ABSTRACT

The trouble in dealing with Satan in all his allures is that he comes with a theological baggage of temptation, original sin and redemption. Admittedly, any sociological response to his existence or otherwise could jettison these theological distractions, but at a price of severely diminishing his place in philosophy and literature to name a few disciplines concerned to give Satan a fullness of account. But to amplify his significance as the dark figure of a sociological noir is to risk becoming entangled in some severe theological complications. One of these pertains to sin and the belief that Satan exists to tempt all to fall to hell.