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Can Satan physically hurt you

Updated: 10/10/2023
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12y ago

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It seems that even we do not really know what Satan is supposedly doing. Satan entered post-Exilic Judaism as the 'adversary' but under the instructions of God, as his loyal assistant, which we see in the Book of Job. According to this belief, if he succeeded in making people do bad things, it was because they failed the test that God had assigned.
In Christianity, Satan evolved to become the evil opponent of God, seeking to cause the faithful to deviate from righteousness and thus to destroy God's kingdom. Satan continued to evolve throughout much of the Middle Ages, at time as a figure of fun and sometimes with changes in how he exerts his wicked powers. The ambiguity continues in belief today, which is why (i) he can be in hell being punished for his disobedience, or (ii) in hell happily punishing the souls of the wicked, yet also (iii) wandering the earth tempting every person alive today.


On the other hand, if the Jews did not even know about Satan until around 500 BCE, he probably does not really exist. If he does not exist, then he does not cause people to do bad things. If we do wrong, it is from our free will alone.

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He's not there to harm you in any way. He is there to grant you the freedoms you deserve and save you from a power-hungry being.

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13y ago

No.

He can only tempt you. You always have the choice of not choosing to do bad things and choosing to do good things.

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