17:16-17
The apostate church was the cause and the authority for all the excess of evil of the times , hence the ten-kingdomed confederacy which had at first buttressed the impious system , now , by united action , destroyed it . '' _ And the ten horns which thou sawest , and the Beast , these shall hate the harlot , and shall make her desolate and naked , and shall eat her flesh , and shall BURN HER UTTERLY WITH FIRE . For God did put in their hearts to do His mind , AND TO COME TO ONE MIND , and to give their Kingdom unto the Beast , until the words of God shall be accomplished . _ '' -LRB- Rev. 17:16-17 -RRB- `` Man is a religious animal ! '' And Lucien Apleon , endowed with special wisdom of his father and Master -- the Devil -- recognized this necessity for a religion from the outset of his career . The Devil has always recognized religion , encouraged it , and has even instigated it in a hundred forms , during the last 6,000 years . Only every effort of his Satanic power and force has been directed towards the luring of the religious soul _ away from God _ .