Well im jsut gunna say my mind here cuz thats what totses about. In order to be a true satanist (imagine that its actually a religion!) you have to coincide with the bible alot. stuff like the temptation in the desert, the tribulation, the beast, judgement day, all that good stuff. writing 666 on your notebook dose not make you a satanist. ITS AN ACTUAL RELIGION WITH ACTUAL BELIEFS. The bible is writing from a christian stadpoint but for the love of god or satan they HAVe t o coincide. you cannot possibly believe in one with out believing in the other or at least recognizing it! now discuss my minions.

Here's another mind-blower for you: what if Satan is working for God?

What if God and Satan are two aspects of the same thing?

If you believe in Satan then you have to believe in the bible and in the bible is clearly states a god created Satan and that Satan cannot do ANYTHING without gods consent. Therefore, all evil Satan does, god permits.

Cheers,

Lost

Theres two possibilities i can think of right now,supposing god does indeed exist.

1) God made satan DELIBERATELY ,God is all knowing ,so he knew how satan would turn out. so, god created "evil"

2) God and Satan are both eternal ,and have proportiantely the same strength. If they had a father they would be brothers.

They are opposites ,but without one the other doesn't exist as he does now.

Balls .... I forgot where I was going with this.

going a little farther along those lines...if everything requires an opposite to exist..i.e. up/down..hot/cold et al.would that not imply that for god(good) to be..satan(evil) had to exist too?

Exactly what Lost said, I've argued countless times that anything Satan does with in accordance with what God wants. Hell, anything any angel does has to be. So that brings up the question of a rebellion?

well arcording to the bible the "rebellion" would end up being the tribulation. And also satan was once an angel wo0rking for god but was once to power hungry. didnt god cast him out, and satan started his own religion and stuff. What was the angels name again?

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:

Well im jsut gunna say my mind here cuz thats what totses about. In order to be a true satanist (imagine that its actually a religion!) you have to coincide with the bible alot. stuff like the temptation in the desert, the tribulation, the beast, judgement day, all that good stuff. writing 666 on your notebook dose not make you a satanist. ITS AN ACTUAL RELIGION WITH ACTUAL BELIEFS. The bible is writing from a christian stadpoint but for the love of god or satan they HAVe t o coincide. you cannot possibly believe in one with out believing in the other or at least recognizing it! now discuss my minions.



Well to my knowledge, a true satanist, does not worship any deity or acknowledge existence of any deity, epecially satan and certainly not god, which makes you statement irrelevent. They see we are at the top of the food chain, nothing more than animals, thats what they worship.

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:

And also satan was once an angel wo0rking for god but was once to power hungry. didnt god cast him out, and satan started his own religion and stuff. What was the angels name again?

Lucifer (light bearer), what I was saying was an angel cannot get too power hungry because it has no free will.

Does Satan control all bad things that happen? Yesterday a small amount of paint chipped off my car. Did Satan do that?

quote:Originally posted by Atomical:

Does Satan control all bad things that happen? Yesterday a small amount of paint chipped off my car. Did Satan do that?

Hehe, want to get technical we can say God did it because Satan has no free will and must abide by what God makes it do.

Yeah they're connected because Satan is a fallen angel.

Satan has as much free will as you or I. Hence why God let him betray. And why everyone on earth is let to do as we please.

If we were forced to comply, there wouldn't be much of a concept of faith.

WOW. so if satanists really dont worship a deity or anything then can someone please shove there foot up all those punk ass kids ass' who right 666 on tehre note books and are all "oooh yeah im a satanist and i listen to Slayer! Yeah! And i worship satan by cutting off a chickens head and drinking the blood!"

P.S. no offense intended to "Slayer"

there just idiotic morons who have too much angst, trying to rebel. Proper satanists lay down rules and follow the 11 statements. It is a proper religion.

there just idiotic morons who have too much angst, trying to rebel. Proper satanists lay down rules and follow the 11 statements. It is a proper religion.

Thank you. But one more thing i owuld assume this but im not sure, do satanist reguraly bash Jesus and God?

