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Do you think Christianity being true, requires also that the Devil, the first evil creature (an angel) that predates the universe, has to exist.
Or......
Hypothetically speaking, what if there was no ultimate evil intelligence. The Devil in Christian Tradition.......never existed.......
How would that affect the truth of Christianity, and also the nature of sin?
Do you think humans first sinning HAS to require an actual Devil?
Your thoughts?
I think that if there was no actual Devil, that it would not invalidate the truth of Christianity. Now if God/Jesus did not exist....then we would have a problem, and Christianity would be false.
If the "Devil" was actually a personification/allegory/metaphor for evil (and its potential), acts against God's wishes, then I believe I would still have faith that God exists, and his son Jesus saved us from sin and the attacks of the "Devil" (so to speak).
Or......
Hypothetically speaking, what if there was no ultimate evil intelligence. The Devil in Christian Tradition.......never existed.......
How would that affect the truth of Christianity, and also the nature of sin?
Do you think humans first sinning HAS to require an actual Devil?
Your thoughts?
I think that if there was no actual Devil, that it would not invalidate the truth of Christianity. Now if God/Jesus did not exist....then we would have a problem, and Christianity would be false.
If the "Devil" was actually a personification/allegory/metaphor for evil (and its potential), acts against God's wishes, then I believe I would still have faith that God exists, and his son Jesus saved us from sin and the attacks of the "Devil" (so to speak).