Item Detail
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26956
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4
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17
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English
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Mormonism's Satan and the Tree of Life
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Element : A Journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology
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Fall 2008
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4
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2
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Orem, UT
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The Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology
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1-52
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In this paper, we will explore the Devil's paradoxical role in Mormon theology, noting Joseph Smith's statement that it is by "proving contraries" (Satan-as-God's-tempting-agent vs. Satan-as-God's-enemy) that the "truth is made manifest." Of course, we claim neither the authority nor the perspicacity required to provide a firm, final, or comprehensive portrait of the great Deceiver, although we do believe our work offers a coherent Mormon theological narrative. Our intention is merely to probe some of the common assumptions that have grown up around the character of the Devil in popular LDS belief and, in doing so, to attempt a tentative answer to the following question: In what specific respects were Satan's actions objection- able since temptation—the "proving" deemed necessary by Abraham 3:25, and subsequently demonstrated in the expedient Fall and the book of Job—is part of God's design? A fresh reading of Satan's plan as understood by Mormon theology seems to shed new light both on his strategy for the Fall in the Garden of Eden, and on his tactics to tempt man thereafter. [Author's abstract]
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