You should update your brain. The mark of the beast is 616.

quote:While most manuscripts of the Bible read six-hundred-sixty-six or 666 for the Number of the Beast in Revelation 13:18, some early manuscripts contain 616 instead. Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (5th century) and Papyrus 115 (3rd or 4th century). Irenaeus knew about the reading 616, but according to Metzger, Bruce M. (1971). A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. New York: United Bible Societies. ISBN 3-438-06010-8., p. 751, Irenaeus "says that 666 'is found in all good and ancient copies,' and is 'attested by those who had themselves seen John face to face.'" The minuscule manuscript 2344 (11th century) identifies the Number of the Beast as 665.

In May 2005 it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques had been able to read previously illegible portions of an early (third century) version of the Book of Revelation, part of its Oxyrhynchus collection of papyri. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616. Scholars now believe the number in question has very little to do with the devil. It was actually a complicated numerical riddle in Greek, meant to represent someone's name. "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."

I 've gotta say Nero (has nothing to do with, the actual number, 6166 (it would be ridiculous to continue the arguement on the subject of the number of the beast because it's not certain and doesn't really matter)

BUT

could someone tell me wots the differance between Lucifer (the morning star as i gather) and Satan (human evil[hitler}?) and Devil (Hitler's soul?)?

quote:Originally posted by Lou Reed:

could someone tell me wots the differance between Lucifer (the morning star as i gather) and Satan (human evil[hitler}?) and Devil (Hitler's soul?)?

In Christianity they're all the same.

Lucifer means 'light bearer' and is another name for Venus, (the morning star).

Satan is from the Latin word Satanas which literally means 'adversary' or 'accuser'.

Devil is, in many religions, the antithesis of their supreme entity. It comes from the Middle English word 'devel'.

If I've gotten anything wrong someone correct me, etymology isn't really my cup of tea.

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quote:Originally posted by LostCause:

If you believe in Satan then you have to believe in the bible and in the bible is clearly states a god created Satan and that Satan cannot do ANYTHING without gods consent. Therefore, all evil Satan does, god permits.

Cheers,

Lost



people have free will, god doesnt permit it to happen, we let it happen. you can choose. in theory that is. so, people permit it to happen.

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quote:Originally posted by Paradise Lost:

Hehe, want to get technical we can say God did it because Satan has no free will and must abide by what God makes it do.

So Satan had to drop by the clerks office and file some request-to-do-damage papers.

quote:Originally posted by Atomical:

So Satan had to drop by the clerks office and file some request-to-do-damage papers.

Haha, I'm just saying that since an angel has no free will everything it does is because of its creator, in this case God.

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:



Thank you. But one more thing i owuld assume this but im not sure, do satanist reguraly bash Jesus and God?

I assume so, if you think about how satanists have been wrongfully persecuted for centries? Witch burning trials anyone

quote:Originally posted by TheNihilist:

I assume so, if you think about how satanists have been wrongfully persecuted for centries? Witch burning trials anyone

Do you mean Satanism or Paganism?

satanism originates from paganism doesn't it? i dont know. The Satanism im refering to to LaVey Satanism.

satanism originates from paganism doesn't it? i dont know. The Satanism im refering to is LaVey Satanism.

Anyway Christians bash Satanism today! they accuse them of being baby killers, cat stranglers and virgin sacrificers. Which attracts unfair unwanted attention.

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Well im gunna have to say that Christianity is pretty dang broad. i am a Catholic for the most part. alot of the stuff in the church does not make sense to me at all. F.E. - Anything the pope says is directly from God. Yeah right wtf i dont believe in that. now to say all christians bash satanists and stuff isnt too true but i must say alot of them have been bashing them for pretty long. My stance on this is, I don't care what you believe in, its your beliefs. That YOU not the guy down the street who happens be someone important. Be you. And even if your the exact opposite of someone thats fine. Im friends with shit loads of "Satanists", A.K.A little punks who right 666 (apparantly not the number of the beast) on there notebooks.

P.S. how do you quote people, the whole "arrow" thing isn't working for me.

P.P.S. How old do you think i am?

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Im not a satanist, i was merely defending it. Im actually an atheist.

thats fine by me. I silmply wanted to start a discussion with my totseans, not start a religious war.

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:

thats fine by me. I silmply wanted to start a discussion with my totseans, not start a religious war.

