Thanks for the warm welcome!
I agree with you that the satan idea is just an easy scapegoat and a way to keep people in the flock. If people were more self responsible and caring without the need for rewards it would serve humanity as a whole instead of someone asking "whats in it for me"...
i thought i'd make my first post today! been browsing these forums for a little while and love it! but here goes-
The idea of an eternal torture chamber for a finite life would not teach us a single thing. All it would prove is that an "all loving", "all merciful" and "all forgiving" god is...