bill4long wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 3:37 amI like to point out that "the devil", in the Hebrew Bible as an enemy to the Creator, doesn't exist.Dr. Shades wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 2:32 pm Because Pi means something, whereas 5/20 means nothing.
No, it is the number of a man.
666 is the number of the beast. It is not the devil.
More meaningless tripe.
Satan as an "arch enemy of God" came to exist in the intertestement period. 1 Enoch for example. Read it and see how rational it is (not.)
As for "Lucifer" in Isaiah 14. Gawd, how ridiculous. "Lucifer" was a cognate of Latin and means "light bringer." But in Hebrew the name is "heylel" which was the name of the planet Venus. The topic in the chapter is obviously, and explicitly, against the King of Babylon. Looking at the attributes of this king in the chapter, you'd have to be a complete idiot to think this refers to a "fallen angel who opposes God". Etc.
Thank you, Roman Catholic church, for propagating such loony bull****.
This video =~Why God CANNOT Kill Satan Or Fallen Angels supplies an explanation more verbose than any other that I am aware of. It seems pretty good; what do y’all think.
ET phone home.