Be careful, man, one sentence can spark a 10 page debate.

quote:Originally posted by LostCause:

If you believe in Satan then you have to believe in the bible and in the bible is clearly states a god created Satan and that Satan cannot do ANYTHING without gods consent. Therefore, all evil Satan does, god permits.

Cheers,

Lost

You are correct.

quote:Originally posted by TheNihilist:

I assume so, if you think about how satanists have been wrongfully persecuted for centries? Witch burning trials anyone

This is 'nt about the history of i.e. witch craft

etc blah

I came up with a whole set of logic for this at one time- back when I actually gave a shit- but anyway, the theory is that one can't exist without the other, as they are polarizing influences in a black-and-white cause (good and evil). take away one and the other is all that remains- a constant with no opposite. without satan, there would be no reason to worship god because there would be nothing else, and without satan, god would hold no power over us because it is satan that is the eternal consequence for god's and our own actions.

You know God created satan for a reason. God put us on this earth to test our faith in him. Satan is making it harder for us by tempting us to sin because without him it would be too easy to get to heaven. This is just one of my more shallow points of view

quote:Originally posted by OMr_duckO:

You know God created satan for a reason. God put us on this earth to test our faith in him. Satan is making it harder for us by tempting us to sin because without him it would be too easy to get to heaven. This is just one of my more shallow points of view





Still

valid point;possible.

quote:Originally posted by OMr_duckO:

You know God created satan for a reason. God put us on this earth to test our faith in him. Satan is making it harder for us by tempting us to sin because without him it would be too easy to get to heaven. This is just one of my more shallow points of view



by that logic god is little more than a kid with an ant farm. why do you worship him again?

quote:Originally posted by Choscura:

by that logic god is little more than a kid with an ant farm. why do you worship him again?

Why shoudn't I?

quote:Originally posted by Phamine:

going a little farther along those lines...if everything requires an opposite to exist..i.e. up/down..hot/cold et al.would that not imply that for god(good) to be..satan(evil) had to exist too?

thats my philosophy for the very existance of the universe.

to have nothing you must have something

Christianity originated from paganism.

quote:Originally posted by Daz:

Christianity originated from paganism.

Thats WRONG

it all depends where you are in the world.

How so?

quote:Originally posted by Lou Reed:

Thats WRONG

it all depends where you are in the world.

No. Romans were divided greatly, and a half-Pagan/half-Christian merger happened to unite Italy.

Why is the image of Isis holding a baby similar to Mary holding Jesus?... Why do angels wear Sun-Discs of Ra?... Why is Sabbath called "sun"day?... Because pagan thoughts fueled the forming of Christianity.

Explain yourself!

Pretty much my thoughts, however, that is only the surface.

quote:Originally posted by Kel:

What if God and Satan are two aspects of the same thing?



Now that is a fucking good question. Thats a damn intresting point,

there is no mention of satan or eternal punishment in old jewish texts(you get punished for a while after you die but God forgives you and nothing is worth punishment forever). and whether you like it or not, christianity spawns from jewdisum. so in short Christians created Satan as well as enernal punishment. SO, there was no such thing as satan befor christians, but you buttfucks jsut had to go and one up the jews but I am sleepy and really jsut wanna go fuck my neibor right now so peace out homies

I thought satanism was just a practice whereby 'satan' was just the representation of free will regardless of consequence.

But yes, the devil was god's first creation, he refused to bow down to Adam so god effed him in the a. Pretty raw deal huh?

I Am a Satanist. GOD AND SATAN HAVE NO CONNECTION. GOD IS FOR CHISTIANS. YOU DUMB FUCKS. THE SATAN YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT IS THE ONE IN THE BIBLE, THATS NOT THE SATAN REFERED TO IN SATANISM. I DONT KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN SO MUCH IGNORANCE TOWARDS SATANISM IN ONE PLACE. The Satan is Satanism is more of a representation than what chistians believe to be a horned red guy, that is a completely differant religion. Yes, in many ways we are opposite but that doesnt mean we have anything to do with them. Satanist do Not believe in heaven,hell, god , or the "devil" that resides in "hell".

It seems you all dont realise that the bible is bullshit and you are going by what the bible says and thus everything you are saying is bullshit.

