Mike:
In this sense then, "Satan" is not, today, a physical entity created by God, but is simply the terminalogical identification of a phenomena indemic to some creatures created with a free will. That is -- rejecting God.
DUDE! Lighten up! You've got a good point here, but this " the terminalogical identification of a phenomena indemic to some creatures created with a free will" is just so uncool.
It is much like Santa Claus. The story of Santa Claus is based on a real person in the past (St. Nicholas) known for his generosity. But today we see that "Santa Claus" represents the spirit of gift giving and good- will. He's not an actual person roaming the globe distributing toys. But the "spirit of Christmas" he represents is very real, despite the non-existence of the physical Santa.
Umm, ah, to use the philosophical term: No.
"Spirit of Christmas" ? That you needed to put quotation marks in there highlights the weakness of your argument: The "spirit of Christmas" is purely subjective.
As is "God". "God" is different things to different people.
My God eats people. Yours just condemns them to eternal torment. Some Gods aren't even really Gods.
As for the opposition to God - well, do you believe in Allah because you are not a Muslim?
Raithere: You like Depeche Mode? Nifty.
Ratbat: Brothers and Sisters of Chaos.
I haven't thought up a good name yet, but I like that one for the priest/ess hood. See, we'd have missionaries, and they'd go around doing things like sending Playboy subscriptions to NOW members and pasting "Goddess Bless" bumper stickers on cherried out Cameros. We'd hack into the website of the Christian Coalition and put up ads for "cum-guzzling grannies". We'd hack into "www.cum-guzzlinggrannies.com" and put up big, flashing, animated gifs saying "JOHN 3:16!!!!!".
And once a month they'd meet, trade stories, and have ritualistic orgies.