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   > >>>>> The Holy Scriptures says Satan is the real   
   > >>>>> ruler of the world right now   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Really?  Where?   
   > >>   
   > >> This may be Matthew 4:8-9. The logic is that if Satan offered the   
   world,   
   > >> he must own them. Otherwise he could not offer them. Flimsy I will   
   grant   
   > >> you but the guy is a tad weird.   
   > >   
   > > Flimsy is right.  Here we have an episode in which the devil promises   
   > > Jesus dominion over the world in exchange for worship.  However, we also   
   > > have the Word of God that the devil is a liar.  Indeed he is "the father   
   > > of lies" (John 8:44).  Why would anybody take the word of a notorious   
   liar   
   > > without a shred of supportive evidence, especially when the claim is as   
   > > ridiculously grandiose as that one?  I strngly suspect that the devil   
   was   
   > > making a false promise that he could not deliver and had no intention of   
   > > delivering, which seems entirely what we would expect of a character   
   like   
   > > him.   
   >   
   > I strongly suspect the episode is fictional or allegorical or both.   
      
   Very likely.  Yet, there is the story, and there are the characters.  Even   
   in allegory or fiction, we can wonder at the motivations and agenda of the   
   players.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)