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The same use anything identified has for us. Once we've identified it, we can deal with it.

Satan has the same use to me as his cultural anagram, Santa; he is expressive shorthand for a certain frame of mind. Neither requires ontological existence to be "real" in that sense (and that's what I told my kids when they little).

Satan is a powerful symbol, rivaling that of God. It represents the Nemesis; the Enemy. But it is not necessarily malevolent...

I think that those who embrace the philsophical side of Satanism liberate themselves from an unattainable ideal. The symbol of Satan represents the Freudian Id; accepting this beastial side frees the individual from being a slave to conformity. But, the symbol of God lies on the opposite field, and the individual must balance between or risk the dangers of extremism.