John Milton: Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyway? God? Is that it? God? Well, I tell ya, let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He’s a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do? I swear, for His own amusement, His own private cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It’s the goof of all time. Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, don’t swallow. Aha ha ha. And while you’re jumpin’ from one foot to the next, what is He doin’? He’s laughin’ His sick, fuckin’ ass off. He’s a tight-ass. He’s a sadist. He’s an absentee landlord. Worship that? Never!
Kevin Lomax: Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven – is that it?
John Milton: Why not? I’m here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began! I’ve nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have! I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him, in spite of all his imperfections! I’m a fan of man! I’m a humanist. Maybe the last humanist. Who, in their right mind, Kevin, could possibly deny the 20th century was entirely mine? All of it, Kevin! All of it! Mine! I’m peaking, Kevin. It’s my time now. It’s our time. ibid.
We’re destined to lose, dad. ibid. Kevin to Devil
So ultimately Satan, the fallen cherub, is the culprit behind the world of the New World Order and all of its facets. Age of Deceit: Fallen Angels and the New World Order, 2012
The theosophical society is Luciferianism at its core. It is openly satanic ... They are exalting Lucifer; he is the god of this world. ibid.
In 1770 the money lenders (who had recently organised the House of Rothschild) retained him (Adam Weishaupt) to revise and modernise the age-old protocols designed to give the synagogue of Satan ultimate world domination so they can impose the Luciferian ideology upon what remains of the human race after the final cataclysm, by use of Satanic despotism. Weishaupt completed his task May 1st 1776. William Guy Carr, Pawns in the Game
They teach that Lucifer and Satan are one and were originally worshipped as the sun. That Satan is the true saviour who did the true sacrifice in the beginning of time. That Satan came from the planet Venus and is an angelic entity presiding over the light of truth. That Satan is wiser and older than Jahovah or Jahweh. Keith Thompson, The New Age Infiltration of the Truth Movement
Does the devil really exist? More than 70% of all Americans believe that he does. And a third of them fear his power will ultimately consume the world. Biblical prophecies predict Satan will seize power in what is known as the end times. Nostradamus Effect: Satan’s Army, History 2009
Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Beast, Satan: he has been called many names. He has taken many strange and different forms. The History of the Devil, 2007
Zoroaster reduced the whole complicated cast of characters to two. ibid.
Hades wasn’t very likeable but he wasn’t very evil either. ibid.
The Beast could refer to the Roman Emperor himself. ibid.
For thousands of years the dragon was the symbol of an evil force. ibid.
Satan now adopts Pan’s best-known features. ibid.
In the 1980s stories about a vast conspiracy of organised Satanists sweeps the media. Known as the Satanic Panic, Christian groups allege mass Satanic abuse of children and tens of thousands of kidnappings. ibid.
In the Christian world ... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellious, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell. Emanuel Swedenborg
The Adversary or Satan is none other than Lucifer, the light bearer, the bright morning star. He is the initiator, awakening the divine faculties of intellect in Man. N Sri Ram
Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord?
Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom.
Faustus: Is that the reason he tempts us thus?
Mephistopheles: It is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery. Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus
He provides an important excuse for evil. And that’s much worse. Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet
I often laugh at Satan. And there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him. Martin Luther
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? Mark Twain
O thou! whatever title suit thee,
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie. Robert Burns, Address to the Deil, 1786
The white man is Satan himself. Elijah Muhammad, Nation of Islam, televised interview
The Prince of Darkness is a gentleman. William Shakespeare, The History of King Lear III iv 131, Edgar
Satan then was originally a divine being destined to carry light and life to the nether worlds. He stands for the gift of free will and self-conscious mind to Man; a power which at once seduces and uplifts Man. For with free will comes the power to go astray. Satan is therefore Man’s teacher. H Alexander Fussell
What kind of pact have you got with Simon Cowell? Andy Hamilton’s Search for Satan, Andy to Satan, BBC 2011
Helen of Troy is not on the table. ibid. Satan to Andy
Just how did the fantastically powerful and ambiguous character get inside our heads? And who put him there? ibid. Andy
He is still a big part of your life ... He permeates every corner of our culture. ibid.
He haunts our art and literature. Satan has become a global superstar. ibid.
He has evolved over thousands of years. ibid.
The Devil being given shape in scripture ... He is barely in it ... What kind of villain is that? ibid.
The New Testament ... He is constantly referred to, lurking and plotting off stage. ibid.
We first meet Satan ... in the Book of Job. ibid.
No-one ever mentions the civilian deaths and collateral damage. ibid.
Why would he imagine he can dupe the Son of God? ibid.
It’s only a problem in the characterisation of the Devil. ibid.
The letters of St Paul ... he starts to emerge as the ever-present enemy. ibid.
He is still a very one-dimensional character. ibid.
He is described through allegory and symbolism. ibid.
Three monks sketch: I’m still getting a lot of grief from believers about that question, you know, if there is only one God and he’s a loving God why did he let my crops fail? Why did he set my barn on fire? Why does he let the Romans crucify all my relatives? ibid.
Monks: Who is this Devil? And who made him? ... Why did God make him? And why did God make him such an evil git? ibid.
A huge philosophical question that confronted the early Church. ibid.
Why didn’t God just destroy him? ibid. Monk’s question
Can the Devil be redeemed? ibid. Andy
Could he not see the errors of his ways? ibid.
At least Satan had been given his own kingdom to rule. ibid.
Islam places him lower down the pecking order. ibid.
The devil’s army of demons loomed large in the popular stories of medieval Christendom. ibid.
Paradoxes which have troubled religious believers for centuries. ibid.
The major Christian churches seemed to have marginalized him almost as if he is an uncomfortable relic. ibid.
In the Bible Jesus performs many exorcisms. ibid.
The devil is one of the heroes of our civilisation ... Without him we’d have missed out on a lot of great literature and great art. And without the devil, we wouldn’t have had an alibi. ibid.
We find in pretty much every religion. Martin Palmer, historian
In Zoroastrianism the belief is that God is wounded. God has actually lost the battle. And that this physical world is now in the power of a higher mind, the evil one, the force of evil. Martin Palmer