Is satan real

I think the
notion of escaping sin by
accepting God as one's savior and "repenting" can be seen as
an easy way out
for people who do terrible things. There is an awful lot of evil done in the

name of religion. From a secular humanist perspective, human behavior is a matter of
free will
and choice: we CHOOSE to do good and are rewarded in this life with
the good will of others and
recognition of our good deeds. If we choose to
act with harmful intent, we are punished through
judicial systems of law, or
we are ostracized by our community. To assume God (or a belief in
God) is the
only channel by...