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'''Satan''' or the '''[[Devil]]''' is the embodiment of [[evil]].  Satan plays a major role in [[Christian]] theology and literature, and in other religions under different names.  He is the tempter and spiritual enemy of mankind. He is the adversary of [[God]], although subordinate to Him and able to act only by his sufferance, and is represented frequently as the leader or [[prince]] of all apostate angels and as ruler of [[hell]].  

'''Satan''' or the '''[[Devil]]''' is the embodiment of [[evil]].  Satan plays a major role in [[Christian]] theology and literature, and in other religions under different names.  He is the tempter and spiritual enemy of mankind. He is the adversary of [[God]], although subordinate to Him and able to act only by his sufferance, and is represented frequently as the leader or [[prince]] of all apostate angels and as ruler of [[hell]].  

[[The Christian Post]] reported in 2020 that in the "post-Christian, largely irreligious age", there was a blooming perception that the devil was "more a force than an actual being".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/yes-i-believe-in-the-devil.html|title=Yes, I believe in the devil|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|publisher=The Christian Post}}</ref> "Satan is the force that loves to find the guilt and weakness in people, to humiliate them with it, to convince them that, because they are not good, God cannot love them."<ref>{{cit web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258360/iritei-stuff-satan-prosecutor-mike-potemra|title=The Rite Stuff: Satan as Prosecutor|author=Mike Potemra|accessdate=March 12, 2020}}</ref>  [[Leftist]] [[Saul Alinsky]] dedicated to Lucifer his book ''Rules for Radicals'', which inspired some [[liberal]] activists.

[[The Christian Post]] reported in 2020 that in the "post-Christian, largely irreligious age", there was a blooming perception that the devil was "more a force than an actual being".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/yes-i-believe-in-the-devil.html|title=Yes, I believe in the devil|date=March 11, 2020|accessdate=March 12, 2020|publisher=The Christian Post}}</ref> "Satan is the force that loves to find the guilt and weakness in people, to humiliate them with it, to convince them that, because they are not good, God cannot love them."<ref>{{cit web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258360/iritei-stuff-satan-prosecutor-mike-potemra|title=The Rite Stuff: Satan as Prosecutor|author=Mike Potemra|accessdate=March 12, 2020}}</ref>  [[Leftist]] [[Saul Alinsky]] dedicated to Lucifer his book ''Rules for Radicals'', which inspired some [[liberal]] activists. A few people link left-[[handedness]] with Satan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/pre-k-teacher-allegedly-forced-4-y-o-boy-to-write-with-right-hand-because-the-devil-is-left-handed.html|title=Pre-K Teacher Allegedly Forced 4-Y-O Boy to Write With Right Hand Because the Devil Is Left Handed|date=September 23, 2015|accessdate=March 17, 2020|author=Leonardo Blair|publisher=[[The Christian Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2015/09/22/childs-left-handed-writing-allegedly-deemed-evil-by-teacher/|title=Child’s Left-Handed Writing Allegedly Deemed ‘Evil’ by Teacher|date=September 22, 2015|accessdate=March 17, 2020|author=Trent Baker|publisher=[[Breitbart News]]}}</ref>

==Old Testament==

==Old Testament==

==Similarity to Prometheus==

==Similarity to Prometheus==

Some writers have pointed out that a few popular depictions of Satan are similar to that of Prometheus.<ref>Werblowsky, Raphael Jehudah Zwi. Lucifer and Prometheus: A Study of Milton's Satan. Routledge, reprinted 1999 and 2001; originally published 1952.

Some writers have pointed out that a few popular depictions of Satan are similar to that of [[Prometheus]].<ref>Werblowsky, Raphael Jehudah Zwi. Lucifer and Prometheus: A Study of Milton's Satan. Routledge, reprinted 1999 and 2001; originally published 1952.

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==See also==

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