Sentence examples for satan may from inspiring English sources

Meaning, earth's inhabitants follow Satan more than they do the actual God who only permits their temporary existence, and Satan may aid those who serve his purposes with their flaunting rejection of godly virtues and by espousing confused and phony religiosity.

As with some of the more extreme Scottish Protestants, coincidence does not exist: the hand of either God or Satan may be seen in every event.

"The figure of Thénardier is a warning that Satan may make his own use of the legitimate grievances of the poor," Bellos counsels.

These make it clear that ministers' speech, touch and body language must remain courteous throughout the proceedings, however unmannerly Satan may prove.

However, Reverend James Bretzke, a professor of theology at Boston College, said: "The polemical approach, that contraception is devious or demonic in origin or the smoke of Satan, may ultimately not be the best pastoral approach.

By the time we see a tiny hand wave pitifully from the depths of a glass jar, we've figured out that Satan may not hate us, but the film's writer and director, James Felix McKenney, surely does.

But the Satanic Temple's motivation is far less nefarious than the Satan association may make it seem: First of all, the group doesn't actually worship the devil.

Hail Satan!" This may be a song about Columbine, or a joke about singing about death metal (music that is very loud and thick) on an acoustic guitar (which is neither loud nor thick).

In fact, Satan himself may be the least controversial figure in Klosterman's book.

The US is not the Great Satan, but it may again be the Great Gatsby.

Dennis Potter's Son of Man (1969), featuring a very earthy Christ, and Brimstone and Treacle (1977), a savage parable in which a stranger who may be Satan "cures" a paraplegic young woman by raping her, were both adapted from controversial TV plays and arose from a faith in which evil was as real a presence as good.