Didn God create Satan?
Well, yes, most intelligent Christians side with the intelligent Jews and Muslims in attributing the CREATION of Satan to God and in this way seeing that SHe is quite perfect. The term ‘Satan’ is taken from Judaism, where ‘Shaitan’ is God’s Attorney, a sort of ‘Bad Cop’ to Jehovah’s ‘Good Cop’. Satan seems to be the representative of the Id, to put it in psychological terms, who challenges us to explore, expand, experience ecstasy, exultation. Satan isn’t ‘the Bad’ to all Christians. Some see Hir as the essential SYMBOL of our world, as sensuality and its beckoning pleasures. Some see Satan as the Deceiver who lures us, as does Maya, to do that over which we’ll suffer. Does Maya have a personality, traditionally? I think that Sri Ramakrishna and company give Her one. I know that some Christians see Satan as one of the Faces of God, and no more fear Hir than they would a horror-show. Some see Hir (Satan) as a spoiled brat who disobeys the Good and Worthy God-Parent. However, some see Hi