My mistake. Substitute “The Talking Snake” for “Satan”
Why do you put talking snake in caps? See what I mean?
The snake can't talk either. It's Satan talking through the snake. That's how we know it was Satan.
"god" or "gods" - uncapitalized
"God" or "Satan" - capitalized.
The latter is the academic way to address the Abrahamic God unless referring to other religions with multiple gods or a lesser god. In the case of atheists on the internet, many choose to refer to the Abrahamic God in lower case. That refers to Satan, so inadvertently they are paying homage to Satan. Coincidence?
Anyway, in response to Hollie and Grumblenuts, how does Satan influence us today?
He appeals to human's pride, interferes with the transmission of truth, and places false believers within the church. We have divisions between Protestants and Catholics and there are those who do not believe in Jesus as Savior or Lord such as JW. Jesus says that Satan is the father of lies. Thus, the cartoon which I posted is a lie that that the guitarist believes that he will grant his wish to be the greatest in return for his soul. Instead, he tricks him into a box of crackers. (Maybe in the future, I'll post more Satan cartoons.)
Satan also has the power of death from Adam's original sin which gave him powers to be "god of the world." Thus, Jesus saved us from Satan and provided us salvation with his ultimate sacrifice.
While Satan is the god of the world and is quite powerful, his power is limited in the presence of God. One has to be self-controlled and alert or else they could fall under his temptations. Satan tempts us while God warns us. Temptation and warning are opposites.
The Bible says that “the whole world is under the control of the evil one” 1 John 5:19 "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” 1 Peter 5:8. Yet, Christians have a great hope for Jesus Christ and faith in Him to overcome Satan’s evil. “The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” 1 John 4:4.
Thus, when you are tempted to do wrong, you have to ask yourself how you are tempted? Does a voice inside you egg you on to take the easy way out and cheat or disregard objective moral values? If one does not believe in Satan, they will be easily swayed.
Atheists do not believe in God, either, so they do not receive the warnings and could end up being misled by Satan. It causes arguments in objective moral values as well as secular/atheist science vs creation science. How we write our laws gets into politics. There "is" a reason why we are polar opposites.
When it comes to talking snakes, you will need to discuss that with other like-minded cranks as you cower in fear before your gods.
Why did the men who wrote your books of tales and fables use a snake instead of a..... oh, I don’t know.... a bird or a gopher?