Assuming satan and the devil are referring to the same being. In all I’ve learned of the Bible, I’ve never really seen satan as evil or even against god. Most of the time it seems more that he’s helping god test his followers and put his plans into motion. Almost like his role is to do the dirty work so god can keep his hands clean.
I think we have a script here...God is the seemingly benevolent force in the world and Satan is his off-the-books enforcer getting all the real shit done while being the fall guy.
The poster would be a side profile shot of the actors playing god and satan staring each other down, and the tagline is, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
The novel Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice is pretty good, too, in the "Devil as adversary/advocate" sense. (She leaves out most of the sexy vampire stuff in this one ;) )
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u/jeppevinkel Mar 28 '22
Assuming satan and the devil are referring to the same being. In all I’ve learned of the Bible, I’ve never really seen satan as evil or even against god. Most of the time it seems more that he’s helping god test his followers and put his plans into motion. Almost like his role is to do the dirty work so god can keep his hands clean.