You may believe in the Devil, but do you know who he really is?
It’s often said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist. But was it? I reckon he did something a lot more subtle and pernicious…
Watch the news. Read a paper. Heck, read the Bible. The Q’ran. The Talmud. Look at all the things God (supposedly) did, and does. Smiting the disobedient, wiping out whole cities and peoples, flooding the World, torturing innocents just to see if they love him enough. Killing babies. Roasting people in Hell for all eternity. Sending tsunamis, floods and earthquakes that wipe out thousands of innocent people, just to punish a few guys for having anal sex. As it’s often been pointed out, these are not the actions of a sane human being, let alone a loving, well-adjusted deity.
A huge proportion of the things God does are demonstrably evil. And yet he keeps telling us he loves us. These are the actions of an abuser, not a loving parent – and certainly not a loving god.
Based on what we know, isn’t it more likely that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he was God?
Actually, he convinced the world that he was Bono…
I couldn’t possibly comment… 🙂
You must repent of your sins and accept Jesus as your personal Saviour – face eternity in Hell.
What, you mean this eternity? Yeah, right.
Hey I’m totally with you! I found your blog post because I wanted to write my own post about this very subject and did a quick google search.
I hope I can attach a link. It’s legitimate. I’m not selling anything, just trying to wake people up to the truth of our world.
My post on the great deception is here…
If you want to be deceived, you can be. That is your prerogative as a free creature. As for the devil, he’s in the world today and plotting your demise:
http://thespiritoftruth.blogspot.com/2010/05/assassination-enhanced-smolensk-russia.html
Figure it out.
I did – that’s why I write this blog. There is no God, there is no Devil.
Figure it out…
My, how self-assured.
if there is no God or Devil… then how do u kno right from wrong?
so there is no good or evil?
u kno that feeling u get when ur about to steal something or do anything else wrong for that matter…… how do we get that feeling? where does it come from? explain that.
it is better to believe n not need it, then not to believe n need it… “Paschal’s wager”
We get that feeling from the values instilled in us by our parents and by society. Sometimes those values are religiously-inspired, sometimes not. That doesn’t mean religion is true, just that some people get the same values from their religious instruction that the rest of us arrive at through common sense and reason. Those values pre-date religion. If they didn’t, religion would never have got the chance to arise, because we’d have slaughtered each other long before it got that chance.
I didn’t say “God and Satan are the same because they both require worship and sacrifice”, I said that given what we know about the world and what happens in it, it makes more sense to believe that the person we think is God is actually the Devil, who has fooled us into thinking he is God.
But of course, since neither of them exist (you think they do? Prove it.), the whole discussion is academic. I was being tongue-in-cheek, as any rationalist would immediately have realised.
Blimey, you religious types are hard work…
Actually, it is you that is hard work. The Lord does as He wishes to do, and man is put to his own hardships because of his disobedience. We were made to be forever and in communion with The Lord our God. You say that God doesn’t exist? I don’t need to prove that he does, but can you prove that he does not? The Word states “Lean not on your own understanding, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.” Man’s logic, though strong and gifted by The Creator, is not infallible, for Man cannot even unravel the complete science of their own bodies and minds, yet The One who made us in His Image, has designed this system and reveals to us what is His will. Most of what happens in the World of Today is by Man’s hand, and so The Lord has indicated for his Church to be ever viligant for his return, but to also carry out his mission of love, charity, humility, chastity, peace and selflessness.
Of the many men and women claiming there is no God, not one can explain the sudden recovery of those who are gravely ill. How one exposed to disease and decay remain healthy when it ought not be so? Where men and women are exposed to mental images so horrifying from war, yet still keep their minds; I tell you, it is the Hand of God that does these things through His Servants in the World.
