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Originally posted by windword
What WAS going on then, in the wilderness, with Jesus and the Devil? If the Devil, as you say, is an internal "devil" didn't Jesus wrestle with his own internal temptation, as we all do?
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by adjensen
Allegory for what? An inner "devil" that was tempting Jesus from within? If he had an inner devil then he was not exempt from original sin.
As I said, a) the Greek word there can be read as "tested" and b) as I do not believe in a physical entity called "the Devil", I see that passage as being allegorical -- Jesus is shown to not crave physical indulgences and wordly power at the expense of his relationship with God.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by adjensen
But if the scene never happened, why is it in the bible? What's the point of saying Jesus was tempted by the devil if it was allegory for nothing at all?
Originally posted by adjensen
Apparently both of you missed this in a post of mine on the previous page:
As I said, a) the Greek word there can be read as "tested" and b) as I do not believe in a physical entity called "the Devil", I see that passage as being allegorical -- Jesus is shown to not crave physical indulgences and wordly power at the expense of his relationship with God.
The most obvious clue that it is allegorical is the fact that there is no mountain in the world from which every kingdom in the world can be seen.
Originally posted by jhill76
reply to post by LABTECH767
WHy do you assume I do not know whom he is and his task here and elsewhere?
Originally posted by adjensen
lol.
I personally do not believe in an external entity called "the Devil", who tempts and tortures. I do, however, believe in an internal "devil", the temptation and wrongdoing that is in all of us.