by davoomac on April 21st, 2006

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Why did Satan rebel against God?

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  • by Wendora on November 19th, 2006

    Wendora

    Free Will... he made a choice... selfish ambition.

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  • by pugwashjw65 on January 9th, 2007

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    Satan wanted the same worship due only to Almighty God. Something he was not entitled to.

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  • by alreadydead on December 2nd, 2006

    alreadydead

    The story about rebellion of Satan makes the story of sin and its consequences more reasonable. Man suffers, why? Because of sin, why? Because of Satan, why Satan? Because he rebelled…. Is it historical true? I don’t know.

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  • by etzlersucks on June 12th, 2006

    etzlersucks

    Because God wouldn't give him a cookie.

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  • by Alatea on May 4th, 2006

    Alatea

    Jealously and not obedient to God which all result in pride. Claims about Satan have NO support in the Old Testament. The Christian version of Satan most likely evolved from the Persian concept of dualism, which defined good and evil in terms of a good "God" and his arch enemy the "Devil".The Old Testament Bible character called "Satan" later became the "Devil" as the New Testament Satan as defined in the Old Testament was one of God's many sons, who served as man's accuser in God's court. Satan "evolved" into the Devil over time and the influence of Persian dualism (good and evil agents) probably had a great deal to do with Satan becoming the Devil in the eyes of later Bible writers.
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    Side notes.
    Before Satan rebelled he was called Lucifer; see Isaiah 14:12

    The information concerning the fall of Lucifer found in the following passages of Ezekiel is profound:

    Ezekiel 28:12-16
    You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
    You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering:...
    The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.
    You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you...
    You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created.
    Till iniquity was found in you.
    By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, and you sinned;
    Therefore I cast you as a profane thing...

    This tells us a number of attributes that Lucifer had; He was created, which means that he did not exist before God had created him. He did not exist before time as God does. He was a guardian Cherub (one of the highest forms of angels) the Hebrew word for "covers" in the sentence '...cherub who covers' means protection or guard so we can deduce that Lucifer was a Guardian Angel.

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  • by Farmall on April 25th, 2006

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    Isaiah 14:12-14 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I wil ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High."
    According to these verses Satan was jealous of God and wanted to be more powerful than God. This is why he rebelled against God because he wanted to be God himself.
    Beeslo, The matching of Lucifer with the morning star rises not from the Hebrew bible but from classical mythology, a fount of bitter water not intended by God as our "fountain of living waters" (Jeremiah 17:13). Reference works concede that the switch is based on ".. .classical mythology for the planet Venus." Just because Satan has convinced the heathen world to connect him with Venus, the morning star, is no basis for the repetition of that "myth" by Christian scholars. But II Timothy 4:3, 4 says the time for myths has come.

    For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. [muthos: from which we get the word 'myths']
    An examination of the original Hebrew will dispel any illusion that "morning star" is an acceptable substitute for the word "Lucifer." The Hebrew is "helel, ben shachar," which is accurately translated, "Lucifer, son of the morning." The NIV and NASB give an English translation as if the Hebrew said, "shachar kokab, ben shachar" or morning star, son of the morning (or dawn). Yet the word for star (kokab) appears nowhere in the text. Also 'morning' appears only once, as the KJV shows, not twice as new versions indicate. The word kokab is translated as 'star' dozens of other times by NIV translators; morning or dawn is likewise used hundreds of times. New version editors know boger kokab is 'morning star' since it is used in Job 38:7. If God had intended to communicate 'morning star', he could have repeated it here. The word he chose, helel, appears nowhere else in the Old Testament, just as "Lucifer" appears nowhere else.
    The ultimate blasphemy occurs when the "morning star" takes "Lucifer's" place in Isaiah 14. Jesus Christ is the "morning star" and is identified as such in Revelation 22:16, 2:28 and II Peter 1:19. With this slight of hand switch, Satan not only slyly slips out of the picture but lives up to his name "the accuser" (Revelation 12:10) by attempting to make Jesus Christ the subject of the diatribe in Isaiah 14. The NASB compounds its role as malefactor by placing the reference, II Peter 1:19, next to Isaiah 14:12 to solidify the notion that the passage refers to Jesus Christ rather than Lucifer.

