Satan's False Reality
The great visionary Satan, gives a perfect example on how power is the ability to define reality. Satan’s power is so great because under the reality he perpetuates in “Paradise Lost”, even the all-powerful character God, can seem like a powerless baby. Satan indoctrinates Gods own creations and then easily uses them against God once they are under his reality. Satan uses his reality to harm God, something he could never do with physical power. This is a perfect example of Dr.Noble’s claim “power is the ability to define reality” as being true. This shows how a perpetuated reality is used to gain true power unlike brute force which although appears absolute, will fail in the face of a greater force. The ability to define reality for others gives absolute control over followers to the creator of
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The way Satan intends to make Eve disobey God is by having her eat fruit from the tree of knowledge. He must align his goals with Eve’s goals so he must first establish that the fruit is safe. He uses himself as an example claiming that he has eaten the fruit and his not died but is in fact in a greater state than he was before. He also distorts the meaning of death, making seem like it is something not to be feared. He makes Eve wonder if death even exists diminishing her fear of the fruit. Satan also makes God appear to be powerless to Eve if she eats the fruit. He does this to make it desirable for Eve to eat the fruit, which is also Satan’s end goal. Satan makes it seem like if Eve eats the fruit she will rise to the level of a god. He uses many techniques to convince her this is true as well as fueling her desire to become a goddess, ultimately getting Eve to adopt his synthesized reality as being true. The minds of people are the true battleground of God and Satan, as even after a lost war Satan can still gain power by indoctrinating
The way Satan intends to make Eve disobey God is by having her eat fruit from the tree of knowledge. He must align his goals with Eve’s goals so he must first establish that the fruit is safe. He uses himself as an example claiming that he has eaten the fruit and his not died but is in fact in a greater state than he was before. He also distorts the meaning of death, making seem like it is something not to be feared. He makes Eve wonder if death even exists diminishing her fear of the fruit. Satan also makes God appear to be powerless to Eve if she eats the fruit. He does this to make it desirable for Eve to eat the fruit, which is also Satan’s end goal. Satan makes it seem like if Eve eats the fruit she will rise to the level of a god. He uses many techniques to convince her this is true as well as fueling her desire to become a goddess, ultimately getting Eve to adopt his synthesized reality as being true. The minds of people are the true battleground of God and Satan, as even after a lost war Satan can still gain power by indoctrinating