I have lost all faith in hummanity.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by PossesedSmurf:

I [b] Am a Satanist. GOD AND SATAN HAVE NO CONNECTION....



Do you believe in humanity, morality, justice, etc.?



Or what?

is it just me or is "Smurf" seriously being ignorant about this. God and Satan are not connected at all? Maybe there are 2 types of "Satans" that this forum was talking about but i was talking about the only one i know of which is the one in the bible (which is NOT a load of bullshit, maybe you should read it)but apparently there is a differant one that Satanists worship? Satanists? hello?

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:

is it just me or is "Smurf" seriously being ignorant about this. God and Satan are not connected at all? Maybe there are 2 types of "Satans" that this forum was talking about but i was talking about the only one i know of which is the one in the bible (which is NOT a load of bullshit, maybe you should read it)but apparently there is a differant one that Satanists worship? Satanists? hello?

He's not being ignorant, you're just truly blind to reality.

quote:Originally posted by emucraphole:

is it just me or is "Smurf" seriously being ignorant about this. God and Satan are not connected at all? Maybe there are 2 types of "Satans" that this forum was talking about but i was talking about the only one i know of which is the one in the bible (which is NOT a load of bullshit, maybe you should read it)but apparently there is a differant one that Satanists worship? Satanists? hello?

quote:Originally posted by Hexadecimal:

He's not being ignorant, you're just truly blind to reality.

The one in the bible is not the one the religion was based off of, that was my only point.



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ok, so we know that satan cant do anything unless god wants him to. so why did god cast him out of heaven? i mean satan cant be a threat if god completely controls him.

Someone posted a nice analogy between Willy Wonka/Slugworth and God/Satan a while ago that explained that.

Basically from what a recall, it can be summed up as God needs Satan to tempt the people in the same way Willy Wonka needed Slugworth to test the children... http://www.totse.com/bbs/smile.gif (http://www.totse.com/bbs/smile.gif)

Sorry about double post http://www.totse.com/bbs/frown.gif (http://www.totse.com/bbs/frown.gif)

quote:there is no mention of satan or eternal punishment in old jewish texts(you get punished for a while after you die but God forgives you and nothing is worth punishment forever). and whether you like it or not, christianity spawns from jewdisum. so in short Christians created Satan as well as enernal punishment. SO, there was no such thing as satan befor christians, but you buttfucks jsut had to go and one up the jews but I am sleepy and really jsut wanna go fuck my neibor right now so peace out homies

Satan came from Baphomet - a God/idol that some pagans worshipped, christians adapted him into the devil to make it appear to any other christians that pagans worshipping Baphomet were actually worshipping satan - and therefore were evil.

The same with the pentacle often wrongly asscociated with Satan and Satan worship - the pentacle was once a divine symbol representing Venus (A pagan God to do with feminism) - the symbol was derived from the planet Venus' orbit across our night sky...as you can tell from current day "satanists" that brand this symbol on their bedrooms that christianity done a fairly good job of adapting that symbol aswell.

quote:Originally posted by Paradise Lost:

Lucifer (light bearer), what I was saying was an angel cannot get too power hungry because it has no free will.

Awwwww. You still think Christianity has any relationship whatsoever to any form of logic.



Thats adorable.

Edit: Joking condescension.

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quote:Originally posted by LostCause:

If you believe in Satan then you have to believe in the bible and in the bible is clearly states a god created Satan and that Satan cannot do ANYTHING without gods consent. Therefore, all evil Satan does, god permits.



As another poster here already suggested (or wrote in so many words), I don't think Satanists would "accept" the Bible, as they consider Satan to be the "real" God AFAIK.

That's of course contrary to the Bible's teachings.

quote:Originally posted by SurahAhriman:

Awwwww. You still think Christianity has any relationship whatsoever to any form of logic.

Get some more information about angels and you might see that there's much more logic involved than you think.

Has anybody read about Hinduism? It says something like this:

Brahman: The Creator that made up the universe.

Shiva: The Destroyer that tries to pretty much destroy the entire world.

Vishnu: Protector and enemy of Shiva.

Doesn't this remind you of God/Lucifer/Christ?

