Arguments of Satan

Arguments of Satan

These are the arguments of Satan which convinced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, against the command of God. This rhetoric of Satan was one the factors which inspired William Blake to exclaim that Milton was of the Devil's party without knowing it.
After befriending  Eve in the guise of a snake, Satan started enticing her with  his innate charm. He took her to the fateful tree bearing the forbidden fruit. When Eve refused to eat the fruit at first, he started using his cunning to put forth his arguments in the most convincing way.

To Eve's remark that God had forbidden her and her husband to eat the fruit, Satan replied:

"Is it so? Has God declared you the supreme masters all this earth and air, and yet you are not allowed to eat this fruit? This tree is the mother of all knowledge. I can feel its power clearly within me. O Eve, do not believe these harsh threats of death. Look at me. I have touched and tasted this fruit, and still I have not died. on the contrary, I have attained a more perfect life. Even you know that this tree is named 'The Tree of Knowledge'. You are afraid because you think God will be angry at you. Will God's anger be provoked by such a petty act of trespass? Maybe God will praise you for your dauntless courage when even the threat of death could not stop you from achieving what might lead to the knowledge of good and evil. If it brings the knowledge of good, how can God be just by depriving you of it? And if it brings the knowledge of evil, you could easily shun it. God, therefore, cannot punish you and still remain just. If he is not just, he is no God, and is not to be obeyed. And if you are afraid of death, don't say that you are fearful of God.

To my thinking, by eating this fruit, you shall become as gods just as I, a low creature has become a man internally. Maybe God has used death in this sense: you may perhaps lose your human limitations and acquire the character of gods.This kind of death should be wished for. Gods came first, and they exploited our belief that all things proceed from them. If they created all things, who created the Tree of Knowledge, from which whosoever eats the fruit, acquires wisdom without their permission? What is the offence if Man acquires knowledge this way? How can our knowledge hurt him, or this Tree impart knowledge against his His will, if everything has been created by him? Or is this merely envy?

So friends, what points do you have to counter these arguments of Satan?