Why does God keep Satan around?

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because he also had free will. it would seem like God is this big tyrant if he just vaporizes everyone who disagrees with him. at least that’s how i understand it. also ties in to our free will, we can follow him or chooose to follow satan
 
Free will, as angell said.

If God destroyed or otherwise eliminated everyone that disobeyed him, we wouldn’t truly have free will.
 
Also, the devil will be cast into hell forever at the end of time and the Parousia. So, for now, he is allowed to rule over the death and cause our temptations.
 
dshix said:
Free will, as angell said.

If God destroyed or otherwise eliminated everyone that disobeyed him, we wouldn’t truly have free will.
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that brings up a question for me though? why the great flood then? that destroyed the wicked
 
Because he can… also,you cant really have good without bad, its all a balance.
you cant have a reaction without an action… imagine a world where there was only good …
nope, in a mortal universe we must have both…
 
Because God is Love and cannot act to the contrary tho satan can.
 
Phil_Marinus said:
Because he can… also,you cant really have good without bad, its all a balance.
you cant have a reaction without an action… imagine a world where there was only good …
nope, in a mortal universe we must have both…
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Yeah but God didn’t really make the evil… It just sort of came around on its own. I mean he created Satan as good originally and He created Adam and Eve as good too.
 
The angels were created near the beginning of time. The angels are eternal beings like we are. They can not die and they will exist for eternity whether in Heaven or in Hell. Satan and his demons are fallen angels. They will also exist for eternity though they will exist in Hell. They do prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls though. So anyway, we humans are eternal beings like the angels and demons. We die but we will always exist for eternity. The angels and demons are created beings as well but they cannot die and they will always exist for eternity.
 
'In accordance with divine providence, the devil was not sent at once to the Gehenna assigned to him, but his sentence was postponed in order to let him test and try men’s free will.

In this way, he unintentionally fosters greater maturity and righteousness in the saints by promoting their patient endurance, and so is the cause of their greater glory; and, at the same time, through his malevolence and his scheming against the saints he justifies more fully his own punishment. In this way, too, sin becomes more utterly sinful, as St. Paul puts it. (cf. Rom. 7:13)’

St. Symeon Metaphrastis
 
I think its because God loves all of his creation, yes the devil is also his creation. I also think the devil brings out God’s plan. Life is pretty much the test for humans to see who really loves God and who doesn’t. The angels had their test and we are having hour test now. God uses evil to bring out good. For example Jusus’ crucifixion brought about the salvation of humankind. This is all my 2 cents only God knows. Good luck on the test. This is a test we can’t fail and retake:thumbsup:
 
Same reason he keeps every human around. Even Hitler and Mao. God loves His creation may them be good or bad or something in between.
 
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