[Kolokotronis]

See how the demons work? Guilefulness is a mark of total submission to the Evil One.

"Guile is a perversion of honesty, a deluded way of thinking, a lying disposition, false oaths, ambiguous words, a dark secrecy of heart, an abyss of cunning, deceit that has become habit, conceit turned into nature, a foe to humility, a pretense of repentance, an estrangement from mourning, hostility to confession, a teacher of willfulness, a cause of falls, a hindrance to resurrection, a smiling at offenses, affected frowning, sham reverence, diabolical life."
+John Climacus, Step 24 of the Ladder of Divine Ascent

[MillerCreek]

You are so completely right.