• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    Fun fact: try finding Satan anywhere in the old testament. You won’t.

    What about the Book of Job? That was all about a bet between God and Satan to make Job suffer. Like, I’m sure he was still an edited deity from another religion. But he’s straight up referred to as Satan, right there in the Old Testament, which seems to be the exact thing you’re claiming can’t be found.

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      I meant the character, not the name, I perhaps worded it poorly. Satan in this context is meant in the “accuser” sense. As in it’s a role in a divine court, not an entity. Anyone could be the “satan” for the specific case, it’s not a person, but a role.

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      I could be wrong but isn’t Ha-Satan just the title for “the accuser” and not the biblical satan who is the fallen angel