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The three Synoptic Gospels all describe the temptation of Christ by Satan in the desert ( Matthew 4:1–11, Mark 1:12–13, and Luke 4:1–13). [78] Satan first shows Jesus a stone and tells him to turn it into bread. [78] He also takes him to the pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem and commands Jesus to throw himself down so that the angels will catch him. [78] Satan takes Jesus to the top of a tall mountain as well; there, he shows him the kingdoms of the earth and promises to give them all to him if he will bow down and worship him. [78] Each time Jesus rebukes Satan [78] and, after the third temptation, he is administered by the angels. [78] Satan's promise in Matthew 4:8–9 and Luke 4:6–7 to give Jesus all the kingdoms of the earth implies that all those kingdoms belong to him. [79] The fact that Jesus does not dispute Satan's promise indicates that the authors of those gospels believed this to be true. [79]Cavaglion, Gabriel; Sela-Shayovitz, Revital (December 2005). "The Cultural Construction of Contemporary Satanic Legends in Israel". Folklore. 116 (3): 255–271. doi: 10.1080/00155870500282701. S2CID 161360139. Alexander Altmann, Alfred L. Ivry, Elliot R. Wolfson, Allan Arkush Perspectives on Jewish Thought and Mysticism Taylor & Francis 1998 ISBN 978-9-057-02194-7 p. 268 Newman, Yona (1999–2009), "Part 1 Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Linear Translation: The Laws of finger washing and the blessings after the meal", yonanewman.org, archived from the original on 2016-05-18

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The early English settlers of North America, especially the Puritans of New England, believed that Satan "visibly and palpably" reigned in the New World. [164] John Winthrop claimed that the Devil made rebellious Puritan women give birth to stillborn monsters with claws, sharp horns, and "on each foot three claws, like a young fowl". [165] Cotton Mather wrote that devils swarmed around Puritan settlements "like the frogs of Egypt". [166] The Puritans believed that the Native Americans were worshippers of Satan [167] and described them as "children of the Devil". [164] Some settlers claimed to have seen Satan himself appear in the flesh at native ceremonies. [166] During the First Great Awakening, the " new light" preachers portrayed their "old light" critics as ministers of Satan. [168] By the time of the Second Great Awakening, Satan's primary role in American evangelicalism was as the opponent of the evangelical movement itself, who spent most of his time trying to hinder the ministries of evangelical preachers, [169] a role he has largely retained among present-day American fundamentalists. [170] Though at some points LaVey refers to Satan as a physical being, this is intended to encourage the Satanist's "rational self-interest." [74] Science [ edit ] Melion, Walter; Zell, Michael; Woodall, Joanna (2017). Ut pictura amor: The Reflexive Imagery of Love in Artistic Theory and Practice, 1500–1700. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p.240. ISBN 978-9-004-34646-8. Atheistic Satanism, as practiced by the Satanic Temple and by followers of LaVeyan Satanism, holds that Satan does not exist as a literal anthropomorphic entity, but rather as a symbol of a cosmos which Satanists perceive to be permeated and motivated by a force that has been given many names by humans over the course of time. In this religion, "Satan" is not viewed or depicted as a hubristic, irrational, and fraudulent creature, but rather is revered with Prometheus-like attributes, symbolizing liberty and individual empowerment. To adherents, he also serves as a conceptual framework and an external metaphorical projection of the Satanist's highest personal potential. [235] In his essay "Satanism: The Feared Religion", the current High Priest of the Church of Satan, Peter H. Gilmore, further expounds that "...Satan is a symbol of Man living as his prideful, carnal nature dictates. The reality behind Satan is simply the dark evolutionary force of entropy that permeates all of nature and provides the drive for survival and propagation inherent in all living things. Satan is not a conscious entity to be worshiped, rather a reservoir of power inside each human to be tapped at will". [236] a b Turner, Matthew Paul (2014-02-16). "Why American Christians Love Satan". The Daily Beast . Retrieved 2018-01-02.

In many cases, the translators of the Septuagint, the pre-Christian translation of the Hebrew Bible into ancient Greek, chose to render the Hebrew word sâtan as the Greek word διάβολος ( diábolos), meaning "opponent" or "accuser". [3] [2] This is the root of the modern English word Devil. [2] [4] Both the words satanas and diábolos are used interchangeably in the New Testament and in later Christian writings. [2] The Pauline epistles and the Gospel of Mark both use the word satancas more frequently than diábolos, [2] [5] but the Gospel of Matthew uses the word diábolos more frequently and so do the Church Fathers Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Origen. [2] Graves, Kersey (1995). Biography of Satan: Exposing the Origins of the Devil. Book Tree. ISBN 1-885395-11-6. Jude 9 refers to a dispute between Michael the Archangel and the Devil over the body of Moses. [94] [95] [96] Some interpreters understand this reference to be an allusion to the events described in Zechariah 3:1–2. [95] [96] The classical theologian Origen attributes this reference to the non-canonical Assumption of Moses. [97] [98] According to James H. Charlesworth, there is no evidence the surviving book of this name ever contained any such content. [99] Others believe it to be in the lost ending of the book. [99] [100] The second chapter of the pseudepigraphical Second Epistle of Peter [101] copies much of the content of the Epistle of Jude, [101] but omits the specifics of the example regarding Michael and Satan, with 2 Peter 2:10–11 instead mentioning only an ambiguous dispute between "Angels" and "Glories". [101] Throughout the New Testament, Satan is referred to as a "tempter" ( Matthew 4:3), [8] "the ruler of the demons" ( Matthew 12:24), [102] [8] "the God of this Age" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4), [103] "the evil one" ( 1 John 5:18), [8] and "a roaring lion" ( 1 Peter 5:8). [102] Book of Revelation St. Michael Vanquishing Satan (1518) by Raphael, depicting Satan being cast out of heaven by Michael the Archangel, as described in Revelation 12:7–8 Smith, Peter (2008), An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.112, ISBN 978-0-521-86251-6

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Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification! LaVey rejects the idea of prayer, instead urging Satanists to take action to fix a situation instead of asking for a solution. [52] The seven deadly sins are advocated, on the basis that they all lead to personal pleasure. He says that Satanism is a form of "controlled selfishness", in the sense that doing something to help another will, in turn, make one happy. The Golden Rule is again mentioned, and LaVey suggests altering it from "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" to "Do unto others as they do unto you" so that if someone is treated poorly, he or she can respond viciously. [53] The Book of Lucifer also contains a list of "The Four Crown Princes of Hell" (Satan, Lucifer, Belial, and Leviathan) [54] and of seventy-seven " Infernal Names", representations of Satan from various cultures and religions. [55] They are the names that, according to LaVey, are most useful in Satanic rituals. [54] Steiger, Brad; Steiger, Sherry Hanson, eds. (2003). "Anton LaVey's First Church of Satan". The Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained. Vol.1. Detroit, Chicago: Cengage Learning. pp.299–303. ISBN 978-0-7876-7764-0.