User blog:BeholderofStuff/Pure Evil Removal Proposal: The Devil (theology)

Alright so I have seen other users do this where they request a "removal proposal" of a villain that was never accepted for the sake of getting them listed as Never Again to Ever be Proposed and I thought Ii'd gave my hand at the Devil from theology. Please DO NOT get into a big religious debate with me. '''You are free to believe what you want but not everyone has the same beliefs as you. I advise yout o respect that as we respect you.'''

Heinous Standards
The problem with the Devil's heinous actions is he pails in comparison to Haman whose evil actions occur on screen and under his own choice. Everything the devil does is under God's orders and it's not made clear what his moral agency is. While there's speculation that he chose to rebel against God, the verse is a bit vague as all it says is "wickidness found [him]". That's extremely vague as a motive. Also as for the talking snake aspect, while some people have interpreted the snake as being Satan himself, others have interpreted it as merely symbolizing Satan. The bible itself isn't entirely clear especially since the serpent of Eden is referred to as one of the beasts of the land. Let's not forget that some of the worst things in the Bible are under God's own will: creating a world wide flood that killed billions, letting slavery be legal, and allowing rapists to marry the women they raped as "compensation". Either way the Devil lacks way too much motive to really count as PE. The only real motive one can give is through their own subjective analysis. And I know all analysis is subjective but a villain's motif/intentions still need to be more clear in order to count as PE. The Devil is way too ambiguous as a character.

Conclusion
Cut (or in other words make sure he never gets proposed again).