
Cc, Lalasticlala Cc, Mynd44 Cc, OAM4J Cc, Seun

fergie001:
Hmmmmmmm..........

ghettokid1:
Cc, Lalasticlala Cc, Mynd44 Cc, OAM4J Cc, Seun

ghettokid1:
Did God create satan on purpose?

PiccoloBrunelli:


According to the Bible, God did not create Satan. Instead he created the person that BECAME Satan. The same way a woman does not give birth to a thief but the child later grows to become one.

Deuteronomy 32:3-5 tells us "Perfect is his activity, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice; righteous and upright is he.”

This shows that Satan was perfect in the beginning just like other angels. At John 8:44 Jesus says Satan did not "stand fast in the truth" or "abode not in the truth" according to King James version. This means at one point Satan was in the truth. But that later changed? Why?

God did not create the angels and humans like robots. He gave us free will. By choosing to do something which was the opposite of God's will, that formerly perfect angel made himself Satan which means Resister.

Please read Genesis 3:1-5 and Revelation 12:9.

ghettokid1:

But God is ominiscient?

ghettokid1:
Did God create satan on purpose?

Shelumiel:
The answer is freewill.

PiccoloBrunelli:


Yes God is omniscient. He knows it all. However, if you had the best singing voice in the world, would you sing 24/7 just because you can? You will still decide when to sing and what to sing. God has impeccable self control. So he can decide not to know the outcome of a particular event. If he knew that the angel he made would become Satan and that he will deceive the first human couple and subject mankind to thousands of years of unspeakable suffering AND HE STILL WENT AHEAD TO MAKE THAT ANGEL, then that would be most unloving and wicked.

But the Bible tells us different. God is love.

Primesky:


God did not create Satan. He created an angel who is a free moral being with the ability to make decisions and choices. Angels are not robots,they can think and choose.

If you have a Child who becomes an armed robber or a prostitute of their own choice, will it be right if people say you made them when in fact you gave them the best in training?.

Daejoyoung:

So in other words, God chose not to know what satan would do in the future when he created satan. Does it mean he simply chose not to look into satan's future?

PiccoloBrunelli:


Yes God is omniscient. He knows it all. However, if you had the best singing voice in the world, would you sing 24/7 just because you can? You will still decide when to sing and what to sing. 1. God has impeccable self control. So he can decide not to know the outcome of a particular event. 2. If he knew that the angel he made would become Satan and that he will deceive the first human couple and subject mankind to thousands of years of unspeakable suffering AND HE STILL WENT AHEAD TO MAKE THAT ANGEL, then that would be most unloving and wicked.

But the Bible tells us different. God is love.

Oluromantic:
Well I know many people would want to bash me. Feel free. Aethist you're welcome. Different overknow denominations you're welcome. Personal bashers you're welcome to bash.

But my answer to this question is

"...God is unquestionable..." Simple!

Oluromantic:
Well I know many people would want to bash me. Feel free. Aethist you're welcome. Different overknow denominations you're welcome. Personal bashers you're welcome to bash.

But my answer to this question is

"...God is unquestionable..." Simple!

PiccoloBrunelli:


Yes God is omniscient. He knows it all. However, if you had the best singing voice in the world, would you sing 24/7 just because you can? You will still decide when to sing and what to sing. God has impeccable self control. So he can decide not to know the outcome of a particular event. If he knew that the angel he made would become Satan and that he will deceive the first human couple and subject mankind to thousands of years of unspeakable suffering AND HE STILL WENT AHEAD TO MAKE THAT ANGEL, then that would be most unloving and wicked.

But the Bible tells us different. God is love.

Dantedasz:



Christian speak for~I don't know the answer!

ghettokid1:
Did God create satan on purpose?

Oluromantic:
Well I know many people would want to bash me. Feel free. Aethist you're welcome. Different overknow denominations you're welcome. Personal bashers you're welcome to bash.

But my answer to this question is

"...God is unquestionable..." Simple!

Primesky:


God did not create Satan. He created an angel who is a free moral being with the ability to make decisions and choices. Angels are not robots,they can think and choose.

If you have a Child who becomes an armed robber or a prostitute of their own choice, will it be right if people say you made them when in fact you gave them the best in training?.

Eulalia:

Jiggaz.