Can you believe in God and not the Devil?

Can you believe in God and not the Devil? Is it possible? How? Why? Why not?

I had a conversation with a friend the other day about this. He strongly believes in God, but not so much the Devil as an actual being or entity. What he said was that to him, the Devil/evil was simply the manifestation of sin itself in man. Not due to any supernatural being. He defined evil as the absense of good. Because man was given the gift of free will and independent thought, man does evil things on his own accord, not necessarily at the prompting of some particular being?

It made sense to me, but then my faith isn't the strongest either.

What do you folks think? Is it possible to believe in God without believing in the Devil?

Thanks,
MG

 

I asked the Flying Spaghetti Monster your question, and he assured me that there is, in fact, garlic bread. :up:

 

Is your friend religious? Which religion? "Believe in God" is pretty vague.

 

For me, yes, it is possible.

 

cue charles...

 

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!

 

You can believe whatever you want to believe...

 

Not so much anymore.

 

The Devil in my opinion is Humankind. We are our own worst enemy.

 

DMG is the devil!

 

Certainly there are some that qualify.

 

The vaj is the devil.

 

Obviously a non-believer...

 

I had a Catholic friend growing up who's father didn't believe in hell or the devil. I don't believe Mormons believe in hell. I don't know about "the devil". My views on hell are quite mixed and I come from the "hell fire and brimstone" type churches. I fully believe in Satan and demons, but I do question the lake of fire.

 

Maybe God is the Devil, the seas, the moon, etc, much like he and Jesus and the Spirit is one.

 

Is it possible to believe in God without believing in the Devil?

If I ever believe in either, please double my dosage.

 

If only good existed wouldn’t the world be much less evil?

 

Cue Flip Wilson...

 

"Mama says women are the debil"

"Foosball is for the debil"

"Ben Franklin didn't invent electricity, I did, Ben Franklin is the debil!"

 

You have yet much to learn, grasshopper.

The vag giveth, and the vag taketh away.