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Welcome Readers. This is the official site of my book, The Autobiography of the Devil. I am J.H.Hibbard. Enjoy!!!!

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I have debated and talked with many different religious leaders and people of extreme faith in almost all religions. But there are so many and I have found that not one of them is completely right but all of them hold a piece to a greater puzzle.

I am not religious in any sense but I do believe in God. Therefore, I try to live my life in a cloudy view of righteousness. As do most people. I am not perfect or absolutely good but I know a path to righteousness. And sometimes I wonder into the forest off the right path. It happens but I try to make up for the lost time. And rectify my shortcut.

NOW LETS TALK PHILOSOPHY!!!!!!

THOUGHTS:

Good evening to all,

I have such a good story

(as do all of you).

My book is about a unique

but yet slightly controversial

subject. It is about the devil.

I know what you are thinking.

Oh my god, here is another satanic

loon.

But I assure you it is not a book

about glorifying evil.

It is quite the contrary.

Let me pose this question to you.

Why does God let the devil exist?

The answer is because evil has to exist

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Good is an action.

Therefore, evil is its reaction.

Dualism is discussed in the

DEAD SEA SCROLLS.

And states with light comes darkness.

With good comes evil.

So with God's great knowledge,

this is known to be true.

Mortals were created knowing this.

So historians have interpreted and

sought through the scrolls and the bible.

But the main problem is that the bible can

be problematic with how the reader interprets

each verse.

Each religion translated it and interprets it differently.

There is so much variations and interpretations

to it that it will make your head spin.

This lends credence that in fact that it was

truly written from man.

Even in the BOOK OF JOB,

Satan was interpreted

by some to be a member of God's inner court.

Satan collecting sin from man to allow them

entrance into the heavens.

God used JOB as an example of loyalty,

Satan argued if this wealth that Job had was

taken away,

he would become a sinner

. So God sent Satan upon Job to prove his theory.

In the end, Job held strong. And Satan

admitted defeat.

He learned a lesson.

This whole book scares me.

Is God so egotistical that people are used as experiments?

I do not think so. I compare the Bible to Aesops Fables.

Each book has a moral. God would have to be far more

compassionate and caring than all.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

So how do we deal with souls that have stained themselves with evil?

The answer might be to purify their souls.

Can you do this in heaven where everything is clean and pure with goodness?

The answer is no. It must be done is a place not of this dimension. We know this place as hell.

Now, who does God get to supervise this area?

The answer my friends is that God chose one of his beloved angels to oversee this process. It is an angel that God loves and trusts the most. God know that the evils of the universe are bent on corrupting the innocent so it had to be a strong minded individual. This is the main character of the story. He is not Lucifer but Dartenmae. The story talks partly about these matters. It is mainly about story that he wishes to tell about a time when he and five other angels saved creation against the TRUE EVILS. And during these events, Dartenmae loses his one true love. An Angel named Evena. The question the reader might ask, Is he telling the truth?

Just to ramble for a minute, The path to goodness/happiness is paved with hardships, despair and sadness. On either side of this path is the Forest of Tempting Evils. This serves as a visible boundary between good and evil. The forest actually defines the path of goodness better for the traveler. One can see this righteous path clearly and decisively. Now if the traveler decides to track through the forest, they have now entered an evil area. There are many quick and easy paths. But each wounds the traveler in varying degrees. If the traveler leaves the forest, what was the cost to his soul? Does he enter the path at the same point or further behind? And if by chance he enters further up the road, what did it cost the soul? This might never be known until the journey's end. It is measured then. But the glory of Free will is that each person chooses their path.

So evil exists to define goodness. Many would say that if evil did not exist than there would be no sins.

Not True!!

Extreme Islamic terrorists believe they are doing good in the eyes of their God. They believe that they are good. They interpret their bible differently. It is only us decent beings that proclaim these acts as evil and rightfully so.

If the word EVIL did not exist, then that would mean that everything action or reaction we did would be considered GOOD and Also Normal. And you have nothing to compare your actions too. We would believe that it is allowed. Crazy isn't it.

So based off of this premise that evil must exists(Though not to be used so frequently as it does) God knew this and appointed one of the best angels to help in this situation of purifying these malicious souls. And yet the world demonized him for these Heavenly duties. Evil needed a face and a name. Someone had to be responsible. But in the book, Dartenmae names the True evil that you did not know about.

And this is the essential premise of the book. I want to create an alternate truth. In many religions, evil corrupts and poisons. Since good has a leader, God, religious leaders decided that God needed an opposite that would define what evil was. An anti-God so to say, and this manifested into the being known as Satan. Satan means adversary. And this being started to get more publicity during the Renaissance Period. Painters began defining what this being stood for and what he looked like.

So I have decided to go away from the conventional idea of Satan, which is creator of evil. And make him the destroyer of evil. His realm is hell and evil souls are tormented because of their acts but through this purification process it allows once evil souls to learn their lesson and be reincarnated to once again. Read and you will see.

The Above painting depicts the seven deadly sins that would send a person into the realm of Hell.

!. Gluttony

2.Extravagance or Lust

3.Greed

4. Pride or Arrogance

5.Wraith

6.Envy

7. Sloth/Acedia

All of the above depicts flaws that humankind has inflicted upon themselves. I have stated above that on the path to goodness we might get sidetracked through the Forest of Evils.

GLUTTONY:

Meaning: overindulgence

The sin of gluttony is open to

interpretation. Many people have a

disease that causes them to be

overweight so I do not feel that is

considered a sin. But to over gorge

oneself because you have the means

and will to is another matter.

Many europeans fill a plate with only

enough food to eat.

This stemmed from the

wars and the lack of food.

But many other people fill there plates

full of food, and wind up wasting it.

