FAQ: IS THERE A DEVIL?
DEVIL FAQ by Keith Baldwin aka T+Hawkwind and
Martin Colclough T+Hesiod
SEE ALSO: WILL I GO TO HELL (FULL ARTICLE)
Q.
Is there a Devil?
The very word 'devil' is believed to be Sanskrit in origin.
In its strictly biblical sense the word is derived from
translating the Hebraic 'Satan' into the Greek 'Diabolos',
although Satan was not directly an evil or fiendish being
so much as a tester of man's relationship to God. In this
way the two distinct beings, Satan and Diabolos, were first
confused and then later merged. We are of course all very
used to the image of the red-horned demonic figure who reigns
over hell and is a thoroughly nasty piece of work but to
accept his existence means challenging other beliefs.
Christians believe that God created the universe and everything
within it. Why then would he create the Devil and if he
didn't then where did the Devil come from and why? In the
end this comes down to your own personal perception of things.
As mortals it is generally easier for us to humanise these
great powers and over the years thousands of books and films
have etched visual images of how God and the Devil might
look. But if you can think differently about them it may
make more sense. Perhaps God is a term referring to the
purest spiritual energy that gives life and touches every
living thing with equal love and compassion. Then conversely
the 'Devil' is the negative energy that challenges our self-belief
and feeds on doubt. The fellow with the horns and the trident
is a fictional character of books and films, he is NOT real
and should not be feared.
DEVIL
FAQ BY:
Keith Baldwin
T+Hawkwind
Q.
Is there a Devil?
Every religion that we look at has the eternal battle between
good and evil, in the Christian faith they have Yahweh (Jehovah)
and Satan, in ancient Greece there was Zeus and Hades, in
ancient Egypt there was Osiris the creator of civilisation
and his evil brother Set. These battles have raged between
the forces of good and evil for all time. To have favourable
things the forces of good were appeased with sacrifices
and worship while the forces of evil were always on hand
to turn us to misdeed.
In most religions it is the same good against evil and
usually a chance of salvation through a saviour such as
Jesus Christ. The devil is the direct counter part in each
religion to good. To know good then we have tounderstand
evil other wise we would not know the difference between
to the two.To make us live a righteous life these forces
of evil were placed in the underworld (Hell) and the threat
of eternal suffering and damnation were there as our punishment
or to turn us from evil. On the other hand if we lived a
good life then we had the direct opposite Heaven, a paradise
for all eternity.However having received teachings from
the World of Spirit, spiritualists believe that they alone
are responsible for their own actions not the devil or any
other being.
After death of the physical body we enter the Spirit world
at a level befitting the progress we have made. Someone
who goes to these lower levels does not realise that they
are any worse off than when they were on the Earth because
these lower levels are so dense there is little difference
from their earthly existence, therefore we could take this
a hell on Earth. These Spirit forms can however progress
to the higher levels but whilst in the lower level live
a life that is not enriched as a more enlightened spirits
will be.On the other hand if we have worked hard at progressing
spiritually then we enter the spirit world at a higher less
dense level and so live a more enriched existence reaching
ever higher (Heaven).It could be said that the devil lives
within us just as the forces of good do, for as the saviours
are there to save us then the devil in which ever form is
there to blame for our misdeeds.
If we live a good life in the service of others and accept
responsibility for our own actions then we have no one to
blame nor any need to blame anyone for our misdeeds. It
is by these actions that we build for our future not only
in this life but the next.
DEVIL FAQ BY:Martin Colclough
T+Hesiod
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