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If you were Satan, what would your plan for this world be? How could you maximise misery and suffering?

If you were Satan, the great deceiver, who's greatest trick (along with Keysor Soze) was convincing the world you didn't exist. What would be a great way to get things as bad as possible?

Firstly, I would pretend to be God. Powerful and intimidating yet deliberately mysterious. I'd get people to argue about my true nature, how to please me and so on, you know, find ways to split themselves again and again, create an "us" and "Them" mentality that would give them soemthing to fight for so that lots of suffering spills out across humanity endlessly, then, I'd provide just about enough evidence in the real world, to make people question it all, effectively add a third party to this debate so its another side to fight.

But that would be only the start, I'd make it a very tough regime to keep in my favour, against peoples inherent natures and so on. I'd find a way to segregate people for how they live & the choices they make, giving people an excuse to punish them & make them suffer.

Update:

I have lots of other ideas, but I'd be more interested to hear what else you would do...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    To create misery for nearly everybody, first create religion, which is only a form of mental slavery. Then create greed, which generates inequality. Then create a society that destroys everything it touches. Then create a mass media system that convinces everybody that everything is fine while extremely bad leaders generate wars through all means at their disposal. Create different languages, so the people can't actually communicate. Sound familiar?

    Source(s): Just look at the world for an example of how to keep the masses in absolute misery. I'm afraid something has gone terribly wrong on this planet. Thumbs Up to Lennydiane though. Well said!
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    wouldn't satan's greatest evil be to refuse to take part in god's plan. to thwart his creator. how ironic that satan's greatest evil would be not being evil.if satan is ultimately evil he would do this, so is there some good in satan helping his old master and creator out by playing an active part in such a bizarre and illogical plan. if satan is compelled by his nature to commit all evils except for the ultimate evil of not taking part doesn't that mean that Satan is not really in control of what he does, but is merely a puppet under god's control. therefore, that would mean that satan is no more evil than say a knife in the hands of a murderer and god the final author of evil. it would make satan just a tool. the god good and satan evil is back door dualism with semantic smoke and mirrors. needless to say i don't believe a word of the god/satan thing. do you realise how illogical christian doctrine is if you really think about it. it is so full of logical contradiction that it just falls to bits when it is critically examined.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would do exactly what the Bible does; Jesus says "I am the bright and morning star"... Guess who the "morning-star" is?

    But of my own ideas... hmm... I would make people really reaaaaally drunk. On the top of cliffs. After they had fallen off (by staggering over/trying to fly etc.) I would stop them being drunk and laugh as they fell to their doom.

    But seriously? Make everyone believe in heaven, waste all their lives trying to get there, and realise just before they die that it doesn't exist, but they're too weak to tell anyone else. Heheh.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I would get George W Bush to win a third term, then let the rest follow

    Source(s): lol
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  • bren
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I would send everyone down to Valley Parade to watch my team Bradford City, that would make `em suffer alright..

  • 1 decade ago

    Make the world islamic under strict shariah law.

  • 1 decade ago

    Make them watch England and there jammy Rugby team.

    Come on the Jocks, in Euro 2008.

    Nessie. xxxx

  • 1 decade ago

    i agree with lennydiane - Satan is probably relaxing down there, having a very long holiday. and he'll have subscribed to sky so he can watch every minute of it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Just make sure Bush gets a third term...job done!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Satan couldnt do that because we have Keanu Reeves

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