They were into Santaism - they felt it gave them great presents. LOL
A definition of Terms might clear the area of conflict?
SATAN:
Proper name of the supreme evil spirit in Christianity, O.E. Satan,
From Gk. Satanas, from Heb. satan "adversary, one who plots against another," from satan "to show enmity to, oppose, plot against," from root s-t-n "one who opposes, obstructs, or acts as an adversary."
GOOD and EVIL
OMNI-BENEVOLENCE: is the property of being perfectly good, attributed by some religions to God.
The word omni-benevolence may be interpreted to mean perfectly just, all-loving, fully merciful, and so on, depending on precisely what is taken to be good.
GOOD, a.
1. Valid; legally firm; not weak or defective; having strength adequate to its support; as a good title; a good deed; a good claim.
2. Valid; sound; not weak, false or fallacious; as a good argument.
3. Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad,imperfect, corrupted, impaired. We say, good timber, good cloth, a good soil, a good color.
4. Kind; benevolent; affectionate; as a good father; good will.
5. Kind; affectionate; faithful; as a good friend.
6. Promotive of happiness; pleasant; agreeable; cheering; gratifying.
7. The best fruits; richness; abundance. I will give you the good of the land. Gen.45.
GOOD, v.t. To manure. [Not in use.]
E'VIL, a. e'vl. [Heb. to be unjust or injurious, to defraud.]
1. Having bad qualities of a natural kind; mischievous; having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief.
Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen.37.
2. Having bad qualities of a moral kind; wicked; corrupt; perverse; wrong; as evil thoughts; evil deeds; evil speaking; an evil generation.
3. Unfortunate; unhappy; producing sorrow, distress, injury or calamity; as evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
E'VIL, n.
1. Evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.
Moral evil is any deviation of a moral agent from the rules of conduct prescribed to him by God, or by legitimate human authority; or it is any violation of the plain principles of justice and rectitude.
There are also evils called civil, which affect injuriously the peace or prosperity of a city or state; and political evils, which injure a nation, in its public capacity.
All wickedness, all crimes, all violations of law and right are moral evils.
Diseases are natural evils, but they often proceed from moral evils.
2. Misfortune; mischief; injury. There shall no evil befall thee. Ps.91.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself. Prov.22.
3. Depravity; corruption of heart, or disposition to commit wickedness; malignity. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccles.9.
4. Malady; as the king's evil or scrophula.
A demonic being is an evil individual or an evil entity.
Evil actions are the common denominator of a demonic.
Evil is L-I-V-E spelled and lived in reverse.
Devil is L-I-V-E-D spelled and lived in reverse.
A live spiritual being lives in the present and is constantly creating greater futures by seeking to be, do and have more presence, more creativity, more love, more truth, more aligned harmonious relationships, more knowledge, more responsibility, more control, more value, giving more than they receive, (Exchange,) and more integrity.
Any action that lessens or makes nothing of the above is an evil action.
A demon or devil seeks the reverse, less or no presence, less or no love, less or no truth, less or no aligned harmonious relationships, less or no knowledge, less or no responsibility, less or no control, less or no value, less or no integrity and takes more than they give thus causing less or no exchange.
A demonic or devil is solidly stuck and trapped in some fixed past incident, identity, confusion, blackness, stupidity or mass, fighting long ago past problems, threats, dangers, or incidents containing past enemies.
The demonic or devil is transferring or superimposing the past incident into the present and future time.
No one is free from demonic-ness, we all have areas that we seek to make less or nothing of.
SATAN:
Proper name of the supreme evil spirit in Christianity, O.E. Satan,
From Gk. Satanas, from Heb. satan "adversary, one who plots against another," from satan "to show enmity to, oppose, plot against," from root s-t-n "one who opposes, obstructs, or acts as an adversary."
In Septuagint (Gk.) usually translated as diabolos "slanderer," lit. "one who throws (something) across" the path of another (see devil), though epiboulos "plotter" is used once.
NAT ? AS:
NAT:
? () Not at; nor at.
? (adv.) Not.
(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
AS:
1. Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than;
2. ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil;
3. you will reap as you sow;
4. do as you are bidden.