Satan is not real of course but as the personification of evil, rules us. That is scripture. The great value of sinners is that we set the standards for the good. Without us, we would all be living in what we would call hell instead of the paradise that we have created thanks to sin and the evils we do. This maintains the perfection of all that is. This explains why God loves the sinner and hates the sin and this is also why we are rewarded with the eternal paradise of hell. Remember that fire, in the beginning, was prized as the greatest purifying force known to us. It still is. Evolution and creation began in the fires of the big bang. Martin Luther, A Gnostic Christian and founder of the Protestant movement may, have been aware of this. He said, ?Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.? In this though we must remember what Jesus said. That to think of sin is to do it and hopefully learn morals from the experience. We are to sin that way and not do the actual act. There should not be a need to do so. I invite you to follow the bible advice ---- 1 Thessalonians. 5:21; ?Test all things". If you will only give a dogmatic kneejerk denial of this theory then please ignore this post. Please test the logic of what I have written even as it goes against you