Hah, you Christians with your silly plagerism!

isnt it in some hindu beliefs that all gods are just vishnu in disguise??

quote:Originally posted by Uncus:

As another poster here already suggested (or wrote in so many words), I don't think Satanists would "accept" the Bible, as they consider Satan to be the "real" God AFAIK.

That's of course contrary to the Bible's teachings.



No, but close, thank you for reading, and dispite the blisters on my feet im in a good mood so ill say this one respectfuly, im only trying contribute and broadin the knowledge and maybe take this converstaion somewhere. Satanism has Nothing to do with chistianity that being said stan isnt our god satan just represents evil, there are 2 kinds of satanism and i will state them both for the purpose.

Religus Satanism Satan is a god, and a being/creature/human, if you will. He is worshiped, but has nothing to do with the Devil(or Satan) in Christianity.

The other being Philosphical, where Satan isnt a god and we do not worship Satan itself, it is still a religion and we do worship our self sort of a "My body is my temple" sort of thing. We treat ourselves, and those deserving of it with respect. We still do the spells and magick and everything but we ourselves are god, selfish as it sounds, it can really mean something if you have a wider understanding of it.

Okay i'm gonna do this briefly.

Satanism - a religion with many the same morals as christianity. The major thing they believe is that pleasures that christians are against should not be something one is punished for. Like lust, sexual appetite, anything. They have 11 "commandments" if you will, they follow. I'm not going to list them as you can google it yourself.

Temple of Set - These are the guys all those high school kids think are satanists. They perfom the ritualistic slaughters and such. These guys are sheer evil.

I learned all of that within a couple minutes one day tryin to learn the truth about Satanism. Just read a little bit people.

Also, "Satan" in Hebrew means a rebel, or one who rebels. "Satan"ists rebel against certain things Christians believe in. If i remember correctly this is why Levey chose the name.

Cheers

quote:Originally posted by DeakonDeuce:

[B]Satanism - a religion with many the same morals as christianity. The major thing they believe is that pleasures that christians are against should not be something one is punished for.

That's hardly the same morals. http://www.totse.com/bbs/rolleyes.gif (http://www.totse.com/bbs/rolleyes.gif)

quote:Also, "Satan" in Hebrew means a rebel, or one who rebels.

I did read something about that a while ago. I seem to remember it wasn't "rebel". Perhaps something similar, but not exactly that.

Maybe I understand.

The "satan" of "satanism" is actually "baphomet", an old

pagan symbol/god that was later

confused with the "satan"

of the bible.

"Baphomet" is a symbol of

nature, conflict, power, sex and

death, the animal aspect of

mankind.

It is these things "satanists"

want to embrace, and the same

things christianity is opposed to.

O.K.

defining Satanism is obviously a sticky subject but i gotta say Alistor Crowley wrote some facinating peices on theology and its relationship with 'Satanism'.



Check it:

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=Master+Therion&btnG=Google+Search&meta=



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quote:Originally posted by Osiris89:

You should update your brain. The mark of the beast is 616.

While most manuscripts of the Bible read six-hundred-sixty-six or 666 for the Number of the Beast in Revelation 13:18, some early manuscripts contain 616 instead. Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (5th century) and Papyrus 115 (3rd or 4th century). Irenaeus knew about the reading 616, but according to Metzger, Bruce M. (1971). A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. New York: United Bible Societies. ISBN 3-438-06010-8., p. 751, Irenaeus "says that 666 'is found in all good and ancient copies,' and is 'attested by those who had themselves seen John face to face.'" The minuscule manuscript 2344 (11th century) identifies the Number of the Beast as 665.

In May 2005 it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques had been able to read previously illegible portions of an early (third century) version of the Book of Revelation, part of its Oxyrhynchus collection of papyri. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616. Scholars now believe the number in question has very little to do with the devil. It was actually a complicated numerical riddle in Greek, meant to represent someone's name. "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."



is mans number 919?

There are a plethora of different versions of satanism - a general classification on satanism would be something like:

" Satanists do believe in Satan, just not the Satan of Christian definition...their Satan is the force of nature that is refered to in many pagan religions and many cultures."

Basically it was the christians who labelled these people satanists for worshipping nature and natural human instinct.

