Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-15

is most astonishing that Jesus IN ~hom
Christians believe "a having been God
himself was powsrless Ia She presencs Of
satan, while Michatl AND his apgeis van
Quishe4 himl Ia the seventh hapters Of
the Koran We read that "satay, who +.
called taelr Eblis, having disObeyed esd
order TO worship adam, wa- buried daeb
from Heaven, etc. Thu, nA- srtaH ce-
come the invisible ruisr of Earopt, Wts--
etn Asia ana America, oorraplug the o.
nocen., dedli1g the pure ana degr15i ps
individuals as wen as oommnn Ties,
Bat the question arises, FpouaAe.p@ {;
"Who is ssthnY Has Judaism given oir.h
to such u phantomg Are che people os
Israel responsible for tue existence st
such demon5 in order Ia -oyvp thtso
questions We must concur ia the ouuclu
sions to which cur great his oriaus and
modern Bible critics haze arrived With
reference to the period when those books
which mention satan as proper name
we're discovered. II has been escertaiued
thGt the books job, Daniel, Chronicles
and Kings belong TO that time WEen the
children of Israel, aith exception Of
fen wao we're permitted to remain IN
Jerusalem, we're transported by Eebuch-
sdnezzer 10 Babylon. There they came
in contact with the Persiaps. whose re-
hgion consisted IN fire wOtshipiug Bnd
believing IN Il uie5y OF dual form Ia Or
mud, the creator az light aud good, and
Ahrimau, the orig inRtor OF darkness and
evil. This belief OF the Persians was
during the time OF Jeremiah and Ez kiel
improved by Zoroaster, who was the
propagation of Monotheism, teaching
that there were before the worlds creation
but one omnipoteut God who, by his wogd,
called into being two good angois, 0rmuzi
and Ahirman But the latter corrupted
his ways, and thus became ruler OF dark
ness and evil.
Now, as the people OF Israel found in
the land of their captivity nation whose
principal belief in God bore such a sirik-
ing resemblance to their own, they soon
became closely attached to them and ina
bueo with their belief in Ahirman, whose
name they changed aiterwerd into satan,
which found entrance in the Bible. Per
sian supersJitious religious ideas took %
strong t OLD or our peoples imeg nation
yes, even OF that OF cur prophets. The
names of the angel says the Talmui
Jerushalmi Of Rosh Hashaua- ths
people of Israel b-ing with them from
Babylon during tho reign of Cyrus"
TAus the Christian world Is iudeh cd
TOR the invention Of satan, who embel
fishes their Testament, not 70 the Jews,
but to he persaus. Also .h0 believers
in Kabbalah are indebted for he nomen
olatute of angels md demons which tbey
possess to nobody else but 10 Che Persiaus
The Persian doctrine Of arEelology have
impressed tho majority OF our people so
that they adhere 20 it up 10 the present
day. This dOCrine has becoLle the
nucleus OF many Of cur prayers. The
Kabbalistle rabbits have even gone stop
further, and have identified satan with
the serpent which enticed Adam and Eve
to trespass against GODS commandment.
And gradually they have advanced him 20
the high position of MALACHI HsmOyess,
angel Of death. Hence one Of the ssEes
says; "Hu, Hasargn, In Haiezar bora
Hu Hamanca hamovtss." 'Ehe satan,
the enticer fo evil, aud tne angel OF death
are one aud the anne being"