I feel like when he killed himself god gave him a second chance to do it all over. Because of free will though it was all god was able or willing to do, reset and hope he makes better choices.
As for the devil I guess you could say he is in hell because his plans always fail after years of planning because god resets things therefore never allowing him to succeed.
interesting. My take has always been God and Lucifer are the same and its the choices we make that guide us....
Little did I know the net would catch extra stupid in it. skyhawk0 Mar 21 2013
Well said and good call, keithw1975.
shareWhen it didn't turn out the way Satan planned. SATAN reset the game and let the dice roll again.
shareAs for the devil I guess you could say he is in hell because his plans always fail after years of planning because god resets things therefore never allowing him to succeed.
I think God allowed Satan to rejoin the game after God reset everything, after all God uses Satan as a tool of temptation
shareI have to disagree,, the entire movie was about the moves that Satan was making, and at the end we see him 1.transform and flash with power 2.manipulate the new scene
It implies that it was Satan who reset things so he could have another chance at his goal - I don't think that's something God would want, LOL
Kevin - "We're destined to lose dad"
Milton - "Well consider the source son"
I think then ending shows the devil will always continue to temp us and our free will determines how we handle it.
All Hail Zorg
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shareI don't think there's any point to shoe-horning God into this. There's no suggestion he had any presence or influence at any point of the movie, so why assume the ending is his doing just out of nowhere?
The whole movie was a "what if" by Kevin, from the moment he looked at himself in the men's room mirror considering where his current path of action -- defending a pervert who was clearly guilty -- would lead him. A fantasy to expiate his own guilt -- "not my fault I'm on the side of the scumbags; I'm the son of Satan, after all!" -- and then waking up to himself. Milton's presence at the end in the persistent journalist said that your propensity for evil is always going to be present, even if you convince yourself you're doing the right thing.
God wasn't present at any point, so thinking he manipulated the ending is like an Oklahoman thanking God for making a tornado miss her house, even though it wiped out her next four neighbours.