The Serpent

by DilatoryDevil

I am the Devil, or so I’m told. I’m really not sure what I am. I just know that I’ve been on this earth for a very, very long time. People call me the prince of darkness, the mischief-maker, and the tempter. I don’t think of myself those things. They have me all wrong. Too many people are taking the leap of faith without all of the information. I tell them what they need to know.

I guess people could call me the prince of darkness because the knowledge I bring them seems a bit gloomy. After years of listening to sermons about the greatness of God, my words about the truth must scare them. And… people may call me the mischief-maker because they don’t understand why mischief occurs. Once I free people’s minds, they have a habit of letting out pent up emotion. Someone following my trail could perhaps come to that conclusion, but that doesn’t make him or her right. As for the title of ‘the tempter’, I’m afraid I fully deserve that title. I do tempt people to turn away from a pointless life of stupid adoration towards a mythical figure that most will never see. But those are harsh words. Forgive me I am normally very polite.

Its just him, he makes my blood boil. To follow him is to be ignorant. Millions of people following blindly and without question; an intelligent being would recognize that as false. Marx says it better than I can, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” It keeps people’s thinking beyond this world, leaving this world overlooked. What I teach people allows them to understand that this, this drug called religion is just stifling them. Oh what they could do without the chains that faith puts them in.

Finally in these new days, some are beginning to no longer believe. They think cleanly and clearly. God loses an inch for each unbeliever in his battle to keep his mindless slaves worshipping. However a day will come when people will all be free. And on that glorious day, when the last person finally stops believing, God loses; he’s gone. When that day arrives, my task will be done. For I am the Devil, and when God is gone, I will finally be able to do what I wish for most, die.