What does Satan do all day?

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Bezant said:
Interesting question, although it’s rather like asking “What do dogs do all day?” isn’t it? It assumes the human experience of time, space, and occupation.

It seems, from Job 1:7-12 that Satan spends some time on earth, watching people, and some time in the presence of God with other angels.
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Bezant said:
Interesting question, although it’s rather like asking “What do dogs do all day?” isn’t it? It assumes the human experience of time, space, and occupation.

It seems, from Job 1:7-12 that Satan spends some time on earth, watching people, and some time in the presence of God with other angels.
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In the presence of G-d with the other angels? More the Jewish perspective than the Christian, isn’t it?
 
This reminds me of the “convo” God and Satan had about Job. But that raises some serious questions. Who wrote the Book of Job? Who told whoever wrote the Book of Job about this convo that God and Satan had? Did this conversation really take place? I thought Satan had been driven out of heaven for good, I didn’t know he was free to go up there and talk with God any time he felt like it… Did someone creative come up with this idea of a dialogue between Good and Evil seeing how Job was going thru horrible ordeals after horrible ordeals even though he was, from what we can gather, a righteous man? In the same vein, did God accept the Devil’s challenge and “give” him the 20th century to defeat the Church, or is this like a “spiritual legend”?

Another question, angels are pure spirit, how can Satan or other demons leave Hell, as we are taught that hell is more like a state rather than an actual location? Are demons either in hell or in a possessed person’s body (from different exorcists’ accounts, demons don’t want to leave the person’s body because they seem to have no choice but to return hell, it seems as though, once out of the possessed person’s body, they’re not free to roam the Earth)?
 
Hmmm. It might be hard for the poster to relate it, but what was your creepy ouija board experience like? While I abhor demonic things, I do have sort of a dark fascination with horror movies and documentaries on demon hauntings, satanism etc. But only if you feel like it.

Can one actually enter into a faustian bargain with satan? Just proclaim to him "My soul is yours if you give me x___? " Ive never heard of that actually working. I wonder also, even if you do that and get what you want, can you suddenly “Find Jesus” and cancel it out?🤷 I wouldnt want to try it!:eek:

Also Eucharist desecration sounds pretty terrible. But I can hardly imagine a worse way to desecrate the eucharist than by crunching it up, dousing it in acid, and throwing it into the sewage system which is the eucharists usual fate, sadly enough:(

Also about Satanists.The allegation that they torture, molest, and sacrifice children and animals, and ritualistically murder people, seems to be a product of the “Satanic Panic” hysteria of the 1980s.

Has anyone met practicing satanists? They seem to be just like punks more than anything else. They say they dont really believe in God or the devil, they just feel that selfishness and anti authoritarianism is the ultimate purpose of life. Is this true or do they just say it to make them look legitimate?

Is one in danger of being sacrificed/molested if we are in their neighborhood?:confused:
 
HabemusFrancis said:
Hmmm. It might be hard for the poster to relate it, but what was your creepy ouija board experience like? While I abhor demonic things, I do have sort of a dark fascination with horror movies and documentaries on demon hauntings, satanism etc. But only if you feel like it.

Can one actually enter into a faustian bargain with satan? Just proclaim to him "My soul is yours if you give me x___? " Ive never heard of that actually working. I wonder also, even if you do that and get what you want, can you suddenly “Find Jesus” and cancel it out?🤷 I wouldnt want to try it!:eek:

Also Eucharist desecration sounds pretty terrible. But I can hardly imagine a worse way to desecrate the eucharist than by crunching it up, dousing it in acid, and throwing it into the sewage system which is the eucharists usual fate, sadly enough:(

Also about Satanists.The allegation that they torture, molest, and sacrifice children and animals, and ritualistically murder people, seems to be a product of the “Satanic Panic” hysteria of the 1980s.

Has anyone met practicing satanists? They seem to be just like punks more than anything else. They say they dont really believe in God or the devil, they just feel that selfishness and anti authoritarianism is the ultimate purpose of life. Is this true or do they just say it to make them look legitimate?

Is one in danger of being sacrificed/molested if we are in their neighborhood?:confused:
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I assume u were asking me to share my experience with ouija board? Long or short version? Not sure if it is good to share or not? I don’t wanna sin talking about demonic things that could encourage someone to try themselves. I will just say that I did make contact with an evil spirit who told me some things about his life on earth and why he was in the state he was in.
 
