Agreed.
1564-1616 - William Shakespeare: “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.”
4/03/1965 – Renowned ABC radio commentator Paul Harvey (1918 – 2009) 1st delivered his “If I Were the Devil” essay over the public airwaves. He continued to edit it and deliver the refined/updated versions over the ensuing years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Az0okaHig
Alinsky’s dedicatory to Rules for Radcials (1971):
"Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very 1st radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the 1st radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer."
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist." Dialog line spoken by petty criminal Roger 'Verbal' Kint, alias of violent international criminal mastermind, Keyser Söze, in the 1995 Hollywood neo noir film, “The Usual Suspects.”
Most of the national GOP members of Congress and the RNC are gutless. We have to face the reality that courage and leadership must be excersized in the individual states by citizens and politicians at the local level. Look for courage in those church denominations which have not been corrupted by the world. Not all of us are going to survive what's coming down the pike, but then again, our Christian forefathers already set the example during the persecutions of the Roman Empire - and the faith survived and spread!
Amen.