Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:26:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org> Cc: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030416231711.F36781-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net> In-Reply-To: <20030416225100.A12786@znfgre.tberna.bet>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Doug Barton wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Doug Barton wrote: > > > Your understanding of christian theology is very, very wrong. God and > > > Satan are not equals in the Bible, Satan is a created being who turned > > > away from obedience to God and therefore is damned for all eternity. > > > > Actually in Job, Satan's more like God's "Attorney General". > > That's an interesting way to phrase that. I picked the word "Satan" > particularly as opposed to "Devil" to try and move away from the demon > issue. The origin of the word we usually pronounce SAY-tin in english is > the hebrew word usually pronounced sah-TAHN, which is generally defined as > "accuser." Jews don't believe in a "devil" the same way most christians > do, but they also don't believe in Satan as an equal to God. In fact, the > early christians pretty much adopted the jewish idea of sah-tahn as a > created, and fallen being; and embellished it a bit. > Actually it's devil < Latin diabolus < Greek diabolos that means accuser, from Greek dia "across/through" and ballein "to throw". Hebrew satan (with two long a's) means "the enemy, adversary" from the verbal root satan (with only the first a long) meaning "to oppose, plot against, persecute" Cheers, Viktor
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