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  • by Perryman on January 30th, 2007

    Perryman

    What motivated Satan to rebel against God?
    Greed.
    He greedily coveted the worship Jehovah received from humans.
    The Devil did not reject the desire to receive such worship, which rightly belonged only to the Creator. (Compare Ezekiel 28:12-19.)
    Instead, the angel who became Satan nurtured this greedy desire until it became fertile and gave birth to sin. see —James 1:14, 15.

    According to the Bible, intelligent spirit creatures existed before the earth was formed. (Job 38:6, 7)
    One of these set himself in opposition to God and sought domination over the first humans and thus over all mankind. To achieve his ends, he maliciously slandered God. (Gen. 3:1-6)
    That is why the Bible later speaks of this one as Satan or “Resister” and as Devil or “Slanderer.”
    At the instigation of this traitor, not only did the first humans rebel against God, but so did other spirit creatures. (1 Pet. 3:19, 20; Jude 6) These disobedient spirit creatures came to be called “demons.”—Jas. 2:19.

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  • by sk3ptic on January 12th, 2007

    sk3ptic

    how can you rebel against God? God by definition is all knowing and powerful so he must have already known Satan was going to rebel and with unlimited power could have made satan not rebel

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  • by AntigoneRising on December 20th, 2006

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    Satan was standing up for the rights of the angels in the face of Yahweh/Jehovah's narcissism. Who wants to have their sole purpose of existance be to unquestioningly obey and worship someone else?

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  • by Heartfang on October 31st, 2006

    Heartfang

    Because Christianity told you he rebelled against god. According to many, rebellion is wrong (even though the USA and most other major world powers are a product of rebellion) and in order for Satan to be evil he needs to do something VERY wrong like rebel against his old man. It always makes sense to me that a philosophical dispute between father and son resulted in the survival and continuation of our world, the millions of temples, and an entire dimension commonly known as HELL. Don't believe everything you are told, and even if it came from a "reliable source", first-hand experience always wins (even though seeing it with your own eyes doesn't necessarily prove anything.)

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  • by SemperFi1 on May 4th, 2006

    SemperFi1

    The Angels were created to serve man who was made in God's image. It is said that Lucifer...then the most beautiful angel declared...I WILL NOT SERVE....thus it was pride that caused his downfall.

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  • by ritesh on April 5th, 2008

    ritesh

    in my opinion. God almighty, he is the one who controls every thing. he is the most powerful. i believe the Satan was part of the God's plan. just to help us and beware of the differences be the good and the bad.
    had their been no bad, we wouldn't have ever identified the importance of being always righteous.

    Secondly, The God, Almighty; doesn't force any one to believe in him. Please check your references. it's a free will.

    If there is some god who forces us to worship him, then i would like to be the Satan myself and would rebel against such God.

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  • by Farino on January 1st, 2007

    Farino

    There is a theory that Satan is the benevolent one and God is the malevolent one. Bear with me here. Assuming that there are such things as angels, beings more powerful than we are, why necessarily is the side that won the war the benevolent side? History has taught us that the righteous do not always win the war. Is it possible that God was merely the leader of the side that won and not the all powerful being that He has led us to believe? How better for a dictator to keep their pupils than to out-law reading and writing so that they never learn that the dictator isn't the benevolent leader that he says he is, what did God say was the ONLY thing that mankind was not allowed to do: eat the fruit that bears knowledge! In other words He was keeping us naive but Satan being the wise and kind creature that he is saw that that was wrong and we needed to be shown that that was wrong. So he convinced Eve to become knowledgeable, is that really such a bad thing? Satan merely lost the war and has been trying to tell his side of the story when the predominant story being told is that of the victor but again as history has taught us: What is in the history books are not the truth, merely the author's version of what has happened.

