Satan Concept Theory

Monday, October 24, 2005 Posted: 0543 GMT (00:43 EST)
(Note: Article outdated, see bottom)

           In our many diverse cultures and many traditions we have many stories. Those stories deal with how life started, how people are where they are now, and where the people are going. Along the way many of those stories focus on beings outside of our immediate awareness, and how those beings affect our daily lives. Of major focus is the Christian concept of Satan, which has been the excuse for many executions of many innocent people. The purpose of this article is to break down the idea of Satan being an individual, and convert it into a concept that hopefully explains some things in the world. No Image Available
           Within the Christian faith, Satan is considered to have been created by god as the "Angel of Light", but when god created humans Satan believed his position and power to be under threat, so he deceived the first humans to disobey god and to be brought down a few levels. Satan later gets cast out of heaven in the form of some monster, usually viewed a dragon or something that most people are afraid of.
           We will focus on the idea of Satan being the "Angel of Light" for the moment. To note is that, in the story, god is originally a will in a void. Nothing fancy, definitely not pretty to the eyes, simply sentience. The appearance of light may signify the distraction from truth, as light is only a necessity for the eye, and not the conscious mind, or the soul.
           The next point to go over is that Satan is considered to appear as something hideous, which hardly seems the truth if so many people are supposedly committing sin, being tempted, and generally being unpleasant to others. People's fascination of destruction of their own creation, their desire to crush down those that oppose them, and the idea of being the greatest above anybody else are all extremes and usually easily recognizable, though the issue is when those ideas are formed through smaller and less unattractive ideas form together, triggering reactions out of the person who is affected. 

Example includes somebody who desires the best for their family or country. Somebody generates a situation where the family or country suffers a loss, either economically, socially, or structurally, and the head of the group decides to seek out to remove the cause of the problem. When the cause of the problem is technical or natural, usually the solution is simple, but when it is a person a lot of hate is generated, murder may be considered in extremes, and all reason/logic is gone from the head in their attempts to solve the problem. More commonly, the problem being an individual results in more frustration than dealing with a technical or natural problem.

           In the above example, the desire to do something seemingly good may be carried a bit too far, to the point of obsession, and results in the end being harm unto oneself, or onto others. Linking this back to Satan is to point out that the first three angels can be just as omnipresent as god, and not limited to the confines of a physical existence. This allows them to see and affect everything at once, which directors may only dream of. Under the assumption that communication from higher planes of existence is possible unto lower planes (ours), it permits the opportunity for these beings to manipulate the goings on of people as desired, although only through communicative means.
           The theory is that through carefully placed messages/ideas, which may be provided and altered in real time, one may cause for a person to think a certain way. The only restriction is the person does not realize the thoughts and ideas are not their own, and that anything that is done is done willingly by them, including getting angry, being upset, and even committing murder.
           This is gone about is through having them think their regular thoughts, and a new idea is brought up. This may possibly be something that gets them angry and has since been pushed away into the back of the mind to avoid that anger. The idea is usually an attractive one, that peaks their curiosity, but may simply pop up and get them upset for recalling it without desiring to, thus lacking control over their thoughts. With the curiosity idea, one may find it attractive and wish to pursue thoughts in it. Idea may be a good in appearance, if falsified, vision of how a rape would occur. Entertaining that thought will give support the positive side, while being too distracted with the "beauty/attractiveness" of it to notice the negative aspects.
           Usually most people will snap out of it, realizing what they're thinking about and recall how much they oppose it. Others may be unsure and just push away the idea without knowing if they like it or not, allowing the idea to pop up more easily in the future, continuing the conditioning and manipulation. Those who are less caring about the negative aspects even when they are clearly presented to them, may follow on the idea and commit such an act.
           This appears to be the reason so many people may think of how much they'd like to kill the individual who angered them, but would not actually do it, nor have the morality to desire such, yet the idea still occurs in future cases, under the possibility of weakening the will that prevents the idea from being followed, so that it may later perform the act willingly.

           The situation in the above paragraphs can occur in under 5 seconds, and repeat as fast as the mind can change things to think about. There also appears to be a difference in effectiveness between the individuals who have the "Chattering Monkey" thought process and the "Deep Thinker" thought process, having lots of random thoughts whizzing by, only taking those of interest, and the slower quality thinking that looks at each thought individually and gauges importance, respectively.

           The 2nd style is to support an idea for a normally positive act, bring about fears for not committing that act when the individual is isolated from external input, usually before going to sleep, and have them do the act improperly or abusively. The methods employed to get this are the same, but the idea is less simple to brush off, and adapting to this usually results in preoccupation with keeping the problems at bay. Example being a father who wants their child to succeed so much they don't pay attention to the emotional needs of the child. Focusing on the fears, which are also brought up against desire but focused on willingly, may result in paranoia.
           This is also the case in the original example. One's desire to protect their group may get obsessive, creating the imagined requirement to eliminate any and all threats to the group, real or imagined, and to fear conflict with the self or the group if these requirements are not met. This then goes to support and act as an excuse for committing other acts that would usually be considered unacceptable and unthinkable.

           The entire purpose of describing the above is to point out the strong integration between the thoughts and the people, which when followed create many of the problems existent today. Greed is simply the idea that the self is most important, and having a large quantity of something desirable will protect the self. Goes between fear of loss, and idea that nobody else is deserving or proper, while being distracted or unwilling to see the contradictory ideas.
           Having pointed all this out, it should also be noted that all the ideas aren't bad, or necessarily meant for anything. Some of them may be neutral, or positive. The source of these ideas differs, as does the intention, but their existence seems very likely thus far. It is the belief that at the absolute highest level, Satan would be the system for managing a lot of these ideas, having individuals do things they wouldn't do if left uninterfered with. An end result seems non-existent, as the lesser individual results seem too destructive and achieve nothing on a grander scheme but chaos, which appears to aid the desire to have humanity not achieve a position that may replace "The Angel of Light".

           Final notes are that demons are considered conflicted beings, having reached their status through committing some unspeakable act, and cast out of normal order by those who consider them demonic and in league with Satan, who is a standalone being. Many further examples exist, but it would need a lot more space to write out, and some of them can be considered simply the individual's desired method of expression within the world. Prevention of all this is to simply study oneself and one's own thoughts, knowing what you would really think and what is not your own thought. Understanding is key, and from there progress can be made.

(Update May 26, 2007 - Due to new information being made available this article is considered in part, or in whole, outdated and incorrect in its views. The article shall remain on the site but will have this note.)