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No, bramps comments point to an assumption that he is making.

My comment, which I re-post below, is in retort to his comments, which presume that people would be nothing more than robots, without the capability of doing evil.

Your post makes the assumption that, mankind cannot be creative and capable of wonderful things without the existence of evil, or the capacity to do evil things.

My interpretation is after considering bramps comments below:

You are God. Capable of creating anything. Would you create a bunch of preprogrammed robots and quickly bore as they operate predictably or would you give your creation instructions and a free will and let the decide their own fate, with rewards and punishment based on their chosen paths?

My approach to the subject is not much more than saying that, Satan, is a product of people's imagination, and not a real creation. God gave us the capability of creating monsters in our minds, and Satan is man's attempt to personalize the evil doings of mankind. God gave us the free will to go in different directions, including evil and good, but, there is no need to create a Satan in order to identify what evil is about.

Your post makes the assumption that, mankind cannot be creative and capable of wonderful things without the existence of evil, or the capacity to do evil things..

That is your mind reading that makes that assumption - NOT my post. You don't have a clue as is it evident!

Mankind IS creative and has done wonderful things. Evil was here since the beginning so in-spite of evil - mankind not only has the capacity to do great things, it can chose to do good or evil!

Evil is real and it's only weapon is deception! Next you will be saying God isn't real. One decides who they chose to focus on - GOD or satan.

You must know your enemy before you can defeat him!

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Eph 6:12

Satan deceived you already through your thoughts/understanding/assumption that he is not real!

saying that, Satan, is a product of people's imagination, and not a real creation

Jesus defeated satan at the Cross. Obviously, you have chosen/free will to NOT BELIEVE God because you believe satan/evil is not real.

"Jesus turned, and said unto Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are an offense unto me: for you consider not the things that be of God, but those that be of men (human understanding)."