{"id":130,"date":"2010-02-02T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/02\/signing-off-as-satan.html"},"modified":"2010-02-02T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T13:19:10","slug":"signing-off-as-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/02\/signing-off-as-satan.html","title":{"rendered":"#124 Signing off as Satan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"234\" alt=\"satan3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/signingoffassatan\/satan3.jpg\" width=\"618\" \/><\/span>In an attempt at reverse psychology and to&nbsp;perhaps lure you with their hilarity, Christian culture signs things with Satan&#8217;s name to show you that, obviously, you should do the opposite of what Satan says. Satan bought a billboard ad? As if! That church is hilarious! And, Satan hates it. I&#8217;d better go there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"290\" alt=\"satan2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/signingoffassatan\/satan2.jpg\" width=\"470\" \/><\/span>You&#8217;ll notice this move is artfully engineered to plant a seed of doubt in your mind. What if Satan really doesn&#8217;t want me to go to that church or do that thing that the billboard says? I&#8217;d better NOT LISTEN TO SATAN THEN, just in case.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"250\" alt=\"satan-sign_20090831225258_320_240.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/signingoffassatan\/satan-sign_20090831225258_320_240.jpg\" width=\"330\" \/><\/span>Your affectionate uncle,<br \/>Screwtape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an attempt at reverse psychology and perhaps to lure you with their hilarity, Christian culture signs things with Satan&#8217;s name to show you that, obviously, you should do the opposite of what Satan says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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