Your satan is a myth

Leviathan/Beast I’ll agree that the beast is possibly a reference to to mankind or their disobedience as Con has conceded. Revelation 20:10 points out, “The Devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” It could be that, in Job, the leviathan is a reference to a mythological being (a dragon?) but there is no connection to Satan. Since the early Hebrews acknowledged several gods along side YHWH these could be metaphorical references or another rival God. The duality between God and Satan is only weakly established in the New Testament and in the OT an evil being could be a reference to any number of evil gods that vied for territory such as the five rival gods I mentioned last round. My Old Testament Satan Con asked me to show that the Satan in the Old Testament is not a myth and both of us agree there is no myth of a literal being called Satan in the text. There is a modern myth of Satan based on the New Testament. It’s not relevant if I believe the bible is accurate or that I do not believe that there is any such evil being. It’s true that Con clarified that he objects to a literal evil being named Satan both in the comments and in the last round. This doesn’t change that this is a New Testament modern myth that is not referenced in the Old Testament. Con has agreed to allow me to reference the New Testament for the rest of the debate. Satan definitions from Dictionary.com 1.the chief evil spirits; the great adversary of humanity; the devil. 2.the devil, adversary of God, and tempter of mankind: sometimes identified with Lucifer. Note again that references to satan in the Old Testament have none of the features of typical definitions referring to the modern myth of Satan and are only references to men along with occasional a personifications of adversity in general. In the New Testament Satan is referred to several times as a literal being referenced around 40 times and embodying all the qualities of the modern myth of Satan. Literal being: Satan is cast from heaven in Luke 1:18. The Chief of evil spirits: Satan is said to have an army of Angels that follow him in revalation 12:7, 12:9 and Matthew 25:41 The Great Adversary/Tempter of mankind: He tempts and enters Judas as a literal spirit in Luke 22:3, and John 13:27 to tempt him to betray Jesus and tempts Peter to deny him in Luke 22:31. He is referenced as an instrument of darkness in acts 26:17-19 to turn men away from God. He is seen as a literal deceiver and tempter of man in 1Corinthians 5:5, 7:5 and 2 Corinthians 2:11, 11:14 and 12:7. He is predicted to empower ‘The Lawless One’ (often interpreted as The Antichrist) with the power to make signs and miracles to deceive mankind. Adversary of God: While there is no reference to any being being as an adversary of the Hebrew God in the OT other than other local gods a character is referenced as tempting Jesus, the son of God, in Matthew 4:1/10, Mark 1:12/13, Luke 4:1/8. In Romans 16:20 there is a reference to God crushing Satan under his feet. He takes the place of God deceiving men to follow him instead of God Revelation 2:9, 3:9, 1 Timothy 5:15. God will chain Satan in hell for 1000 years for his sins Revelation 20:1-2. He poses as a servant of God to deceive his followers 2 Corinthians 11:14. He is the enemy of righteousness Acts 13:10. Jesus was sent to destroy the works of the Devil in 1 John 3:8. All the qualities ascribed to the modern myth of Satan have come from The New Testament. Nothing close to this myth is presented in the Old Testament where Satan is simply a general reference to an adversary. Even if you agree believe The Adversary is a literal being in the OT there is nothing that connects him to the NT version. Poor translations for satans/Satan in Old Testament Hebrew vs New Testament Greek. It’s important to remember that the OT is written in Hebrew and Con has conceded the word translated to add a label to the many satans in the old testament would more accurately be translated as adversary. There is no reference to a literal being and certainly not one that shares any characteristics with the modern myth.