    Here's something that should get the cogs turning: What are the names of the Devil?
    Satan = Adversary
    Lucifer = (Latin) lux: light, -ferre: bringer of. The bringer of light, light is synonymous with knowledge and intellect. Shed light on the matter and he's a very bright person.
    Baphomet = (Greek) baphe: baptism, Metis: Titaness of wisdom. Baptism into wisdom.
    In the Testament of Solomon he is referred to as Beelzebul and "associated with the star Hesperus (which is the normal Greek name for the planet Venus (Αφροδíτη) as evening star)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebul If you look up symbols to do with Venus you'll find the pentagram/pentacle (my avatar), the upsidedown pentagram/pentacle is a symbol for Baphomet. Oh and the word lucifer is defined as the evening star when used in literature.
    So you see that 'Satan' has no link with evil, Lucifer and Baphomet both mean the clever one and Beelzebul merely refers to Lucifer and Baphomet. Why is the Devil given names that call him clever unless there is some truth in the matter?

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  • by UFOpants on December 4th, 2006

    UFOpants

    Because he questioned gods authority. This could be connected to how if someone in america protests pro-communism, we shut em up pretty quickly. All satan wanted was equality

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  • by IMaNoNyMouStOo on December 2nd, 2006

    IMaNoNyMouStOo

    he wanted to be god...

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on December 2nd, 2006

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Some believe that Lucifer was created solely so the he WOULD rebel and thus give God someone to either point at and say, "He is bad, I am good." or as an example of what He would do to any who opposed His will. Therefore, Lucifer rebelled as part of God's Plan.
    Whether that is the actual reason, I don't know. I wasn't there.

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  • by ylikone on September 23rd, 2006

    ylikone

    Because the angels (Lucifer being angel #1) were created for servitude. The angels (slaves really) rebelled. God made the rebelling angels look really bad because of this. They are now demonized (literally). Lucifer and his crew got a bad rap. I really don't blame him for his rebellion... many of us would do the same.

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  • by Daniel Ivey on May 3rd, 2006

    Daniel Ivey

    Pride.

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  • by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on September 12th, 2008

    bagicide stayed 10 months too long

    Because he wanted to be God, he wanted the power, the glory and the benefits of being God. However, he didn't understand the justice, mercy and love of God.

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  • by Highlander is semi-retired from AB on November 11th, 2007

    Highlander is semi-retired from AB

    Satan refused to worship God.

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  • by hershey_squirter_ on January 30th, 2007

    hershey_squirter_

    That part was made up....well it was all made up...but THAT part was made up to instill fear, people submit more readily when they are really really scared.

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  • by adc103051 on December 21st, 2006

    adc103051

    Because God beat him in a Poker game.

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  • by bow2thelord on December 18th, 2006

    bow2thelord

    he is evil and hates the LOrd

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  • by rabbyrabbit158 on December 2nd, 2006

    rabbyrabbit158

    prIde, in a nutshell

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  • by Anonymous AAA on January 25th, 2009

    Anonymous AAA

    pugwashjw65 : you r right :) & He is doing this through many ways : faking religions , making people worship him or masking himeslf as the right for sexual freedom , etc.... anything to take people from God . It's a war !

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  • by Don Gorgeous George on October 2nd, 2008

    Don Gorgeous George

    Satan rebelled against "God"/ the Elohim, because after our creation, the Elohim decided to destroy us once they were done with our purposes, and Satan decided it would be better to teach us how to become like Gods, giving us knowledge and teaching us how to advance our souls. The majority of the Elohim (our enemies) decided that Satan and his followers (the Demons) would be banished from their group for disobeying the orders, so they started their own thing and become our helpers. Satan is one of our original creators and the one who originally decided to step up and love us. He deserves respect and recognition for his love for us, not more blasphemy and lies written by the enemy.

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  • by Just Me on September 13th, 2008

    Just Me

    He wanted full control. He never got it.

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  • by Jack Wallace on May 20th, 2008

    Jack Wallace

    The Bible never says expressly. But judging by what the Bible implies, I'd say it was because he was obsessed with "Justice" to the exclusion of Grace and Mercy: Pride is incompatible with Love.

