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   From: Archangel@nulldev.com   
      
   "Tom"  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.   
      
   I strongly suspect the episode is fictional or allegorical or both.   
      
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