Where does the 'devil' come from.

[wildwood]

This must be an obvious question and as it is well known that God is omnipotent and has created Heaven & Earth, why is this not explained in the bible? Or is it?

[sophie_1003]

I thought he was a fallen angel?

[boxtops]

It is. Lucifer was one of the archangels until he blotted his copybook and was thrown out of heaven.

[welshlibranr]

yes boxtops is right! And he's also the on that we were threatened with as children, as in ' the devil will come and punish you if you are bad'.................

[jomifl]

According to the cathar religion God is the devil but they were murdered in their thousands by the christians in the twefth century, so perhaps they had a point.

[wildwood]

Mmm... I always thought a fallen angel was a 'loose' woman. Haven't found one yet but still looking.

So does the bible actually admit that God made a booboo when he made this Lucifer?

[nohorn]

I don't know about the origin, the devil, satan, or whatever it is called. Sometimes I feel it (evil?) is following me around. I also don't think one should focus long on "evil" because bad things will happen. I really shouln't be writing this.

[trt]

The devil comes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran.

[jomifl]

Well god obviously is not omnipotent if he cannot deal with this devil character. So does he /she/it qualify to be a god?

[jomifl]

Is the devil an invention of christianity or did they just nick the idea from some pre-existing religion.

[McMouse]

Don't know where the Devil came from but destination is AB.