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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2133173" data-attributes="member: 307">But you are not twisted and evil beyond recognition. Your desries, and thus your plans and plots, are tainted by your human traits: mercy, forgiveness, pity, a sense of justice, and so on. Demons (or devils) don't necessarily share these traits. They are filled with envy, greed, wrath and the various other sins, to the exclusion of the various "good" traits.One reason might be jealousy. For example, the demons in Milton are denied the presence of God, but humans live in paradise, and may ascend to Heaven. Envious of humanity's status, the demons decide to try to make humanity share their misery. Lacking the humility to see that their exile is their own fault, the demons turn against others they perceive as lesser beings who somehow share in God's graces that they, even though they are greater beings, are denied.Another reason could be a desire to dominate: perhaps the rebellious angels did so out of a desire to rule, and thus they seek to dominate those less powerful than themselves, bargaining temporary earthly power for the souls of those short-sighted enough to make such a bargain. Perhaps they lust for blood and destruction, and just want to cause misery, or get satisfaction and pleasure from seeing others in torment. We don't even have to deal with the idea of metaphysical entities to find those who have such feelings.</blockquote>