(September 24, 2014 at 2:02 am)Minimalist Wrote: The term is "diabolical mimicry," Dolorian. The notion that "the devil" was so smart that he one-upped god! Xtians make their boy look like an asshole at times.
The thing is that Christians do not believe the devil is an autonomous creature that acts independently from God's will. Indeed, as the book of Job plainly illustrates, the devil is subject to God. So, if there was any mimicry going on, it was God who gave the devil license to do it.
Why would God allow the devil to muddy the waters when it comes to the uniqueness and legitimacy of the work of his own Son? Well...