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How Do Different Religions View Their Deities?

__**Introduction** __  There are many different views on our creation one of the key elements in just about every creation story is a higher power, also known as a god or a deity. There are many deities and even more views on them then can be counted. This wiki will sort out fact and rumor about those views using excerpts from many sacred texts to get an overall consensus on the overall idea of a deity and its role of religion.

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"The Satanist feels: "Why not really be honest and if you are going to create a god in your image, why not create that god as yourself." Every man is a god if he chooses to recognize himself as one."–//Satanic Bible//.

To the Satanists they themselves are gods if they see themselves as such. It seems the Satanic Bible uses parts of the christian bible to support there thinking. In the quote above the satanist bible uses a part from the book Genesis in the Bible that says God created man in his image to say raise the question "If god created us in his image why not worship ourselves as god?" 

"P raise be to Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth! Who appoint the angels having two, three and four pairs of wings as His messengers. He adds to His creation as He pleases; for Allah has power over all things.[1] None can withhold the blessings which He bestows on people and none can award besides Him what He withholds. He is the Mighty, the Wise."– //Qur'an // In Islamic beliefs it seems people of the Muslim faith put their god before any and everything in their life. this is shown in the first four words "Praise be to Allah". The is also shown in the way the scripture is written. every reference to their god is capitalized as if it is a proper noun. this also shows how deeply the Islamic people respect their god, Allah.



Below are the "Nine Satanic Statements" as written in the satanic bible: 

//1. Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! 2. Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! 3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit! 4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates! 5. Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek! 6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires! 7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development", has become the most vicious animal of all! 8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! 9. Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!//

The above Satanic Statements seem to appeal to the nature of humanity and our natural impulses. In most cases this would be the perfect way to recruit a member to this faith and is the method of choice for getting people to join a cause.