That is a slight case of Gluttony. But i

believe that it refers to oneself

devouring food / or other items to ease

suffering or

depression that one has for oneself.

But did an angel or a devil teach us that.

I believe as the supply became greater

than demand. This is a sin resulting from

that premise. Addiction would also be

apart of Gluttony.

LUST:

Meaning: immoderate desire for the flesh of another

Lust is a sin dealt with daily.

Most people do fall to its tempting

appeal. Sexual lust is powerful

indeed. I believe that attraction

between people is a strong ally

to this sin. In all intensive

purposes, I believe Lust in mild

doses is normal. Extremism is

what prompts a person to get

noticed. They allowed this feeling

to control their thoughts and

actions. Extremism in any forms

is dangerous. It is funny because if

you love your partner that you have a

certain degree of lust for them.

Moderation would be a safe guard to

this sin.

WRAITH:

Meaning: Anger or Revenge

Wraith is the sin of acting in revenge on another.

It could be considered very dangerous

and usually will end in someone's death

or someone in pain. This is an emotion we deal with

everyday. It is anger.

Some can control it ,others allow to consume them.

This is a normal human emotion.

It protects us from being controlled.

So if used properly, it will keep you on the right path.

If you are religious and read your bible, even Jesus

became angry when the tax collectors

were inside a place of worship.

But to understand anger, you have to be

able to control it. Two sides of the brain.

Cognitive(thinking) and emotional.

If you emotions are running high then your brain

does not think correctly. This causes you to do

something that you were not thoroughly thinking about

doing. THINK ABOUT THIS!!!

Every one exhibits anger. Some come across

more aggressive then others.

And it mainly due to the fact is no one wants to listen.

Remember:

With out

Reason,

All

Total

Havoc!!

ENVY:

Meaning: Jealousy

Envy or jealousy is self defining.

Extreme Pride or Extreme Lust or

even EXTREME love enrages

that emotional side of your

brain and causes you to act some

what evil. Control that emotion.

If you do not trust your partner to

make the right decision with out

you there. Then thinking about

being with someone who will make

that right decision. Do not feel that

you are inferior to anyone as well.

On the other hand, do not

promote superiority. Stay in the

happy middle ground. In many

cases, if you do not like yourself,

then you will attract the kind of

people that would prey on this

weakness. You should start with reachable goals.

Work on achieving these little goals daily.

And once you have

completed them, add more difficult challenges.

With these you can slowly boost your

confidence where you no longer

need to envy the next person.

Everyone

Needs to

Value

Yourself

SLOTH:

Meaning: Laziness

Sloth is laziness and allowing others to

care for you even though you have the

ability and means to do so.

Welfare was set

up to help people get a leg up in hard

economic times.

Now, it is easier to stay on it then it is to

work. Sloth is this sin.

Be thankful that it is there, do not dry

the well up for others who will need it in

the future or for those who could never

come off because of certain disabilities

or hardships. Empower yourself to move

forward and become better.

GREED:

Meaning: excessive desire to acquire money,wealth and power

Greed is self defining. All should help people that do not

have the ability to help themselves. And these people try to

do it by themselves but can not. It does not mean go and

help everybody because people are only out for free help

which also prompts them to the sin of sloth. But the lust for

power and wealth should not be achieved at the misery of

others. People do earn their merits through hard work and

they should receive awards for doing that. But look behind

you sometimes, someone might need a helping hand.

Listen to them because a one point you were just like

them.

PRIDE:

Meaning: the love of one's own excellence.

Pride is suppose to be the original sin. This is supposing the one prompted the creation of evil. In different interpretations, Lucifer is upset with God for choosing Michael to lead the angels. Lucifer believed he was better suited since he was first born. This prompted a war in heaven. Another story states the God told the angels that humans were to be created. And that they would possess a soul that would live eternally. This angered Lucifer and others , since angels did not have souls. And they believed that they should be the chosen ones. And this prompted a war in heaven. So let's look at this story for a moment. God knew humans were to be created. The knowledge was there. And yet, God's foresight did not predict an uprising among the angels. I do not believe that it occurred. It is easy for humankind to place blame on individuals. They need a scapegoat. Pride also means that you are so enthralled with your work, that you start to get a superiority complex. You believe that you are better than others. This may promote suppression of ideas and thoughts in its extremism. My thoughts are that pride in small doses are fine. Everyone is happy with themselves when they achieved something they thought they could not do. This has got to be okay. It happens and emboldens you to try more experiences and not nearly believe that you run the risk of failures.

In Conclusion:

I want to look at each of these sins and express my beliefs of their acceptance.

Gluttony is only okay if you do it as a celebration of great importance.

Envy is allowed only if that ideas of the person you envy pushes you more into a better life. Then you must end the use of this sin.

Greed is only allowed when you have been taken advantage of and you know that your charity would be used for evil

Sloth is something that everyone does to regenerate themselves emotional and physically. Just do it in moderation.

Lust should only be used only along with also an intellectually and emotional stable loving relationship. If all these feelings are not reciprocated than it enters a more sinful area.

Wraith is a useful emotion and everyone exhibits it but you must control it thoroughly.

Pride in moderation that is short of feelings of superiority should be allowed.

My novel is a tribute to misconceptions

that the world holds onto without looking

past the end of their noses.

If God exists then I would come to believe

that he would want us to communicate

with one another.

Standing on a soap box shouting

the loudest so people can hear you

is not the way.

The understanding of people's opposition to

an idea is the true path to wisdom. Together

each of you will understand the problems

that face this world.

Name calling ends the conversation. And

you do not understand that if you were called

a name you would turn your hearing off as

well.

THINK ABOUT THIS!!

Remember Even a fool knows that Fate is not the same for everyone!!

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE DEVIL