I'm sure there are websites and writings out there in the ether about this very thing, but my own conclusion is this: wherever God has created something of value, something beautiful, something good, or something pure, satan will corrupt whatever it is, to bring about something of a similar, but much more malevolent, nature. He is the father of lies and deception, after all.
- God created life and mankind; satan strove to destroy both by using temptation, lies and half-truths.
- God created the healthiest and most stable of societal relationships: marriage between one man and one woman; satan's lies say that any group of people can get to gether and be called a "family."
- God specifically tells us that homosexuality is a grave sin; satan tells us that homosexuality, lesbiansm, transgenderism, etc., are just "another way of life" and they are as natural as any other, and are something to be proud of.
- God gave us Christ the Redeemer, and the cross; satan gave us religion.
- God told us to love all of mankind, even our enemies, and to help everyone: widows, children, and others; satan gave us ways to divide us...like politics!
- God created mankind to be above the plants and animals, and to use them for food and other things as needed. He also gave us soul and spirit that we might communicate with Him; satan says that humankind is evil, is trampling the earth, polluting the air and water, and that animals and trees have souls and are just as important as people.
- God tells us that a "quiverfull" of children is one of life's blessings; that every life, and every child, is precious, and that killing is a sin; satan tells us that overpopulation is destroying the planet, and that it is a woman's choice to kill her child in utero.
- God tells us that, because of Adam's first sin, we are all sinners to our very core, and the only way we can be redeemed is through salvation in Christ alone; satan says that all paths lead to God, to rely on our own "inner strength" and to "believe in yourself" in order to get through life.
- Christ says that Hell is real and without belief in Him, there is no hope; satan tells us if we're a "good person" we will go to heaven, or that if prayers are offered to someone's soul after they die, they can still get to heaven.
- We have one life to live and we will die once; satan, who masquerades as an "angel of light," deceives by telling us we can "follow the light" when we die, or that if we are a good person, our own goodness will get us to heaven, OR, we can be reincarnated over and over to amend for a previous life's sins.
- God tells us there is but one mediator between God and man, and that's Jesus Christ; satan says that it's okay to worship another human being because he is in the (very broken) "lineage" of one of Christ's disciples.
- God tells us to pray for others, and to be kind and loving; satan tells his followers to "kill the infidels," and masquerades as a false--and violent--"religion of peace."
- Christ tells us to be like little children--innocent, open and trusting--in our love for Him; satan tells his followers to bloody their own children, to offer them up for martyrdom, and to fill their minds with hatred toward anyone who is unlike them.
- Christ elevates the status of women, as in Him there is "no male and female;" satan tells his followers that women are less than second class, barely human, should cover themselves from head to toe, and can be killed for the least little offense.
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