Satan's Inches and God's Smelly Feet

Now, I have to admit, I've seen this message on over a dozen church signs and it hasn't changed. Simply put, this message means that if you yield even slightly to the devil, he will give no mercy in his conquest to rule over humanity. What most people don't know is that aside from Satan being a part of the greatest fictitious story ever told, this message applies in many different areas of life. I'll explain.

Addictions, temptations, lustful urges; these all fall into one giant melting pot of things that, if allowed to very slightly inch into one's life, can overtake a person before they're even aware of it. Before the person knows it, they're doing things that their original moral standards wouldn't even consider. The truth is, all of these things are of their own natural origin; no devil or demon uses these as tools to overcome any human being, although on the contrary many fictitious stories use these creatures and situations to give examples, not just the bible. In the book of Isaiah, chapter 45:7, the original translation of the verse states that God creates evil. The original word 'evil' in Hebrew includes moral evil, even though Christian apologists will caution against assuming that the type of calamity that God can create should include moral evil. Then again, apologists will say almost anything to keep their religion alive.

The point is that if God can create the evil and temptations in the world then there is no devil, much less a need for one. But what better way to make God look like the good guy and absolve him of any suspicion of evil than to create a villain, namely Lucifer? Human beings have a major character flaw in that they love to blame other people for their shortcomings, and you can observe nearly anyone to find this flaw, children included. It makes you wonder; if God does exist and does create evil, how do we know that he didn't simply create an alter-ego to blame all of his own shortcomings on? That is assuming that the bible is actually true. Since the Christian religion was created, all humanity had to do was to force their way into the door just an inch, and once the populace gave in, their God became their ruler.

In summary, who is it truly that we need to be cautious of? In the bible, God caused more catastrophic events, more evil, and more sorrow than any other character in the book. In fact, if the bible is true, then God is to be blamed for the state that this world is in today. On the other hand, perhaps I'm just blaming the shield that the cowardly populace is hiding behind. Yes, religion is a shield, but it is an ever crumbling one. Eventually, people will no longer have the shield of religion to hide behind. Then, what will save them from the secularism and sanity that will hopefully creep into their minds inch by inch? It's a thought... just a playful thought.