Although many of you mention Satanism exists outside of what religious scriptures account for, I will try to explain an Islamic viewpoint of how this jinn plays a role in the history of Islam from a Muslim perspective. To understand how such a jinn became to be known as Shaytan we must first start from before the creation of the human race.

Somewhere in the beggining, Allah tells an assembly of angels that He is going to create a caretaker for the Earth. When the angels realized that this new creature would have free will they objected His plan saying that such beings allowed to do what they want will result in trouble and bloodshed while the angels only praise and obey their Lords every command. Allah simply told the angels in honesty that He knew what He was doing although the angels could never really understand the reasoning behind his plan until after it was complete.

It is now when Allah created Adam and Hawwa (Eve) from dust and placed them in a tropical garden paradise. The two of them were each created with a soul, free will, intelligence, and the reasoning to seek God. Allah then teaches Adam all the names of everything in this paradise environment. Armed with knowledge, Adam was then capable of understanding all the parts of this world and how they were each useful for specific purposes. When his understandings of this tropical paradise was complete, God then called upon His angels to participate in a demonstration of the "caretaking" beings he created. He does so by asking the angels to tell Him what the natural phenomena on the Earth is all about. They could not reply due to their ignoarnce of the physical world since the angels were light-based creatures that were immaterial in a physical sense (so are jinns as they are considered fire and energy based creatures that are also the creation of God and usualy obey him too for fear of angering the Creator of the universe). Allah then commanded Adam to tell the Angels what he had learned from the physical world. When Adam finished explaining about the plants, animals, and how to understand them for useful purposes, the angels realized that human beings had great worth with insight greater then they did.

After Allah proved to the angels that they were wrong to object His plan from the beggining He commanded the angels to bow down to Adam in a form of respect and when the Creator of the universe tells you to bow, you must do as told even if not mentioned by name. As such a powerful being Allah is, not only did all the angels bow down towards Adam so did all the jinns which too were Gods creation with far less insight and worth compared to Adam and Hawwa. But there was one exception comming from a jinn named Iblis (Iblis in Arabic translates into the term frustrated in english). This one jinn remained stiff and refused to bow before Adam to pay respect. When God asks Iblis why he refuses to bow to Adam, Iblis responds that he's better than His creation of human beings. Since Allah had just proved that humans were better than angels, and angels were certainly better than jinns, He commands Iblis to get out of the tropical paradise saying that he and his jealousy were to be rejected. Instead of leaving as commanded Iblis daringly gives Allah a challenge saying that if granted enough time, he can corrupt His creation and in the end He will find that most of the humans will be ungrateful to Him. God accepts his challenge and grants Iblis all the time up to Judgment Day (one of the core beliefs in Islam is that there will be a last day in which all human beings will take turn in line one at a time to be judged by God Himself). There was only one condition God set upon Iblis' challenge which he had to obey. He said that Iblis could have no power over those who seek protection from Him. It was from this point on that Iblis became to be known as Shaytan(the term in Arabic means to separate).

Allah now warns Adam and Hawwa in a revelation that Shaytan is out to corrupt them from their pure lifestyle free of sin. The only command He gives to the couple is to stay away from, and never eat the fruit of one particular tree. Shaytan then tells Adam and Hawwa that that one tree would give them eternal life and that their power would never end should they approach and eat from the tree. This was a lie by Shaytan to try and get Adam and Hawwa to disobey God's warning and it worked. As a consequence Allah orders Adam and Hawwa to be expelled from the tropical paradise they were originaly placed in. God then declares that humans would have discord and hatred for each other from now on because of the inherent struggle to survive in a world that's very more troublesome than the paradise Adam and Hawwa were expelled from. After a while of repentance and being humble, the coupled are given the mercy of God when He teaches them how to ask for forgiveness. Then when they asked properly for Allah's forgiveness they were cleared of all their sins. This just made Shaytan furious and even more frustrated upon realizing that the humans could erase their sins simply by asking God for forgiveness.

To this day Shaytan and his evil jinns that follow him are out to corrupt us by trying to separate us from Allah as much as possible in hopes of defeating Him through the challenge He accepted. But know that if you seek protection from God sincerely, Shaytan can have no power over you. To ask for foregiveness from God is to seek his protection. And those who forgive others will be rewarded by God Himself.