Not if the story of the devil has the result that we blame someone else for our sins or that we view the world as a place where there is an ultimate force of evil. (religion-online.org)
The USSR exiled and killed religious persons merely for being religious and not accepting the state as the ultimate force in the world. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Rather than being the ultimate force of attraction that Newton and his falling apple taught us, gravity in this case is an incredibly potent force of repulsion. (firstthings.com)