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Summary by Claude.ai of the BAS article “How the Serpent in the Garden Became Satan” Shawna Dolansky | Biblical Archaeology Society. The PDF file of the article is in Dropbox/Satan. Below the summary is the prompt “How do critical bible scholars view the position of the writer of that article?” and the response. Claude says […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of Charles Bledsoe’s original post at BSA here. Here’s a summary of Charles Bledsoe’s Original Post: The Dangers and Contradictions of Demon and Devil-Belief. Bledsoe argues that belief in the literal existence of the devil and demons—what he terms diabolism—is more dangerous than disbelief. He contends that such belief fosters fear, […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 10/19/2025. Prompt: When and why did mainstream christian worship stop casting out demons like Jesus and his disciples did? Why and when did it become taboo? That’s an excellent and historically complex question, Tom. Critical historians and theologians trace the decline—and eventual taboo—of exorcism as a normal part of mainstream Christian worship to […]
Continue ReadingBelow are three responses from ChatGPT in this very long post. Practical Summary – Copied from the end of the last prompt/response. Critical scholars see the evolution of Satan as a response to historical and theological pressures: Result: Satan evolves from God’s permitted tester → semi-independent cosmic adversary → ultimate rebel doomed to defeat, but […]
Continue ReadingWho Is Satan? – The many forms of the devil in the Bible By John Drummond in BAS, June 07, 2025. Extracts Below: In the Hebrew Bible, YHWH’s greatest enemies are not fallen angels commanding armies of demons, nor even the gods of other nations, but, rather, human beings. It isn’t the devil that spreads evil across […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a thread at BSA with great insight from Charles Bledsoe and Mike Waddell. They even liked my feeble input. Does Believing in God Necessarily Mean that One Must Believe in the Reality of a Devil? I Say Not At All, What Say You? Charles Bledsoe – BSA Super Apostle, Apr 18 In anticipation […]
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