As I indicated, I believe that God allowed evil to come forth from the human mind as it developed to abstract information from its environment. As nurture advanced so did its opposite. Yet only the human being can summon evil forth. An animal might be vicious, yet that comes through a survival mechanism or has been so taught or conditioned (as again by a human directing it´s own malevolence through the animal). Otherwise non-human activity might be characterized as violent, but cannot be evil. Only human will - as implanted by God - makes it so.
Interesting approach, but I don’t accept your premise. Whether satan predates the Garden or not, it was satan, the evil one, who lied to Eve. If lying by a non-human is not sourced in evil, well then God’s anture would also include the penchant for lying, and that is ocntradictory to what He gave Moses on the mountain.
Interesting approach, but I don’t accept your premise. Whether satan predates the Garden or not, it was satan, the evil one, who lied to Eve. If lying by a non-human is not sourced in evil, well then God’s nature would also include a penchant for lying, and that is contradictory to what He gave Moses on the mountain. Satan is called the father of lies, a murderer from the start. Is satan human? Not according to the Bible teachings.