Peace,
Good, God etc, might be considered antonyms with bad, devil, etc depending on your world view. I don't necessarily see those terms that way.
Good/bad, build/destroy, positive/negative at least in sociological constructs are relative terms. What may be good to one person might be bad to another. Feel me?
God and Devil doesn't fit in that world view for me because the Devil could disappear off the face of the Earth today and evil would remain. If you want to take the Yacub story on face value, what could be any greater evil than making a devil who is weak and wicked in the first place?
The question you need to address within self is, is God god if he becomes other than self? Is the Devil still devil if he becomes other than self? I don't think these labels are as cut and dry as a lot of people try to make them.
With that said I think you should consider the phrase "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." It adds complexity to the ideology of God being all "good" and devil being all "bad."
Peace
Good, God etc, might be considered antonyms with bad, devil, etc depending on your world view. I don't necessarily see those terms that way.
Good/bad, build/destroy, positive/negative at least in sociological constructs are relative terms. What may be good to one person might be bad to another. Feel me?
God and Devil doesn't fit in that world view for me because the Devil could disappear off the face of the Earth today and evil would remain. If you want to take the Yacub story on face value, what could be any greater evil than making a devil who is weak and wicked in the first place?
The question you need to address within self is, is God god if he becomes other than self? Is the Devil still devil if he becomes other than self? I don't think these labels are as cut and dry as a lot of people try to make them.
With that said I think you should consider the phrase "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." It adds complexity to the ideology of God being all "good" and devil being all "bad."
Peace