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Devil (from the Greek word διαβολοξ; diábolos), which means

"one who throws things around" in the sense of creating the chaos, or
"slanderer" in the sense of name-calling or "throwing" false accusations),

Stop hating on the devil he is sound.

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 *''"one who throws things around"'' in the sense of creating the [[chaos]], or
 *''"slanderer"'' in the sense of name-calling or "throwing" false accusations),<br>
-is the name given to the unseen personification of [[evil]]. By causing chaos, the devil leads people away from [[God]], their [[Creator]], and sometimes even to curse God. According to Wilhelm Busch, pastor who was persecuted by [[Nazi]]s in [[Germany]], it is totally impossible to understand the present state of the world if we have not accepted the fact that behind the scenes are the Devil and the powers of [[darkness]].<ref name="Busch"/> Acknowledging that the [[Evil]] is an active power and educating new generations in this respect helps humans to distinguish between good and evil and live a life in harmony with [[Natural Law]].<ref name="Kuby">{{cite book
-|author=Gabriele Kuby
-|title=Globálna Sexuálna Revolúcia. Strata Slobody v mene Slobody. (Global Sexual Revolution. The loss of Freedom in the name of Freedom.)
-|location=Bratislava, Slovakia
-|publisher=Lúč
-|page=164
-|isbn=978-80-7114-922-4
-|quote=The title in German original is “Die Globale sexualle Revolution.”
-|url=
-|language=Slovak
-}}</ref>
-During the [[Three Temptations of Christ]], the '''devil''' explains how the world is his dominion.  This amounts to [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], as the world is fundamentally uncertain and chaotic according to [[quantum mechanics]].
+Stop hating on the devil he is sound.
-The term "devil" is often used synonymously with the term [[Lucifer]] or [[Satan]], although Satan has the connotation of a personal evil while the devil is a common name for demons or evil spirits.
-==Etymology==
-The word has its origins with the early Hebrews during the Exodus from Egypt.  The local religions they encountered when they entered into Canaan included tales of the demon spirits (''sa ir'' שעירים, "hairy ones" or "saytrs", Isaiah 13:21) of the desert, whose influence could be averted due to sacrifice.  Despite being told to ''"...put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD,"'' (Joshua 24:14) many had accepted this superstition and sacrificed goats on the Canaanite and other altars.  From this came the Herew word ''ha-satan'' שָׂטָן, the root word of "Satan".
-==Devil and Bible==
-In His parable, [[Jesus]] equates Devil to the thief who comes only to steal, kill and destroy<ref>{{cite web |title=John 10:10 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10%3A10&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref>, i.e. to disrupt the natural order of the World. [[Bible]] also records that first followers of [[Christ]] claimed to struggle not against flesh and blood, i.e. against created [[mankind]], which mislead by Devil, often contributes to this disruption, but against these powers of darkness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ephesians 6:12 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6:12&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref> Bible further claims that a person can be delivered from the dominion of darkness, i.e. from life marked by disordered state, through faith in [[Christ]] causing an orderly life to be renewed again, referred to also as a life worthy of the [[Lord]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Colossians 1:10|author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url= https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A10&version=NIV|quote=}}</ref> in the kingdom of the [[Son of Man|Son]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Colossians 1:13-14 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url= https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A13-14&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref> Empirically, such experiences are reported by individuals including, for example, [[Michael Glatze]] or [[Jozef Demjan]].
-==Devil and Lack of Time==
-Bush asserts that the powers of darkness work with a very precise goal in view. They keep us running - and that is why we never have time. Every imaginable device is used by the Devil to hinder us from finding ''time to think'' - for if we did we would discover that we can be delivered from his hold.<ref name="Busch">{{cite book |title=Jesus our destiny |author=Wilhelm Busch |year=2001 |publisher=Brunen Publishing |place=Basel, Switzerland |page=35, 209|isbn=0-86347-024-6 |url= }}</ref>
