Satan: Prince Of Darkness
Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Devil… known by many names, he was the once-favorite angel who fell from grace. Cast out from Heaven, he became mankind’s tormentor, vowing to destroy the creation of his former master.
From the Biblical tale of his fall to the incredible stories of those who believe they have crossed his path, join BIOGRAPHY® for a chilling journey through the long and legendary history of Satan.
Scholars, historical experts, and theologians examine classic paintings, academic texts, and modern movies for an unprecedented look at the many ways Satan has been portrayed throughout the centuries.
Satan: Prince Of Darkness paints the ultimate portrait of the face of evil, and reveals how over millennia the Devil has come to personify mankind’s greatest fears. (Excerpt from amazon.com)
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September 9th, 2009 at 04:47
Satan is the most interesting mythical character in history. This story never gets old.
September 16th, 2009 at 04:52
As a theology professor I think this documentary is poorly made and not academic in any way.
Rather than look at the various stories of Satan in the different religions and look at how the myth was created, evolved, and used to demonise one’s religious oopponents, all this documentary does is to merely repeat Biblical and the Christian history of Satan.
Once again, many thanks Vlatko for posting all these fascninating documentaries, keep up the good work!
September 30th, 2009 at 02:53
Well…not really worth your time if you’re looking for facts and evidence.
Using only the damn Bible for references, they can’t even get that right.
They say Jesus was “born of a virgin.” WRONG, not mentioned in the Bible. Look it up.
The bible, all religion, and the personification of evil is all bullshit. But as a literary character, Satan has always intrigued me (only 30 deaths are attributed to him in the bible, God kills wayyyy more people, so Satan has never seemed like villain to me).
If you’re a mindless Christian sheep looking for light and fluffy affirmation of your crazy giant cult, this documentary is right for you.
October 12th, 2009 at 09:43
The most effective brainwash of all time! People themselves have to be able to see things where they are and so have fabricated the whole story of good and evil. We did it ourselves imagine that! The universe is what it is with or without our knowing and whatever happens hereafter is and will always be the most thought provoking elusive and question of all time. All you can do is continue on believing your living a descent existance and the inevitability is to know that to come into being is to know that you will one day die. Nobody escapes that! And as a last act of recourse devise systems to take the edge off of dieing and snag the next insurance policy dogma to put faith in things that are not happening and beyond the physical world. ITS OUT THERE! Man Made. Conditioning. Fanatics. Symbols are for the symbol minded.
October 12th, 2009 at 13:11
Platoson: Remind me never to take your course. I hope you don’t teach seminary. For you I have a thought from the late great C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest theological minds of the 20th century. He stated that Satan would find equal delight in the two great errors of mankind: The first is to give him to much thought and power such as the witch-hunters of Salam did, and the second is your error (and this documentary’s error); to disbeive in him entirely. He is no myth and comparative discussion of various “satan” stories from various world religions would only bring him more glory while he does what he does best, lead people to Hell.
Noe Quick: You’re not hardly even worth responding to, as I can take you to chapter and verse speaking of Jesus’ birth by a virgin in both Old and New Testament. You’ve obviously never read what your are mocking–the Holy Word of God.
As far as this documentary, it’s terrible! They perhaps interviewed one true Christian it it, and did not have an editor that knew a thing about Christianity. To make a mockery of such an important subject as “Satan” is very unwise indeed.
I wish I had been there to say, “Excuse me; but that’s not what we really believe, thank you very much! and ya know what? That’s not in the Bible, and that’s just your THEORY of history more than what really happened.”
It’s quite obvious this documentary was made to mock the belief in Satan, rather than actually come to an understanding of who he is in any serious way. It gets a “2″ from me!
I was not impressed.
Nonetheless, thanks Vlatko for a documentary that at least got my dander up! I appreciate it.
October 12th, 2009 at 16:30
Charles B.
Hello Charles. I asked you a question a while back on a different post, that you never answered. With all the evidence worldwide about UFO’s,
Watch “The Phoenix Lights” here on TDF. When we do get visited by Aliens
that are say, thousands of years more advanced. My question was, what would there reaction be, to our old and antiquated “Gods and Demons”.
“Heaven and Hell” constructs?
Regards:
October 12th, 2009 at 16:49
I got bored with this documentary. It was interesting at some points, but I guess I knew most of the things they were talking about. From what I know about the character, Satan, from a historical perspective, this seems pretty accurate. I don’t know why other people had a problem with it.
It didn’t seem to be a mockery. It seemed serious to me. It was just too much information on a fictional character, though the topic has always been of interest to me. I agree with Noe that God, in the Bible, seemed to be more “evil” than Satan.
October 12th, 2009 at 16:57
I also agree that this film would have been better if it examined where the myth came from and how it evolved. That would’ve more interesting. I don’t know a lot about that. My favorite on these topics are the interviews Bill Moyers did with Joseph Campbell. Campbell is an expert on the evolution of religion and myth, and is familar with many, many faiths.
October 29th, 2009 at 00:59
“If you’re a mindless Christian sheep looking for light and fluffy affirmation of your crazy giant cult, this documentary is right for you.”
spot on!!
February 24th, 2010 at 21:00
Some say the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
Since he is a construct of the imaginings of those who wish to control through fear, I see it as a double bluff times infinity…