venepe on 11 July 2013
No. "Satan" is a separate being. But god did create everything in the universe, so he must have created Satan as well. God is all knowing and all powerful so he knew what Satan will end up doing or becoming. I guess one can say that he needed to create evil in order to create good. Good an evil are contrasting ideas that cannot exist without the other.
As far as god's crazy behavior before Jesus came along...I don't know how believers explain it. I assume they use the all purpose clause: he had his reasons. and we can assume that all those he killed had it coming. He is the ultimate judge, isn't he?
"¿Por qué justo a mí tenía que tocarme ser yo?"
