Satan, a complete fiction as invented and described by Christians, has suffered a serious demotion from the great High God Set of Egypt whose symbol was the serpent, and now a fallen angel in the image of the Greek god Pan, who was in the form of a Faun or half human above and goat below and had horns on his head and could be rather scary hence the word panic from Pan. Of course, Pan, god of Nature, to the Greeks was a good guy, despite being rather scary looking. Christians remade Satan in the image of Pan which to them was a monstrous and evil being. Lust, esp. the sexual lusts are the worst sins of all to prudes and hypocritical Christians. It doesn't matter that you just butchered men women and children by the thousands in some holy war, just don't have sex outside of marriage, and you'll be OK and make it to Heaven!

So now, Satan who used to have the really noble symbols of the Serpent, the Dragon and the Wolf, is now stuck with the goat. The goat was in the Greek and Roman minds a symbol of lust. The Fauns were notorious for their sexual adventures.

The Christians have a serious problems with sex and the human body due to their anti-nature anti-human philosophy and therefore a symbol of lust like the goat, was perfect in their warped minds for Satan.

The Great Doctor, Anton LaVey said that Satan represents all the seven deadly sins and that no happiness can be found except by giving in to them!

He wrote "The reason that most people can resist their temptations is that they aren't much of a tempation anyway!"

Well spoken!~ I just love the guy!

I myself, am a creature of pure lust. I'd be a better form for Satan than a goat! I'm just like my father, the Devil.

But perhaps Marlowe in Faust said it best "The form of a monk befits the Devile best."