Satan’s Claims on Procreation
Karl raised an interesting question in his comment on my last posting. He asked, “Does Satan claim a spiritual part in the procreation process since the inception of sin?” There is more than one way to answer that, but I am not sure I can give an answer that is both definitive and defensible. From one angle, the answer is self-evident. Satan has taken charge of sexual practices in our world, thus claiming a default control over the procreation mechanism. In this line of thought, it is he who directs the cavalier behaviors that produce unplanned children. From another angle, it is still a miracle of God that creates life in each embryo and they are still humans (made in God’s image) who choose to participate in the God-given process that produces life. Whatever Satan’s claims, my initial thoughts leave Satan as an outsider who wants in but can do nothing more than influence humans to choose poorly.
I am intrigued by the question but can’t currently think of direct biblical data that bears on it.