I don't mean to offend anybody and I don't mind the label of cynical, but, has anybody ever seen a photograph of Satan? The only images we have were created by artists, so, who painted this one?
Also, all religions preach love, compassion for all living creatures, all the good things we would like to believe are possible. Not a single one teaches violence. It's the human race that has subverted those teachings for their own purposes. More wars have been faught and more people have been killed in the name of religion, whichever that religion may be, than were killed by all the plagues that visited this planet. And each time the crimes were perpetrated by people who thought that their cause was blessed by their gods.