The basis of their behavior is that they do believe that Satan exists and we have to deal with the results of that behavior.
An analogy is that a murderer is out in the wild killing small children because he THINKS that a voice in his head who he things is God is telling him to do it. He leaves letters at the scenes of his crimes telling us that's why he's doing it. We think he's obviously insane. We believe there is no voice in his head that is coming from anywhere else but his mental illness. . . but we MUST deal with the crimes and find him and stop him. It doesn't matter the beliefs that you or any other police officer hold about his voice he thinks he hears. You must act as if he is responding to a voice he believes is real.
It does not matter, mardie, whether or not YOU personally believe in God or Satan or not. It matters that THEY believe in Satan and/of act on it as if they do.
This is absolute truth right here.
And important.