The Truth is, the Greatest Trick Satan ever performed is convince the world he didn’t exist. If people didn’t believe of His Existence, they would come to rebellion by trusting in themselves instead of The Lord Almighty. They would never come to realize the gravity of what they are doing, because they rationalize that their can be no God if There is no Satan. There is no light without shadow and their can be no reason to trust God if there is no evil to harm them. And in this, they have already fallen because their pride will lead them to perdition. That or they reject the Good News because the world is much in love with itself and its nature. Dr. LaVey stated that Man is the highest being that is. In denying the existence of God and Satan (for that is what he truly did), and setting himself and all like him as gods, the men and women who denied God, denied the existence of His adversary have fallen to Pride.
The Lord calls all out of Darkness and into His Marvelous Light. He didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinner. Hell is the absence of God, and to those who doubt it is real, ask the very accuser who wages against Him eternally because of Pride, and who will, at the End of Time, shall see the justice of The Lord. All that follow with him shall meet the same. I encourage you to listen and seek the Kingdom of God before it is too late.
Wouldn’t waste my time with these simpleton types. They are deaf, blind and there for ignorant to their Creator. Have fun in “your new world” while we look down on you guys copping a whipping for denying our creator. Plus Satan’s greatest trick is still to come. Most won’t realize it until God’s wrath is on them in full swing. It will be after you mad Men have slain us true believers. I’ll give you a hint. Aliens are not from the stars. Now read Genesis and work out who aliens really are. There no alien, I tell you. Sounds stupid. One word, “RESURCH” give it a go, you lazy fence sitters. Our Father hates you Heathens the most of all. To weak and cowardly to chose a side.
Do you even realize how stupid and contrived this all sounds?
It starts with the premise that god created heaven and human beings but through the actions of two people, Adam and Eve, no one was ever going to be allowed to actually go to heaven. In order to fix this, the all powerful god had to create a loophole. So he made a son who had to live a sinless life and die from execution for blasphemy and now all the people had to do to get into heaven was believe in his son.
That’s the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Let’s not even get into the whole Adam and Eve silliness, there’s no chance that all human life on this planet originated with one person who had a female sculpted from his rib bone. It’s a myth created by an ancient civilization to explain ideas they couldn’t comprehend.
Beckther:
So that means we can all do whatever the hell we want – steal, murder, rape, whatever – as long as we repent and accept Jesus Christ as our personal saviour before we die?
Do you think maybe Hitler’s enjoying eternal bliss in heaven right now, because unknown to anyone else, he repented of his sins and invited Jesus into his heart at the last minute? Yeah, right.
Well I’m a girl who is atheist (for anyone who wanted to know it…) Seriously i can’t describe how much I actually liked the text it’s so… true! Many christian people always judge the black one how do you know that god didn’t create them? Is there even a singel proof that god was a man? And is there proof that god even exist…? People in this world has a lot of prejudices and the worst of all greed. That’s the things that make our word so unstable we have to much faith in something that we even don’t know really exist. Why do you belive in god and not the whole theory about big bang? Because the odds is the same we don’t know how big bang was created and the heck we know how god was made, created or born. Without knowing it we all have fallen in a big fat trap in life, everything is somehow just a game…
You do realize that you used a quote from the movie “The Usual Suspects” and not any religious text whatsoever, right? Just want to make sure you’re aware of that.
Secondly, it’s your free will that God gave to you to choose whether or not to believe in Him. Without that free will to choose what to believe in, being saved by faith in Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior who died on the cross for all sinners that will just accept Him fully into their hearts would be rendered absolutely pointless. After all, if we weren’t given free will, we’d all have no choice to believe. The very existence of Jesus in the flesh would have been pointless.
Instead, there were over 40 prophecies alone that were fulfilled by the birth of Jesus and countless more from his entire lifespan and works… All from scripture that was written anywhere from 10’s to 1000s. Of years before he came to this world.