HabemusFrancis said:
Hmmm. It might be hard for the poster to relate it, but what was your creepy ouija board experience like? While I abhor demonic things, I do have sort of a dark fascination with horror movies and documentaries on demon hauntings, satanism etc. But only if you feel like it.

Can one actually enter into a faustian bargain with satan? Just proclaim to him "My soul is yours if you give me x___? " Ive never heard of that actually working. I wonder also, even if you do that and get what you want, can you suddenly “Find Jesus” and cancel it out?🤷 I wouldnt want to try it!:eek:

Also Eucharist desecration sounds pretty terrible. But I can hardly imagine a worse way to desecrate the eucharist than by crunching it up, dousing it in acid, and throwing it into the sewage system which is the eucharists usual fate, sadly enough:(
Also about Satanists.The allegation that they torture, molest, and sacrifice children and animals, and ritualistically murder people, seems to be a product of the “Satanic Panic” hysteria of the 1980s.

Has anyone met practicing satanists? They seem to be just like punks more than anything else. They say they dont really believe in God or the devil, they just feel that selfishness and anti authoritarianism is the ultimate purpose of life. Is this true or do they just say it to make them look legitimate?

Is one in danger of being sacrificed/molested if we are in their neighborhood?:confused:
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(Bolded part) I can. Read Huysmans’ Down There, there is a depiction of a black mass. Thing about satanism is that it’s hard to find valid, reliable literature. All we’ve got to work with is pretty much hearsay, anecdotal evidence, urban legends, old maids’ tales etc. Then, you’ve got many types of satanists, satanists who don’t believe in an actual Satan. I doubt there are very many actual satanists who are into sick stuff like human sacrifice, they’re probably as prevalent as serial killers.

Faustian pacts? You’ll find some people who’ll claim they work, based on their interpretation of the events in their lives, but perhaps the death metal guitarist getting a big break (major deal) in the industry weeks after writing a pact with his own blood was going to get the deal anyway. Mind you, nothing a good confession and repentance cannot undo. But perhaps heavy dabbling in the occult leaves you more vulnerable to demonic influences even after God has forgiven you.🤷 As I said, we don’t have much of substance regarding Satan/demons and their modus operandi.

About 15 years ago, I was at a very low point, I would blast God, spew my venom at him, there was an incident that happened, it had made a strong impression on me at the time. I had a cassette player, someone had recorded hits on an audio cassette from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, perhaps Led Zeppelin or some other group, I don’t recall. Anyway, i was alone one afternoon, listening to God knows what song when the tape stops out of the blue. I press “play” but it’s as if I’m at the end of the particular side (audio cassettes had two sides in case you’re too young to know), which I knew for a fact I wasn’t. So I took the cassette out, switched sides, pressed “play” and Sympathy for the Devil starts immediately. It wasn’t 10, 5 or even 1 second into the song, the song started the second I pressed “play”.
Last thing: why is it so hard to say wee-dja (ouija) rather than wee-djee (ouiji)? I've never figured out that one. Actually it should be pronounced wee-ya (*oui* is *yes* in French, *ya* is *yes* in German)
 
He’s planning and preparing for the final battle…God knows what Satan thinks is going to get. Probably his hopes are to get as many souls as possible in hell where he can do to them anything he wants…
 
Ion said:
He’s planning and preparing for the final battle…God knows what Satan thinks is going to get. Probably his hopes are to get as many souls as possible in hell where he can do to them anything he wants…
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I think that the fact that he is going to lose is not important to him becaquse anyway he goes in hell. But he puts up the fight only to trick people into the fight and make them lose their souls.
 
Robertanthony said:
This reminds me of the “convo” God and Satan had about Job. But that raises some serious questions. Who wrote the Book of Job? Who told whoever wrote the Book of Job about this convo that God and Satan had? Did this conversation really take place? I thought Satan had been driven out of heaven for good, I didn’t know he was free to go up there and talk with God any time he felt like it
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The conversation actually took place and it went just like that. Do you know or have you heard that the Bible-writers wrote under inspiration directly from the Holy Spirit? What this entails exactly, I’m not sure, but if it’s anything like John and Revelations I imagine it to be more like visions that God has asked them to record into writing.

