Religion Question

[n2daizo123]

How can you be sure that the Bible was not inspired by Satan? How can you know that the Pagan religion was not the one true religion and then Satan came to earth as Jesus, inspired man to write the Bible to convince humanity to worship a false prophet?

Try not to use the Bible as a reference because, if the Bible was inspired by Satan then it could not be used as a source to prove that Satan did not inspire it.

Is it unreasonable to believe that Christianity is the devils greatest deception? And how could you know whether it was or not? If Satan is able to deceive, how can you know that you are not being deceived into believing and worshiping a religion that is actually inspired by Satan?

I copy and pasted this question but it is a good one.

[ahabion]

Not unreasonable by any means. Satan is the great deceiver and of course is very good at it.

Taking the question for it's literal meaning, if the Bible was inspired by Satan, then Satan siimply inspired the book to be written as Satan being the loser at the end of the book. Good versus evil, Good triumphs and we call it a day. So if it was inspired by Satan, then he helped to write a book that tells of himself failing.

If Satan came to earth as Jesus, even then, Satan himself is defeating himself... because the Bible (if inspired by Satan in this scenario) tells of the coming of the one who will cast out Satan forever and all eternity. So if he came to earth as Jesus, told the story about him defeating himself, he would still lose because the "worshipping" of people would still go to some guy named Jesus and God and not Satan.

The analogy would be Brett Favre putting on a Peyton Manning jersey and playing a game like Peyton Manning and beating the Vikings (with Farve at quarterback on both sides... only one is in costume)... People will be chanting Manning... even though Favre was the one under the uniform. (not physically possible but we are pretending with this scenario anyway)

[geoff]

very good answer. i would also like to say that the Holy Ghost is Gods' Spirit dwelling in humanity. if you have this then you pretty much are opened up to alot of things and see that Satan is not decieving us to believe in God. besides, God created Satan, you think He would let the devil run around and pretend to be Him and worship himself ( the devil ) and God not do anything about it?

[Jblizzard]

I do believe Ahabion hit it pretty much right on.

It's as simple as this. If the Bible was inspired by Satan, then Satan has defeated himself. There is no deceiving in the Bible - it is motivation and stories to help you grow and be faithful. It is how to be victorious.

[Kevykev]

Not unreasonable by any means. Satan is the great deceiver and of course is very good at it.

Taking the question for it's literal meaning, if the Bible was inspired by Satan, then Satan siimply inspired the book to be written as Satan being the loser at the end of the book. Good versus evil, Good triumphs and we call it a day. So if it was inspired by Satan, then he helped to write a book that tells of himself failing.

If Satan came to earth as Jesus, even then, Satan himself is defeating himself... because the Bible (if inspired by Satan in this scenario) tells of the coming of the one who will cast out Satan forever and all eternity. So if he came to earth as Jesus, told the story about him defeating himself, he would still lose because the "worshipping" of people would still go to some guy named Jesus and God and not Satan.

The analogy would be Brett Favre putting on a Peyton Manning jersey and playing a game like Peyton Manning and beating the Vikings (with Farve at quarterback on both sides... only one is in costume)... People will be chanting Manning... even though Favre was the one under the uniform. (not physically possible but we are pretending with this scenario anyway)

Good answers don't usually come that early.