You say that God did and does all these terrible things but I challenge you to read the Bible more in depth. Sure anybody can read bits and pieces and take anything out of context. Even Jesus said to pluck out your own if you really want to take things out of context. What he really was saying was that if the problem in your life is something precious to you, isn’t life even more precious? If your eye is cancerous and the only way to rid yourself of the cancer was to have it surgically removed, wouldn’t you do that and save your life? Likewise, if there is salvation (the promise of everlasting life after our bodies in this world inevitably give out) for simply doing the right thing, being obedient to God and accepting Him into your heart, wouldn’t you rather give up the vices that are causing you to sin in oreder to live forever in His Kingdom that is infinitely greater than this world than face certain death (spiritual) for continuing the way that you are?
Furthermore, God never claims that this world is a great world. In fact, He knows it is a terrible place. In fact, He tells us not to love the things of this world because He has greater things awaiting you if you choose to accept.
Please read the Bible… altogether and in context the way it was intended and I guaratee things will make much more sense. You’ll realize God certainly isn’t the perpetrator of evil that you claim Him to be.
Yes, I’m aware of that. See my October 4th comment. And it wasn’t original to the Usual Suspects. See if you can find out where it came from.
I did, and they do. That’s why I’m an atheist. Because first and foremost, I’m a rationalist.
ok peter m you ask cyp to show you proof that their is a God.. but i bet u cant show proof that their isn’t one…..which there is..how do i know cause i have faith in him(GOD) and his son Jesus Christ that how and that all you need and another thing is that when religious people talk about GOD and Jesus they always get the warm and good feeling and become happy that because they feel his presents around them which you will fell in heaven..how do i know well read a book called the revelations of heaven and hell and this my change your life around which does need to change…god bless
I would have to disagree with the Catholic Church being the ONLY tried and true.. I don’t think ANY religion has gotten it right.. The bible says that anywhere God/Jesus are spoken of in love and worship is considered a church. Too many religions focus on just that the religion not the CHURCH or Praise of God.
He doesn’t have to convince the world, presay. But make man believe that there could be no good without evil. The reason man is giving into this idea is because it gives them free reign to do evil deeds then say Im only human. Which is why God has to save man from himself. The reason why I know God exist is because of nature. All through the bible He is describing Himself where man could understand…nature. Christ used parables often so one could understand.
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The Devil is just your ego. “The greatest trick the ego ever pulled is convincing the world it does not exist.” What is ego? The little voice we all have that wants to be better/smarter/more correct than others. The cause of all conflict. If you think you don’t have this, or that it can’t be the cause of suffering, you have been tricked by the statement above.
To the author of this passage. If I may state I am a publicly announced devoted Christian and I find the passage to be very sad! You as the author I will pray for because it is in your own words truely obvious that you are lost. I will pray that you will be saved from your own dimise when your time comes. I pray for your sake that are saved before then because our God tells all of his people that you will pay the piper at some point! I have no stones to cast at you because I am human thus making me a sinner like all others. But I am bless with intellectual aptitude to see that there is greater beings in this world than myself! I am not perfect nor will proclaim to be but I have full and complete clairity that I will never earn a soap box to stand on! The one that others posses to erect themselves upon is only self created. In conclusion look yourself in the mirror each day and point this question at yourself, ” Do I think that I am special to anyone in this world other than myself, my pareants, my blood family, and God?” If your answer is Yes, then you truely are a legend in your own mind! When you die the WORLD WILL NOT STOP TO MORN YOUR LOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a believer in Jesus, I would have to strongly disagree about the ‘superiority’ of the Catholic Church. There are so many customs part of that church that have little if nothing to do with the teachings of Jesus himself, and sadly that is probably likely of many, if not all churches in general. That’s but one of the few reasons I personally choose not to attend church, as I strongly believe in a personal relationship with God. I agree with the previous post as to everyone coming their own conclusions. But matters regarding spirituality are always going to be complex as we all experience things in different ways depending on our spiritual status and receptiveness. But to claim any branch as superior to another is just pointless and rather ignorant. God is too great to be so plainly defined; at the same time, you know that when you have Him around you, it’s unlike any thing else and cannot be compared to any worldly pleasure we may have here on earth.
