[spirited irish]

For your interest: In chapter 12 (the conclusion) of her book, "American Betrayal" Diana West cites the French scholar Alain Besancon whose impeccable logic reveals the dark spiritual side of ideology (i.e., Marxism) as a pact with the devil that captures and cripples the mind:

"The moment the individual accepts the language of ideology, he allows his mental world and his sense of self-respect to be hijacked along with the language. No matter how inadvertently he may have stumbled into the use of the official vocabulary, he is now part of the ideology, and has, in a manner of speaking, entered into a pact with the devil."

The promise of the pact resides in the three temptations of Christ in the wilderness, in particular, the devil's offer of control over the kingdoms of the world (Ephesians 2:2) if the Lord would worship him (the devil).

[Kay Ludlow]

Thank you - I’ll have to get that one.