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There is no God-vs-the-devil story lines in Christianity. Not in the canonical sources.

• eropple 9y ago
  Job?
  • humanrebar 9y ago
    And the Garden of Eden?
    • xorcist 9y ago
      Both examples are good examples that there are no omnipotent evil power in Christianity, and that there certainly is no facing off. Both of these stories serve to show the power of God. There is no power struggle. The one exception where there is a struggle against evil is perhaps Revelation, but that is a bit of an outlier in Christianity as it serves very little liturgical purpose and clearly speaks in images more than anything else.
      • humanrebar 9y ago
        Why does it need to be an even match to make it a good vs. evil story? Tolkein is the classic example of high fantasy. Does Frodo square off against Sauron on equal footing? > There is no power struggle. This is an interesting but very different point. Are there implication in modern good vs. evil action films that violence is the answer and that the pursuit of power to conquer evil is good? Those are arguably recent trends in film. Though, again, they're hardly new themes.
  • indigochill 9y ago
    Satan accuses Job of faithfulness merely as a means to an end, and dares God to let him wreak havoc on Job's life in order to prove it. God grants Satan's request, but Job remains faithful. The story of Job clearly shows Satan as being constrained by God. There's no good-vs-evil to the story beyond Job's struggle to remain faithful.
• goatlover 9y ago
  Revelations isn't canonical?