Paradise Lost

[Chad32]

I wonder what the teacher would say if a student said s/he still sympathized with the devil after all of that. Maybe that they just didn't understand, and need to reread the book.

I have always believed that the best lies have some truth to them. I can tell someone that a dragon flew over my house, but no one will believe it. I could say a rare bird flew over my house, and some may believe it. In order for Satan to convince anyone to rebel against Yahweh, he would have to say something believable to convince people to feel discontent. In other words, it is possible to feel less than completely happy in heaven. In the book, he talks about democracy and egalitarianism, which are good points.

Yahweh's version of morality has always been "I created everything and am more powerful than everything, so you should worship me on that alone". Nevermind that he sometimes likes to hurt his friends on a whim, and labels everything someone does that he doesn't approve of "sin". Then tells people that one sin is as bad as another, and thoughts are the equivalent of actions.

Now would Satan be any better? We'll never know, since the bible is obviously biased. It's said that he rules over the earth, and in some places the world has gotten better over time. Studies show that less religious countries are better, in terms of equality and education. A lot of this is due to science. Not any inspired truths in the bible that takes so long to figure out that they may as well not be there.