Can the forum's christians see the demons in other people?

[John V]

God, being omniscient, knows whether John B Adam and Eve would have accepted salvation in the absence of the demon devil, and can dismiss the demon based on that knowledge, or just save ruin them man in the end despite the lack of an overt confession of lack of faith.

Sure. What's your point?

Funny how these things work, huh?

Yes - you argue above that Satan wasn't necessary for God's plan re: mankind, which indicates there are other purposes for Satan, going against your previous position. Quite funny.

Then again, we only need salvation because god let Satan decieve the naive and impressionable minds of Adam and Eve.

Er, how do you know that they wouldn't have eventually disobeyed God even without Satan's influence?

By the way, wouldn't it be against god's nature to let someone go to heaven without their accepting Jesus (thus making it impossible)?

The OT faithful didn't know Jesus, but I'd say they're saved, so - no.