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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

The word has its origins with the early Hebrews during the Exodus from Egypt.  The local religions they encountered when they entered into Canaan included tales of the demon spirits (''sa ir'' שעירים, "hairy ones" or "saytrs", Isaiah 13:21) of the desert, whose influence could be averted due to sacrifice.  Despite being told to ''"...put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD,"'' (Joshua 24:14) many had accepted this superstition and sacrificed goats on the Canaanite and other altars.  From this came the Herew word ''ha-satan'' שָׂטָן, the root word of "Satan".  

"Devil" literally means "to throw across." The connotation "to slander" is one inferred meaning in a moral sense, but the more obvious physical meaning is to create chaos.

The concept underlying "devil" is traced by some to the early Hebrews during the Exodus from Egypt.<ref>The local religions they encountered when they entered into Canaan included tales of the demon spirits (''sa ir'' שעירים, "hairy ones" or "saytrs", Isaiah 13:21) of the desert, whose influence could be averted due to sacrifice. Despite being told to ''"...put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD,"'' (Joshua 24:14) many had accepted this superstition and sacrificed goats on the Canaanite and other altars. From this came the Herew word ''ha-satan'' שָׂטָן, the root word of "Satan".</ref>

In His parable, [[Jesus]] equates Devil to the thief who comes only to steal, kill and destroy,<ref>{{cite web |title=John 10:10 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10%3A10&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref> i.e. to disrupt the natural order of the World. [[Bible]] also records that first followers of [[Christ]] claimed to struggle not against flesh and blood, i.e. against created [[mankind]], which mislead by Devil, often contributes to this disruption, but against these powers of darkness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ephesians 6:12 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6:12&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref> Bible further claims that a person can be delivered from the dominion of darkness, i.e. from life marked by disordered state, through faith in [[Christ]] causing an orderly life to be renewed again, referred to also as a life worthy of the [[Lord]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Colossians 1:10|author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url= https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A10&version=NIV|quote=}}</ref> in the kingdom of the [[Son of Man|Son]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Colossians 1:13-14 |author=New International Version (NIV) |publisher=BibleGateway |url= https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1%3A13-14&version=NIV |quote=}}</ref> Empirically, such experiences are reported by individuals including, for example, [[Michael Glatze]] or [[Jozef Demjan]]. 

==Devil and Modern Physics==

==Devil and Modern Physics==

The fundamental uncertainty discovered in [[quantum mechanics]] can be understood not as an unmasking of [[God]], but an unmasking of the Devil.  The [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]], in describing the inexorable decline into chaos, is consistent with the view of the Devil as creating chaos, frustration, accidents, lost items, and miscommunications.

The fundamental uncertainty discovered in [[quantum mechanics]] can be understood not as an unmasking of [[God]], but an unmasking of the Devil.  The [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]], in describing the inexorable decline into chaos, is consistent with the view of the Devil as creating chaos, frustration, accidents, lost items, and miscommunications.

==Devil and Lack of Time==

==Devil and Lack of Time==