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Wicca is a modern, syncretic Neopagan religion, [235] whose practitioners many Christians have incorrectly assumed to worship Satan. [235] In actuality, Wiccans do not believe in the existence of Satan or any analogous figure [235] and have repeatedly and emphatically rejected the notion that they venerate such an entity. [235]
Even if it is accepted that this satan refers to a supernatural agent, it is not necessarily implied this is the Satan. However, since the role of the figure is identical to that of the devil, viz. leading David into sin, most commentators and translators agree that David's satan is to be identified with Satan and the Devil. [23]
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love, For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.", [60] 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV), "We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.", [61] and Luke 3:6, "And all people will see God’s salvation."
Human beings are seen to have free will, and are thus able to turn towards God and develop spiritual qualities or turn away from God and become immersed in their self-centered desires. Individuals who follow the temptations of the self and do not develop spiritual virtues are often described in the Baháʼí writings with the word satanic. [13]
An omniscient, wholly good being would prevent the occurrence of any intense suffering it could, unless it could not do so without thereby losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse. Therefore, an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good being does not exist. [17] Another by Paul Draper: Gratuitous evils exist.
[citation needed] Because they have no bodies they have no sexual identity and can not generate human beings or other angels. [citation needed] The incorporeality is related to their nature, eternal and unchangeable across the centuries. Ulrich Molitor and Nicholas Remy disagreed whether women could be impregnated by demons. Remy thought that a ...
Jealous of humans, the shayṭān seeks out to harm and torment humans, and takes possession over the body of a woman. [46] The movie deals with questions regarding good and evil in Islamic thought. The shayṭān of the movie describes himself as a loyal servant of ʿAzāzīl (another name of Satan in Islamic tradition), whom he venerates as a ...
These perspectives do not claim that witches actually consciously enter into a pact with Satan because Satan is not normally believed to exist in Wicca or other modern neo-pagan witchcraft practices. [28] [29]