As for Satan “going up there” to talk with God… one does not have to be in Heaven to speak to God. Moses spoke to God in the burning bush and he was on earth.
Robertanthony said:
… Did someone creative come up with this idea of a dialogue between Good and Evil seeing how Job was going thru horrible ordeals after horrible ordeals even though he was, from what we can gather, a righteous man?
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It is my understanding the Job accepted these sufferings because he had such faith in God. Job was suffering not because God was punishing him, but rather testing him and his faith.
Robertanthony said:
In the same vein, did God accept the Devil’s challenge and “give” him the 20th century to defeat the Church, or is this like a “spiritual legend”?
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I think this might fall under approved priveate revelation, which you are not required to believe because it is not Church doctine nor does it add or subtract anything from the faith. Personally I believe it and see the evidence for it and the fruits it bore in our current time.
Robertanthony said:
Another question, angels are pure spirit, how can Satan or other demons leave Hell, as we are taught that hell is more like a state rather than an actual location? Are demons either in hell or in a possessed person’s body (from different exorcists’ accounts, demons don’t want to leave the person’s body because they seem to have no choice but to return hell, it seems as though, once out of the possessed person’s body, they’re not free to roam the Earth)?
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It seems like the earth is where the devil and all his angels were cast down to. Jesus refers to Satan as “the prince of this world.” I believe hell is both a state and a location, but for now I think the demons are free to roam. Once the final judgement occurs, however, I believe they will be locked in hell forever.
 
Ion said:
He’s planning and preparing for the final battle…God knows what Satan thinks is going to get. Probably his hopes are to get as many souls as possible in hell where he can do to them anything he wants…
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Is Satan granted complete dominion in hell or does G-d still control Satan’s actions?
 
We are at war, and it’s good verses evil, and it’s a military campaign to the highest level possible. What do generals in any army do, they plan, plot, and give orders to their soldiers to obey. He and his minions do not do math, for if they did they would realize the campaign was over with before it even began. You don’t go against an army with unlimited reinforcement, unlimited ammo, and absolute and full control of all things. It’s utter total and complete insanity.

What this war is now, is an act of spite, nothing more, and the other side knows it will lose the battle, for the war is over., This is similar to fighting that went on after WW2 in remote areas. The carnage was equally real and regardless of the ignorance of the opposing force, it still was waged with lethal consequence.

The main thing to understand, keep your focus upon God, keep your mind free from even thoughts about interest in the evil one, except for the focus along how to thwart his attacks and to keep oneself guarded, and don’t underestimate his power, for he was the greatest of all created beings, nothing made individually is more formidable then him, but collectively and with God’s help, he can be bound.
 
HabemusFrancis said:
What does Satan do all day?
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According to the St Michael Prayer, Satan “prowls about the world, seeking the ruin of souls”.

Put simply, what he does all day is seep more and more into peoples lives, via the gaps in their spiritual armour - alcohol, pornography, sloth, drugs, crime etc, whatever vices or sins - until his influence becomes so dominant that these behaviours begin to consume peoples lives.

Yeh, I think of him as a “seeper”.
 
GWright said:
According to the St Michael Prayer, Satan “prowls about the world, seeking the ruin of souls”.

Put simply, what he does all day is seep more and more into peoples lives, via the gaps in their spiritual armour - alcohol, pornography, sloth, drugs, crime etc, whatever vices or sins - until his influence becomes so dominant that these behaviours begin to consume peoples lives.

Yeh, I think of him as a “seeper”.
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Does he do all that himself or is he helped by countless demons? In other words, does Satan know my name and my past? I would tend to think he doesn’t, after all, he isn’t a semi-god, as a created angel with limited powers, I doubt he knows everyone of us human beings by our name. It would be fascinating to be schooled in how things work exactly in the angelic and demonic realm.
 
Robertanthony said:
Does he do all that himself or is he helped by countless demons? In other words, does Satan know my name and my past? I would tend to think he doesn’t, after all, he isn’t a semi-god, as a created angel with limited powers, I doubt he knows everyone of us human beings by our name. It would be fascinating to be schooled in how things work exactly in the angelic and demonic realm.
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Satan isn’t omniscient,according to my understanding,he works off of our fears,weaknesses.As another poster stayed,he is ever at the ready to pounce when he sees an opportunity.Whether it be spiritual laziness , etc.
 
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