Many today have. They poo-poo the idea of the entity Jesus called “the prince of this world” (John 12:31; 16:11), much like psychologist Henry Murray who described Satan as “no more than a vestigial image, a broken-spirit relic of an ancient past, a ludicrous ham actor with no greater part to play in man’s imagination than the vermiform appendix in his gut.” He’s joined by 42% of Americans in a recent Gallup poll who deny the devil’s existence.
But at the same time, as a recent AP news article notes, there has been a spike in “satanic” worship. Just not the kind that most likely pops into your head when you hear the term.
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