Some people are satisfied with certain things, others just want more. But no one is beyond redemption if they want it. +
Anyone who seriously believes in God is either stupid or so helpless that they let themselves be comforted by fictional stories. Why believe the bible is real? There’s no reason to. It’s exactly the same as all those Native American tales to demonstrate right from wrong. It uses created figures to prove an overall point. Yet, for some reason, people lost sight of the fact that just like those other stories, it is FICTION. Because of that, the world would be a better place if religion didn’t exist, because the only things that comes from truly religious people are war, anger, hatred, and the inability to consider the world from other viewpoints. Religious people are the worst people I have ever met, and I wish that there was a way to avoid them completely or cure them of the way they’ve been brainwashed. Religion is the same as any cult; it’s just, sadly, more socially acceptable.
If you wanted to control an entire planet, how would you accomplish it?
By using the Monetary System
“Give me control over a nations currency, and I care not who makes its laws”
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1743-1812)
By using Wars
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
By using Politics
The “ILLUSION of CHOICE” is that we think that we have “FREEDOM”, all the while we are “Slaves”
Looking at the insane tenor of the political argument, you see how it prevents participation by design. One half of the “ELECTORAL” will not participate or even pay attention to it. Yes that is how effective the system has become; the masses are so truned off, that they just don’t care. The “ILLUSION of CHOICE” has been thrust upon the people of America; its concept is to divide only. It is through this didision that the “POWER” and I quote
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it”
Woodrow Wilson
The Greatest Deception “EVIL” ever pulled was convincing the World that it was “GOD”.
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I’ve always thought the devil created us. The creator seems like a tantrum throwing bi-polar sociopath who is desperate for admiration for doing basically nothing but playing mental games with humans. LIke a parent who treats a child like crap but demands respect. Respect for what? You don’t know what birth control is so I should bow to you? I think Jesus is the one who came to Adam and Eve and tried to show them what was really happening. So, I believe Jesus is trying to save who he can. But if Jesus was in charge, there couldn’t possibly be the child murders and abuse that are rampant on this planet. The bible is backwards and obsessed with sacrifice, murder sex and sin. Even the oh I’m sending my son to be abused and beaten to death to save you? I am a parent. I would give myself before ever allowing harm to come to my child! Any parent who says otherwise is a disgusting selfish tool!.
My opinion is this, satan jealous to human, his primary target b4 is to be like the most authority in heaven, wen he was cast off,from heaven he turn his anger to human, he always , destroy wut good for human and decieve them so that he can bring many human in hell, satan is already dead in spirit he is now a dead considered, like wut adam he ate the fruit he didnt die but it is said that if he eat it he will die, it is not phsysical death it is spiritual and the 1st spiritual death is satan
This is one of the saddest articles I have read, but I understand why people have no faith and question the existence of God in crazy world. I was an atheist for over a decade. I am not anymore. I invite anyone who does not believe in God to say to God,”God, if you are real, make yourself real to me.” Take the 30-day challenge described in the book Finding your way back to God. If nothing changes in your life, then you have lost nothing . But if you find God, you have gained everything. God is not intimidated by our anger, doubts or questions. Provides 34:8 invites us to “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” Jesus tells us, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” Give it a try.
I’m sorry you feel this way and I want to help. I can relate to this because I used to be an atheist. I used to be very angry with God because it seemed like everything had gone wrong in my life. Circumstances in my life caused me to become homeless and I thought I was hopeless because of my beliefs. God saved me when I was on the streets. You can read my story of why I converted here http://acceptjesusassavior.wordpress.com. I’m not trying to make you convert. I just want to encourage you to look at it from another point of view. I have gotten some good feedback on my story and I promise you won’t regret reading it if you give it a chance.
God Bless!!!
Exactly