You know, I like to think this: People believe that God exists believe they are living a happy life under the guidance and protection of a supreme being that is God, but in reality, they are living in a metaphorical simulation, kind of like in the movie, The Matrix. The life they think they are living is not real. Plus, there is good and bad in all of us, with the bad being what people who believe in god saying that the Devil is affecting them. What they do not know that they are scapegoating an imaginary being that is the Devil for something that is actually a part of their mind, that they can't see as actually psychological needs. The Devil affecting them is just their mind, maybe the unconscious mind, affecting them, and it works independently from God, let alone the Devil. In fact, I say there is no need for the Devil or God to be a part of the mind of human beings.
I do hope you all can see what I mean here.
I do hope you all can see what I mean here.
