The evil spirit (satan) is proud of himself and envious of the saints. How can one who is proud of himself envy ``wretched mortals''? Only unconsciously. He is not admitting this to himself, driving away such ``seditious thoughts'' from himself. Atheists and satanists are above satan (in a spiritual sense) because they unconsciously believe in God. But with satan, everything is unhappy: he unconsciously does not believe in God.
Nothing to do with your claim concerning math. More approximates a paranoid mythical view of others who believe differently.