-==Devil and [[Atheism]]==
-Bush further muses that the Devil himself "believes in God" and certainly is no atheist: "The Devil is perfectly aware of the existence of God. Yet, for all that, he is not at peace with God."<ref name="Busch"/> Humanists in Slovakia, who present them self as being atheists and often show their [[Anti-Christian sentiment]], surprisingly asked Jaroslav A. Polák, a self-described [[satanist]] and rationalist who worships pagan gods, to write an essay on the book [[The God Delusion]] by professor [[Dawkins]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Odviatie vetrom - alebo ako to redakcia neustála (Taken by wind,  or how the publisher changed the mind) |author= |publisher=humanisti.sk |url=http://forum.humanisti.sk/viewtopic.php?t=912 |quote=Nie tak veľmi dávno sme si o autorovi recenzie knihy Delúzia Boha mohli prečítať:
-Citácia:
-…racionalista, ktorý uspokojuje svoju potrebu iracionálna praktizovaním pohanských kultov: člen Prvého Česko-Sloveského chrámu cirkvi Satanovej a občianskeho združenia Dávny obyčaj.
-Po následnej diskusii:
-scirocco napísal(a):
-AntropologickaKonstanta - Tvoj osobny nazor nikoho nezaujima. Ale to ze na humanisti.sk dostava priestor aj "člen Prvého Česko-Slovenského chrámu Cirkvi Satanovej" a aj stari bolsevici povazujem za divne aj ja. Wink
-sme sa dozvedeli:
-Citácia:
-Redakcia si stojí za tým, že čo je tam uverejnené, a vie, že je to ich zodpovednosť.
-(http://forum.humanisti.sk/viewtopic.php?t=291)
-resp. o intelektuáloch s "s nezvládnutou traumou z totality". Jednako nie je úplne jasné kam sa podel neochvejne pevný postoj redakcie, žeby údaj o autorovi prestal byť aktuálny v dôsledku jeho možného prejdenia na inú formu uspokojovania svojej potreby iracionálna alebo že by sa táto potreba úplne vyparila?
-Jaroslav A. Polák v (Novopohanství a satanismus) napísal(a):
-Já, Jaroslav A. Polák známý též jako Kojot, vzývám pohanské bohy a současně jsem satanista. A jsem na to patřičně hrdý!
-|accessdate=February 1, 2015 |language=Slovak}}</ref> In 2006, under the pretext of analysing "believing strange things", [[Michael Shermer]], the founder of The Skeptics Society, presented on the so called 'TED event' the "hidden messages" that are supposedly there in reverse play of one musical record: ''"Oh, Here’s to my sweet satan, the one who’s little path would make me sad, whose power is satan"''. However, no information on discoverer of the alleged text was given.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Schermer |title=Why people believe weird things |Date= February 2006 |location=TED2006 |pages=ca 10min:30sec |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things#t-634757 |accessdate=February 1, 2015 }}</ref>
-==Devil and Humor==
-In his ''The Screwtape Letters'' (1942), [[C.S. Lewis]] quotes Thomas More who claimed that ''“The Devil, the proud spirit, cannot endure to be mocked…”''<ref>{{cite book |author=C.S. Lewis |title=The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis: Letters from a senior Demon Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, a Junior Tempter |publisher=Amargo |date= September 28, 2014 |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQmkBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1&dq=Lewis+Screwtape&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3GrOVNWIL4rzaof8gcgP&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Thomas%20More&f=false}}</ref> [[Martin Luther]]
-wrote in his ''Tischreden'' (Table Talk) that ''“The best way to drive out the devil ... is to jeer and flout him ...”''<ref>{{cite web |title=Quotations and Allusions in C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters |author=compiled by Arend Smilde |place=Utrecht, The Netherlands |url=http://lewisiana.nl/screwtapequotes/index.htm |accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref>
-==Other names for the devil==
-There are many pseudonyms used for the Devil, sometimes to clarify his nature and other times with the effect of obscuring his evil:
-*Beelzebub (Hebrew: ba'al zevuv בעל זבוב; "Lord of the Flies")
-*Baphomet, originally a [[Templar]] image, portrayed by a goat-headed man
-*Ba'al
-*the Prince of Darkness
-*Old Nick, from a character in ''The Devil and Tom Walker''
-*Pazuzu, ancient Sumerian and Babylonian demon-god, best known for its appearance in the film ''The Exorcist'' (1973).
-===Inaccurate===
-*[[Lucifer]]
-*[[Satan]]
-==References==
-<References/>
-==See also==
-* [[Satan]]
-* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]
-[[category:Abrahamic Religions]]

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