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  • by pr0meth3u5 on December 12th, 2007

    pr0meth3u5

    PMS-pre-messiah syndrome

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  • by Anonymous on December 12th, 2007

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    BECAUSE OF FREE WILL

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  • by Melissa 'Mel' Bucholz on November 12th, 2007

    Melissa 'Mel' Bucholz

    Satan thought he was better than God and wanted to take over.

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  • by Yahoo Answers Is A Fraud on November 11th, 2007

    Yahoo Answers Is A Fraud

    Because God refused to allow Satan (then named Lucifer) to become the top man of the kingdom.

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  • by calova on November 11th, 2007

    calova

    Satan thought he was superior to god, that he was better and more powerful, therefore resulting in his banishment from heaven.

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  • by sunshine on October 6th, 2007

    sunshine

    Because he was jealous of God and the power that He has and he wanted to be the one in control.

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  • by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on October 1st, 2007

    Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

    Because he wanted to be in a higher position of power.
    That sly devil.

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  • by Love on May 7th, 2007

    Love

    Satan rebeled against God because he was jelous of God and wanted people to serve him so he challenged Gods right to rule as we can see he told the first woman Eve is it so that God told u not to eat from the tree in the middle of the Garden? and What did Eve say yes he told us u must not eat from it u must not touch it from in the day u eat from it u will die and satan said god knows that in the very day u eat from it u will not die u will become like him knowing good and bad know she ate the fruit and what happened she died

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  • by Kevin74 on January 25th, 2007

    Kevin74

    Satan is an accuser. Satan and those who seek him or are content with him would unjustly accuse the truth in attempts to justify themselves... but how can you justify corruption? My people's corruption did not come from Yahweh but from Satan's lies. What lies can be told other than the lies Satan gives us? Do you not have a soul? Are you a lie? We are created by the spoken word of truth by God as documented in Genesis 27 of the Bible... a lie cannot create because it does not exist. What lies could you attribute to Yahweh? He said let there be light as documented in Genesis 3 of the Bible and the light has been there to this day... Do you believe that there is no light? What lies could you attribute to Yahweh?
    God is not a liar or an accuser least any man should believe other wise without believing his own life is a lie and there for be lost in the hands of the deceiver.

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  • by nevets - badgicide on December 21st, 2006

    nevets - badgicide

    According to Judaism, he doesn't - nor does he want to.

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  • by Knopper67 on December 18th, 2006

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    Because he's a goof.

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  • by Slipshod Wombat and Co. on December 9th, 2006

    Slipshod Wombat and Co.

    he musta been dumb

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  • by rabbyrabbit158 on December 2nd, 2006

    rabbyrabbit158

    well, i'd say that satan, back when he was an angel wanted to be like God, he wanted to be up there in the Trinity, of course God said no and he was kicked out of heaven

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  • by jacklynn on December 1st, 2006

    jacklynn

    The lust for absolute power. Come to think of it, that sounds an awful lot like our country's leaders, corporate heads, and so on and on.

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  • by kathy513 on April 21st, 2006

    kathy513

    Satan (previously the most beautiful angel named Luther) was jealous of God's preference for his new creation man.

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  • by evandad on October 4th, 2009

    evandad

    He didn't tell me

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  • by Killer X747 on November 19th, 2008

    Killer X747

    Because he wanted to be have all the power that God has.

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  • by exgirlfriend on November 19th, 2008

    exgirlfriend

    He wanted all the power for himself!

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  • by Suomynona on November 10th, 2008

    Suomynona

    He probably went out of his mind going to church every day.

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  • by coffeemaniac can cry on November 10th, 2008

    coffeemaniac can cry

    Pious, teen angst???

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  • by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on October 30th, 2008

    CaRbOnPrOdUcK is  Baccuss

    Because he was looking at him backwards and thought he was being called a DOG.

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  • by 23Skidoo on September 10th, 2008

    23Skidoo

    He wanted information, knowledge. And just as he punished Adam and Eve for the same thing, God punished him for it.

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