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Angelology Satanology Define religious (ethical) dualism show difference kind dualism ( idea God Satan eternal equal forces struggled struggle eternity) Bible teaches God Satan. Show biblical teaching origin destiny Satan contradicts common understanding religious (ethical) dualism. Christian dualism

Theology promotes the belief that there are two entities, good and evil and that they are equally powerful. In contrast, Christianity and the Christian bible claim that God is much more powerful than Satan. Dualism in general thus contradicts the bible by claiming that the forces of good are equally powerful to the forces of evil. The devil was the first individual to have committed a sin and it originally appeared in the heart of Satan. Although Satan was initially called Lucifer (the light bearer), his glory ended when he decided...

He considered that it would be best for him to detach from the divine with the purpose of building his own world that he could rule. This ended in disaster, as Satan came to disturb the balance in a perfect world by introducing sin.
As a consequence of his behavior Satan and all individuals who supported him were banished from Heaven and thus came to start a new era where sin would attempt to dominate the world and where people would be forced to choose between right and wrong in spite of the fact that they have a limited understanding of the concept.

Isaiah appears to put across the disappointment related to Lucifer and his decision to attempt to overthrow…

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