Except that's a horrible distortion of Satan's real role in Abrahamic religion - he was once understood as YHWH's most loyal angel, willing to inflict eternal torture against his will for the sake of cleansing sin or whatever the fuck his torture was supposed to achieve. If the Christian god stopped being a massive piece of shit and went "yo, I don't think all this torture stuff is actually helpful", Satan would immediately stop his business.

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

To be upfront, I am not religious and never have been, but my understanding is that Satan isn't the one doing the actual punishing? He is being punished by God himself, as is everyone else in Hell

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is a common misconception. Lucifer was punished and had his holy light removed, but Satan was always supposed to stay in hell and govern it.

[–] king_link1@feddit.dk 1 points 11 months ago

Well, he was banished for being proud. But it all depends how you interpret the Bible

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