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Originally Posted by YP0534
It's just another small speculative step from here into real problems.
If Satan were created good, he must have gone bad, which means he was created imperfectly, which is obviously God's fault.
If it is the case that Satan's nature is evil, then God must have made him thusly, for he could not overcome his created nature to become what he wasn't, any more than gold could turn itself into clay.
I mean, I'm sure no one intends to be Satan's apologist but these speculations lead to some pretty thorny issues which are probably more than we can handle here during amateur hour.
I think someone has previously contended that Lee's doctrinal problems originated in unfamiliarity with orthodoxy. Well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander....
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I've posted this before, but here's my view on Satan's fall which, I think, avoids the thorny issues:
There wasn't pre-existant evil nature or substance which motivated Satan. God made everything. There is nothing that exists in reality that is not out from God. As
KSA said, there is no "substance" which is not out from God. So, what Satan did was chose "not God." Not inherently "evil" or anything, he simply chose "not God." But, as mentioned, there is
nothing which exists which is "not God." Thus,
he chose something that didn't exist. He chose a lie. The realm in which he operates is a realm which doesn't exist - it is a lie and he is consequently the father of liars.
That said, I still have a hard time with the fact that I was born into sin if something wasn't "injected" into human nature by virtue of the fall. Perhaps it is simply that we are born into a realm that "doesn't exist" and thus, by nature, are born into sin - the lie.
Thoughts?
Peter