The figure of Satan and the fires of hell have been demythologized by modern Christian biblical scholars, theologians and philosophers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.
The Bible is full of warnings about false prophets and false messiahs. These satanically inspired people have appeared in almost every generation of history.
Theology is the logic of the Devil.
The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins.
This discourse, and the present frame of my mind, lead me rather to speak to those, who by feeling Satan's fiery darts, know assuredly that there is a devil.
'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.