Is Satan God's Loyal opposition.
Satan's early history.
Satan: Early history
In a dictatorship, a loyal opposition is not wanted or needed.
Rules are decrees from the top down.
With a dictatorship, the penalty for descent is somewhat like God's gift of free will. That is, do as I say or burn forever in hell for any and all infractions. Small or large.
In a democracy a loyal opposition is required.
Rules are arrived at by consensus and debate.
Rules, when broken, have a sliding scale of consequences. The larger the infraction the larger the penalty.
Is God a dictator whose free choice is not really a choice at all,
or
is God a democratic leader who gives a meaningful free choice with Satan speaking for mankind in early history.
Satan today is demonized. That was not always so.
A historic look at the talking snake for instance will show that before the Bible, it was considered a sign or representation of wisdom.
Did the early Church demonize Satan to blame him for evil instead of questioning why God should be blamed for evil?
Was Satan's first position one of Loyal opposition, assigned the task of making sure that Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that gave them a moral sense?
If not, then why did God bring Satan with Him to Eden instead of sending him straight to hell?
Your thoughts please.
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DL