The text discusses different perspectives and beliefs regarding Satan. God tests Job by giving Satan the freedom to destroy, and the third temptation involves the offer of rulership from the Devil. Some people believe in and worship Satan, while others see it as nothing more than devil worship. Nihilism and the devil work together to further their own agendas, and hell is seen as voluntary for some. In the Old Testament, Satan was one of God's creations, but is also identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, Lucifer, the tempter in the Gospels, and Leviathan. The rationalist brother Ivan debates the Devil, and the Satanic Temple is seen as a leading example. Euronymous, who was a Stalinist, was also a theistic Satanist, which some may find contradictory. Some see value in playing devil's advocate and discussing the blunders of the world, as one might find in a "Devil's chaplain" book.