(November 28, 2016 at 4:20 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 19, 2016 at 4:36 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: My question is about the motivation of the devil character in the bible.
The character is written as evil but torments people who are or have been evil.
If the devil is supposed to be evil why did the author give it this trait, which seems to conflict with its main drive?
Surely if the devil wanted to encourage evil acts then hell would be advertised as a super fun place with willing sexual partners of your choice and all the big macs you can eat
Is this inconsistency down to:
bad writing?
an oversight?
or what?
You're mixing Biblical traits with non-Biblical traits found in literature.
The bible is literature. And not particularly good literature, either.
