if you were the devil how would you take over the world?

Answer 1

First of all, I would convince poeple that I do not really exist. if people believed that I were just a myth, then I could do my work unimpeded.

Secondly, I would spread all kinds of misinformation about me, so the no one would really know what to believe. I would be like a figure-type of evil, but no one would be able to nail-down any facts about me, because of all the different and conflicting stories about me.

Third, I would work subtly to make man believe that they are divine and the masters of their own fate. This would take time, but I would get famous and respected people to contantly repeat and teach various parts of the overall phillosophy so many times that the other people started to believe these lies. This in turn would cause people to stop looking to God for guidance and help and would trust in their own abilities. This would both limit their effectiveness AND limit what God could do in the world. Undermining faith.

Fourth, I would convince man that morality is relative and that what might be wrong for one person is not necessarily wrong for someone else. Removing the "moral standard" would creat havock and cause people to bicker over trivial matters instead of uniting against me for the common good.

The good thing is, I only have to keep this up until judgement day, when humanity stands before God and has to give an account to him for their lives and actions. The funny thing is, in the process I have totally discredited the treasure-trove which He provided to them as a guide for their lives--the Bible.

Answer 2

Well if you believe the Antichrist information, then if I were the devil, i would send the Antichrist to not take over the world, but lead it to destruction. The Antichrist is supposed to be someone that generally everyone seems to like, but is supposed to cause the countries of the world (from behind the scenes) to how do you say...start warring with each other. So pretty much, just send in a seemingly perfect individual and have him do all the work, according the grand plan. If you're interested in more of this, the History channel has tons of specials on the devil and his schemes...i believe the title is armageddon week...don't know when it is though.

Answer 3

First, I would make everyone believe I didn't exist. Then, I would come out of the heavens on a blazing white horse with many lovely angels. I would look just like Jesus, so everyone would think I was Him. Then, I would rule the world because everyone would believe I was Jesus. So, thank you for giving me the world. :-)

Answer 4

I would corrupt media executives in every major marketing firm, news station and music companies.

I'd go after the youth and look for the longer road to domination and allow the morally stable individuals to slowly die off.

The other thing to do is to remove the face of religion from America.

Answer 5

I would convince them that God was the Devil, and that I was God, manage a few conflicting "enlightening" revelations to support it, and pit the religions against each other. Add a couple of subversive occult societies and sects, to subvert the major religions, add the Prometheus and Pandora myths to history, and the rest would follow. Piece of cake! Been there, done that...

Answer 6

I would make the leaders of every country in the world my vassals. And I would decide who became the leader in each country. They would be rewarded for their service and be allowed complete autonomy over their own regions. However, when I needed for them to exercise my will, they would have to obey me to the letter...or be replaced.

Having ultimate control over those who have power is the true power.

Answer 7

One good example is how this man that calls himself Jesus and displays the 666 sign on his right side of his chest. He is gaining in cult size and brags about looking like Jim Jones. He is exactly what the Bible refers to as a False Prophets , coming and claiming to be Christ. Beware of those who come and claims to be Christ. I would never try to imagine how to be the devil and to take over the world. Many have come claiming to be Jesus. Hitler is a good example of taking over the world. Just being evil in all that one does, is a good example of satan. To turn others against the true goodness in life.

Answer 8

If I were Satan, and I were given permission to tempt humanity but had the foreknowledge that God's true followers would try to stop me, then I'd figure that the best way to tempt the most humans would be to subvert those who could pose a threat. How? I'd write a book. Not just any old book, mind you, but a book more blasphemous, seductive, and evil then had ever been seen by mortal eyes. A book full of deceit, preaching a hypocrite God who imposes a more stringent set of rules on flawed humanity then He does on Himself, yet who is, somehow, the source of all morality. Those who don't buy into this twisted logic will be said to be immoral. A book of lies, with blatant contradictions, from a flat Earth to cities and places that have never existed to cruel actions taken in the name of a God who calls Himself “loving.” A book that describes the false God in cynical detail, yet leaves me [Satan] as a shadowy menace, always in the background, always scheming, but no real threat to TRUE followers of the false God, who are completely immune to my powers. Still, I must save my pride, and to do so, I would make it seem as if I were a thousand times more active than God, my forces constantly at work doing evil. They would seem to be constantly winning, yet people would cling to the hope of a false prophecy that involves billions of deaths and the end of the world. A book that is chock full of sex, violence, murder, torment, filthy language, intolerance, and hatred. A book that would be used to justify all forms of atrocities against men, women, and children, including the extinction of entire peoples from the face of the Earth. This book would be so diabolically written that people would drown themselves in it completely, giving up sanity and reality, and then try to pull others in with them. They would hold up human progress and enlightenment, out of their own pride and greed and lust for power. They would prey on the weak and wounded, the suffering and the sorrowful, with false promises of happiness and light. They would behave exactly like me, yet would be too far gone to recognize it. Then, when the real God decides it's time to judge mankind, all those people, all the ones who believed in my book, would come before the true God, expecting to be saved ... and He would turn them away. And standing there at the gates of hell would be me, beckoning them to enter.

Answer 9

I would impose as God by making up lies in all kinds of religious books, and saying if you don't believe my lies, you're going to burn in hell, which by the way, would be my ace in the hole lie. Then when everyone was good and terrified, and convinced they're dirty, disgusting sinners who need salvation, I'd set up a universal religious system and force everyone on earth to follow it without question. If they refused to conform I'd arrest them and torture them, and sometimes kill them and tell them and all my followers, that it was for the sinner's own good.

I'd indoctrinate children from day one to worship me as God, or they'd end up in eternal hell. I'd pretend I died for them because I loved them so much I wanted to take on all their sins, even though original sin was a lie, and make them all bow to me as lord and saviour. I'd use their fear of hell and death to seduce them into my buildings where they'll donate money and further my cause of spreading the good news of salvation through me, and laugh all the way to the bank.

Answer 10

Because Satan "seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself," he and his followers try to lead us away from righteousness. He directs his most strenuous opposition at the most important aspects of Heavenly Father's plan of happiness. For example, he seeks to discredit the Savior and the priesthood, to cast doubt on the power of the Atonement, to counterfeit revelation, to distract us from the truth, and to contradict individual accountability. He attempts to undermine the family by confusing gender, promoting sexual relations outside of marriage, ridiculing marriage, and discouraging childbearing by married adults who would otherwise raise children in righteousness.