It was my understanding that one or more of the “lost” books from the Bible that was found in a cache of dead sea scrolls would agree with you. One example was the book of Thomas if I remember? Anyway, the message was that God was, in fact, an usurper, and very much against us.
In the earliest versions, and still is in the Jewish faith, he is literally an agent of God. God tells him to test folks, and he does his job. The whole War in Heaven and the idea that he had fallen come much later.
Satan was the good guy.
It was my understanding that one or more of the “lost” books from the Bible that was found in a cache of dead sea scrolls would agree with you. One example was the book of Thomas if I remember? Anyway, the message was that God was, in fact, an usurper, and very much against us.
“The more you know”
Gnosticism.
If you assume the god of tyranny and rape’s followers murdered and suppressed all the other local cults and became monotheist…
Well, he did kill a few people. But nowhere near as many as that other dude, watsisname? Jahwe or something.
I mean, even in those cases, wasn’t that by order of god too? Iirc Satan doesn’t actually get up to much evil on his own in the Bible.
In the earliest versions, and still is in the Jewish faith, he is literally an agent of God. God tells him to test folks, and he does his job. The whole War in Heaven and the idea that he had fallen come much later.
Good thing it’s all made up, and no one would ever fight over stuff that isn’t real, right?
…right?
Where IS Jah? What’s he got to say about all this?
The most evil thing god did, was to convince people that he was the good guy