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  2. Satan - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century. Satan, [a] also known as the Devil (cf. a devil), [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or 'evil inclination'.

  3. Satanism - Wikipedia

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    Another contributing factor to the idea of Satanism is the concept that there is an agent of misfortune and evil who operates on a cosmic scale, [18] something usually associated with a strong form of ethical dualism that divides the world clearly into forces of good and forces of evil. [19]

  4. Religious responses to the problem of evil - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Satan is the original cause of evil. [57] Though once a perfect angel, Satan developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship, and eventually challenged God's right to rule.

  5. Theistic Satanism - Wikipedia

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    The inverted pentagram is a widespread symbol of Satanism. [1]Theistic Satanism, otherwise referred to as traditional Satanism, religious Satanism, or spiritual Satanism, [2] is an umbrella term for religious groups that consider Satan, the Devil, to objectively exist as a deity, supernatural entity, or spiritual being worthy of worship or reverence, whom individuals may believe in, contact ...

  6. Demon - Wikipedia

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    Because of references to Satan as the lord of demons and evil angels of Satan throughout the New Testament, other scholars identified fallen angels with demons. [130] Demons as entirely evil entities, who have been born evil, may not fit the proposed origin of evil in free will, taught in alternate or opposing theologies. [131]

  7. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A satan is involved in King David's census and Christian teachings about this satan varies, just as the pre-exilic account of 2 Samuel and the later account of 1 Chronicles present differing perspectives: And again the anger of the L ORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying: 'Go, number Israel and Judah.'

  8. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    The right image is the same sigil in cuneiform from the Joy of Satan Ministries, a recreation of the sigil of Baphomet incorporated with cuneiform lettering instead of Hebrew to spell out "Satan", and made after Maxine Dietrich's reinterpretation of the ideology of spiritual Satanism. Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) Europe, late Middle Ages

  9. Devil - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary has a variety of definitions for the meaning of "devil", supported by a range of citations: "Devil" may refer to Satan, the supreme spirit of evil, or one of Satan's emissaries or demons that populate Hell, or to one of the spirits that possess a demoniac person; "devil" may refer to one of the "malignant deities ...