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   "Archangel"  wrote in message   
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   > "Tom"  wrote in message   
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   >>>> The Holy Scriptures says Satan is the real   
   >>>> ruler of the world right now   
   >>>   
   >>> Really?  Where?   
   >   
   > This may be Matthew 4:8-9. The logic is that if Satan offered the world,   
   > he must own them. Otherwise he could not offer them. Flimsy I will grant   
   > you but the guy is a tad weird.   
      
   Flimsy is right.  Here we have an episode in which the devil promises Jesus   
   dominion over the world in exchange for worship.  However, we also have the   
   Word of God that the devil is a liar.  Indeed he is "the father of lies"   
   (John 8:44).  Why would anybody take the word of a notorious liar without a   
   shred of supportive evidence, especially when the claim is as ridiculously   
   grandiose as that one?  I strngly suspect that the devil was making a false   
   promise that he could not deliver and had no intention of delivering, which   
   seems entirely what we would expect of a character like him.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)