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Is blaming the Devil just a device used in an effort to escape from responsibility for bad conditions?

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    Blaming the Devil or many other things other than ourselves for alot or most of the "bad conditions" in our lives is a cop out and is one of the reasons kids are killing others at age 10 and we have the kinds of crime and hatred in our country and in the rest of the world. People unfortunately find it very hard to own responsibility for their words and actions, and also how their children behave, since they were the parents who instilled whatever values, morals and standards they have into them from birth. Blaming the Devil is about as helpful and accurate as blaming the weather or ghosts for bad events or conditions in our personal lives or in the state of this country and of the world in general.

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I think so, yes. If someone feels they can blame "the devil" for their actions or situation it takes away their personal responsibility. [Good question.]

nevets - badgicide

Yes. Even though I do believe in the devil, he does not make our choices for us. Any bad situation that comes about may be the result of someone succumbing to temptation, but the devil never made them choose to mess up. They did that themselves. People who say "the devil made me do it" just don't want to admit that they are the ones at fault. The devil only suggests, never forces.

Audiotron

a lot of people use the Devil as an excuse. As with anything, he can offer, but you can refuse, especially with the help of God Himself.

singwell-is off researching a lot

Partially. I believe that blaming the Devil helps one escape from personal responsibility; however, it also removes responsibility from Yahweh/Jehovah/Allah who has been dedicated entirely to good in the Christian and Islamic Abrahamic traditions. When a monothesitic deity is dedicated entirely to good, some reason/explanation for bad things has to rise to fill the void in the theory. For instance, "If God is so good, why do small children die?" Answer: "That's not God, that's the Devil."

AntigoneRising

No one makes us do anything, they can influence us but the whole "The devil made me do it" is just a way for some people to avoid accepting responsibility for their actions. In my eyes it takes a bigger person to admit when they screw up and try to fix it if they can or at least not repeat it. We are all humans we are going to make mistakes.

Kimberly

Amen!

TaoZen

Did the Devil make you ask this question?

Rinky Dinky Do

I think it's a way of obscuring the paradox of an omnipotent God who allows people to suffer.

Prunesquallor

IF THEY DO THEN THE DEVIL IS IN GOOD COMPANY; PEOPLE DO THAT WITH GOD TOO.

wisper

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