Imagine There's No Satan

Should we take Santorum’s word about Satan being real?   ``Satan has his sights on the United States of America,'' Read more: http://www.canada.com/Rick+Santorum+Satan+2008+speech+resurrected+2012+campaign/6191536/story.html#ixzz1nLleQXFw Is Senator Rick Santorum's mantra good enough to settle the issue of what Satan is up to?   Should folks be given a fighting chance to decide if Santorum should be believed about Satan or not?  Generally, it is good to let the people decide for themselves if an entity is real or not. And this is a healthy axiom to adhere to when all sides of a concept are readily served up to the massed. As far as this concerns the question about the existence of God, we pretty much are in the place where enough commentary is available on both sides of the discussion.  Content and conjecture has been widely broadcast so folks today can draw from the resources and begin to make an informed choice. But perhaps the question of Satan's existence i...

When I listen to the chatter in spiritual forums and circles it sounds like some of you have had difficult experiences with what many would call demonic activity. Those who tell of these experiences often request I prove to them there is no Satan or demons. I would love to prove that to these poor tormented souls, and I wish that could happen in a brief email response but it can’t. That is one of the reasons I have written a four volume book series that fully treats the topic of Satan, devils, demons and Hell. I assure you, the topic is vast and ancient so it requires a lot of explaining to place the ideas of demons and Satan back into their cultural context and understanding. That said, here is a short synopsis of why Satan and demons are not real. Prior to the captivity of the Hebrew people in Babylon in about 586 BCE, it was the plan that they have a strict monotheism. This means they were not to believe any other Gods existed but Yahweh. After all, this almighty God supposedl...