If I Were Satan

[A BELIEVER]

I would fill people's minds with doubts about the biblical account of Creation

I would promote an attitude of loving "things" instead of people

I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenues

I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership

I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies

I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient

I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that the life of animals is valued more than the life of human beings

I would take God out of the schools, and I would make the mere mention of His name grounds for a lawsuit

I would take a religion of love, and pervert its' followers into hating those that are "different" from them

I would make mind altering drugs easily obtainable and I would especially target the young, and I would get famous rock stars to defend their use

I would gain control of the television media so that every night I could pollute the mind of every family member for my agenda


I would attack the family, the backbone of any nation


I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the nation


I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and see to it that same sex marriage is considered perfectly normal and acceptable.


I would encourage people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movie screens, and I would call it "art"

I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves authorities and refer to their agenda as "politically correct;"

I would persuade people that the Church is irrelevant and out of date, and the Bible is only for the naive


I would dull the minds of people of Faith and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional, to be left up to each individual.

.......Hmmm, come to think of it I guess I would leave things pretty much the way they are today


There are several versions of this thought provoking essay that have been around the web for several years. There is some disagreement as to who actually wrote it but it was broadcast by the legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey in 1999, and he is generally credited as the author

But regardless of who wrote it it pretty much describes the America of today, and it should leave little doubt as to who is the God of today's world.

by Mary Jones

[The Learner]

If I were Satan I would hit my knees and ask for forgiveness.

[Just A Clay Pot]

If I were satan, I'd be hitting Wal-Mart for the buy-one-get-one-free special in asbestos Underoos...I've read the whole book, and it don't look too good for the dragon....

[A Berean]

If I were satan, I'd be hitting Wal-Mart for the buy-one-get-one-free special in asbestos Underoos...I've read the whole book, and it don't look too good for the dragon....

:pound

[amy_elisabeth]

If I were satan, I'd be hitting Wal-Mart for the buy-one-get-one-free special in asbestos Underoos...I've read the whole book, and it don't look too good for the dragon....

:lol2 Now that was funny!!! And you said, "I've read the whole book" :heh

[eve_anne_gelical]

If I were Satan I would convince Christians that Christianity is like a club. I would make them think they should simply huddle together and have no friends who don't belong to the Club because after all they aren't in the Club.I would encourage them to so seperate themselves from those who the Lord loves and wants to reach through them (sinners) that I make them ineffective. I would encourage them to major on the minors. Then I would convince them they are right and take great pride in thinking they are right.

[matheteou]

I find it hard to believe that believers would even speculate on being Satan!

[SharpSabre]

I find it hard to believe that believers would even speculate on being Satan!

it's just an illustration of the current state of affairs

[JoelH]

If I were Satan,

I would persuade the church that what you have been regarded as meat is in fact "fake", and what is of my way, packaged with some out-of-context quotes from the Bible, is the "meat".

I would encourage you to believe philosophical foundations take the precedence of the Bible.

I would encourage you to believe in some Christian-sounding ideologies, that will enslave you in the end.

I would encourage the tendency of distorting the biblical grace with modernist notions of acceptance and love.

I would push the notion that much of the biblical ideas are "the minors" and the poisonous stuff is "the basics".

I would push the idea that there is only one way of reach through the sinners: accepting who they are and saying God loves them regardless of whether they change their ways of lives, and no matter what they do or believe on all things, including God and Jesus, they will end up in heaven.

I would encourage the believers that heeding the call that "associations with the ungodly are to be restricted to the degree needed to keep your own thinking and godly walk upright before God" is in fact "making you ineffective to reach out to those the Lord loves (sinners) by separating themselves from them".

[saved by Grace]

put my head between my legs and kiss my butt goodbye.