Don't mention Satan 4:14-15

I might leave the fall and come back to Jesus explanation. Although there is a link. Jesus is not shy about talking about the reality of Satan- that he is present and active. He equates Satan with the birds- For the first group of people, upon hearing, immediately Satan comes and takes away what has been sown in them. The 'father of lies' Jesus calls him elsewhere. Here- its a case of staying with the lie, not necessarily introducing it. He doesn't want them to hear or see the truth at all, and gives no chance for penetration. Interesting in that the initiative here is placed with Satan. A corrective for one such is I who is a little worried when people mention Satan too much (I still think that possible)- but its not necessarily in keeping with how Jesus sums up a whole swathe of people, or Peter talks to another group who served Jesus- 'Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.'
It would seem I'm fairly Australian in this reticence. Hugh Mackay's figures for Australian belief were something like 70% or more believed in God, 44% in the divinity of Jesus, 43% in the resurrection and around 30% for hell and also Satan. There was something in the Australian or SMH recently that was more recent- and it was still roughly similar.