Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-29644557-20171004221521/@comment-1705775-20171005001028

there's a billion plus versions of the Bible, all have different takes on what is and is not canon.. that's because everything you read is translated by humans, whether or not the original was made by divine will or not.. translations over centuries means there are so many alternative texts it is up to you on a PERSONAL LEVEL to decide which one is true.

there is no "universal truth" in scripture, save what you feel personally is.. looking up quotes and facts online will just result in headaches.

Satan is a fallen angel to most, the idea of angels not being able to sin or fall from grace is only one theory in many.. the idea of Lucifer being a human king and not an angel is also just a theory.. it is nowhere near as well-accepted as the "Satan is a fallen angel" take on things.

but in bible, no matter what translation, God is omnipotent and omniscience, evil can only exist for as long as He allows it to.. thus Satan can never be Pure Evil because everything he does is known about before he even contemplates doing it.. every cruel act, every war, every temptation and every attempt to pervert God's cosmos is known about by God in advance and He allows only the evils He deems necessary to occur.. nothing, absolutely nothing, Satan can do is not within God's capability to completely prevent from ever occuring.

it's all in His plan, no matter the translation.. that's the whole deal with Revelations.. when God finally does tire of Satan and the concepts of evil He will be very swift in removing it, thus Satan can never be Pure Evil in the sense that in biblical thought God commands everything and unlike humans Satan has strict restraints on what he can do (that's why he can't murder us in the billions, God sets limits on him and if God deems it necessary Satan will be gone completely.. evil exists because God sees it as necessary to teach humanity, in most versions of biblical lore).

Satan is how God tests the universe, whether Satan believes it or not.. Satan can believe himself superior and all that but it is God who is controlling events.. to say otherwise is to say God is not fully omniscient or omnipotent, which goes against monotheistic thought.

if Satan was out of God's ability to predict or command they'd be equals and that's Dualism, a different concept from mainstream bible and one most Christian sects see as heretical (though many other faiths see it as a valid alternative to monotheism)