The History of the Devil
The History of the Devil is wickedly good, informative and concise. A no-frills Welsh film produced in association with SBS Australia and distributed by Siren Visual, it’s roughly 52 minutes in length and packs a fair dinkum amount of history into its slender running time.
The documentary itself is made up entirely of mostly still images alternating sporadically with talking heads; religious scholars, theologians and reverends.
Directed by Greg Moodie and written and produced by Dave Flitton, it was researched by Eibhleann Ni Ghriofa, Deirdre Learmont and Craig McGregor.
It’s an impressive and very open-minded account and offers some fantastic insight into the evolution; the hows and whys the specter of the Devil has existed and morphed through the ages from the dawn of civilization through to the new millennium.
So despite its relatively low-fi approach, the richness and diversity of its imagery; the historical plaques, plates, engravings, illustrations, paintings, drawings, and the occasional staged re-enactment (some dude dressed up in rather bemusing demonic attire), keeps the documentary at a high level of beguilement.
get your facts right, the Qur'an does not say fight non-Muslims as they are followers of evil, it says that fight against those who fight against you, hence defend yourself. The example can be seen from when Holy Prophet Muhammed (SAWW) marched into Makkah, with a 10,000 strong army, and did not hurt anyone, even a single tree and even forgave his enemies, following the instructions in Qur'an. And please, the crusaders were vicious armies that killed millions of Muslims regardless of age, color, and gender. Get your facts right.
The devil, satan, lucifer, the accuser...he is real. And the biggest lie ever told was that he doesn't exist. There is historical proof that what happened in the Bible actually happened. It is not made up so why them would he be of our imagination. This is an attempt by humans to not have to be held accountable... the devil didn't make you do it, he may have tempted you but in the end mankind has freewill. But thinking that he doesn't exist is very foolish!! Jesus loves you! Be prepared, Satan is a liar
This was very much an atheist film who never read the bible or torah, I can think of a hundred ways to make this film even more exciting as well as accurate.
OK, the last guy in the video may have made the most sense...let's put the person of Satan to rest...governments have used his name in opposition to God to justify killing others whom they opposed...the Book of Revelation mentions in passing, towards the end, that Satan was thrown into the Lake of Fire after the destruction of Jerusalem...with that in mind...does he REALLY still exist? Or is our battle, as Paul suggested, against our own fleshly desires???Just a thought....
Started off as an excellent concise and documented history of the origins of "the Devil", and I was very impressed that the ancient versions were covered, as was Satan's evolution. These are concepts I had learned in grad school and with my own research.
It derails off the character of Satan himself with the Crusades and Intuition, and the rest of the documentary is about how Christians kill in the name of Satan. The link to Bush is extreme.
Would have preferred a more-in depth look into Satan's older references and evolution, with textual citations and comparative religions. Overall, a good documentary, however.
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-W. Murderface (Dethklok)
@ 33mike77
how can the devil be fought using physical weapons???
you obviously havent read the bible.
it specifically states;
"and if thou shalt come across satan, in his many forms, thou shalt use a bazooka unto him"
Great documentary, but while watching it I though of a quote from The Usual Suspects: "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
there is something destructive about personifying every aspect which one, or one's group, might find bad, or wrong, or evil.
it gives all you reject a personality.
it is a distortion of reality.
it promotes a morbid preoccupation with all that is undesirable, hated.
far more evil than good has been done in in the name of opposing this shadow.
so, like the padre at the end, i agree its best to move on from the devil, leaving that concept to history.
his persistance is a side-effect of religious fundamentalism, including catholicism. he's a very useful little ogre.
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forget ya'll then lol thats okay i'll just find Another Doc to watch :P I'll get you back tommorrow Achems Razor Man... Peace :D
Dude "video currently unavailable" umm @vlatko i'm not talking crazy to ya or anything but like this happened twice yesterday like okaayy should I smile and say shitte happens and find another Doc to watch whats up lol?
I think there is so much information left out of this "documentary". It is clear that satan is an evil spirit, but how can mankind fight it with physical weapons? Satan can only be fought and defeated through constant everday prayer. The bible hold a great amount of information that would make this video merely a part of the subject. The book of Job is only one of 66 books in the bible. "My people perish from lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6
"Seek and you shall find" Matthew 6:6
God bless you all.
Not bad, but not the actual history I was hoping for. Nonetheless it presents an interesting hypothesis about the relation between the belief in the dualism of good and evil and the political and sociological demonization of others.
Im am beyond grateful I saw this documentary. Its a MUST-SEE.
That soldier thinks he is fighting the devil? Then give him a crucifix not a gun!!! Crazy people. Haha it would be funny to see all those soldiers in middle east trying to shoot with crucifixes hehehe...
It's all a method of "control", by dividing us up they maintain power.This doc proves that.So until everybody decides to evolve into people who don't pic a side and not believe in all this nonsense.Only then will bad things not be done to each other.the only way you don't pick a side is to seek the real truth that we are all equal!
One should not seek a religion, but instead seek a relationship with God.
Many times when people hear of God, Jehovah, Jesus, The Holy Bible, they imediately think of a religion, as if it was a religion who had created them. The Bible itself never tells anyone to "be" of certain religion, but does encourage God's creation to build a relationship with God. Many ignore that "religions are man-made" but our relationship with God is private, intimate, personal and not even the devil can disrupt it (if our relationship is strong). We must be spiritually wise and mature in the Lord. Seek him. Jesus is the way.
"Seek and you shall find" Matthew 7:7
God bless us all
Religion is not dangerous....people are dangerous.People kill people with or without religion.Take away religion and killing will go on with or without it, not missing a beat. Thomas de Torquemada, who was known for the torture of woman and children during the Spanish inquisition,killed in the name of religion.Are we supposed to believe that he would not have done so had it not been for religion? He took pleasure in the killing and torture of children.People such as this will find a way to kill and torture with or without religion.So tired of "religion is dangerous" stupidity.I am no fan of religion but to blame religion and not the person is ridiculous.People who kill ,likeTorquemada..do it because it gives them pleasure.They enjoy it and they are sick.It has nothing to do with religion, "religion is dangerous"only gives people an excuse to avoid the truth. People kill and will continue to do so, with or without religion...quit making excuses.
If people kill people it's because they are bad or sick...or pretending to be good.Religion itself kills no one.
"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."
Doug Coupland
power, money, possessions, love,science---- People kill for these things also. Should we get rid of them? Would you be willing to? I doubt it.
From newyork. This Documentary Doesn't even come close to covering the origins of satan.... what about pagan religions, the sun worshippers... They call satan the morning star for a reason. He is the Sun. Every old Civilization has been worshipping him. he is horus, he is rah. Constantine and the vatican turned him and his spirits into evil beings when really they werent at all. The new age came in and kicked him out. We' shall see who stays in power this coming age.. 2012
God rules, enough said.
burning people at the stake, In the name of GOD. torture! Gets me sick to my stomach
Religion is a man-made nightmare! The control of the people is the aim, this is obvious! My Lord protect me from your followers
Satan is the total of all self-awared bad actions done since
humans are made to be self-awared of what is really against GOD
no matter what ridicoulous laws they have voted in the name of GOD according to their religious beliefs carried through time
by their family.... but hopefully the time will come when the real rulers will have to realize they lost the war of godly
values....women are made equal to man O.K "ALL WHO THINK OTHERWISE. To fight for values proved to be wrong IS part of the devil, especially when aware of it "AND YOU KNOW IT".
Enough said......
I want a shirt of God and Satan french-kissing, with a group of humans in the background touching themselves