on the appalling spectacle of Episcopal muckety muck Jefferts-Schori speaking of demon possession as some sort of beautiful butterfly dance of Sacred Diversity<\/a>.\u00a0 All I could think of is the young Fr. Damien in \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d talking to the crusty older priest Fr. Merrin and offering his blather about how to reason with the girl.\u00a0 Fr. Merrin cuts him off abruptly and says, \u201cThe devil is a liar!\u201d<\/p>\nHuman enemies can be appealed to with reason.\u00a0 Demons are your enemy.\u00a0 You give them no quarter and you do not negotiate with them or hear them out.\u00a0 Jesus is brusque and business-like with demons.\u00a0 He talks to them like a lion-tamer, not a group process negotiator.\u00a0 His usual approach is \u201cshut up and leave\u201d.<\/p>\n
Another appropriate scene is \u201cIndependence Day\u201d.\u00a0 The President asks the alien \u201cWhat is it you want us to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Alien: \u201cDie.\u201d<\/p>\n
The devil hates us.\u00a0 That\u2019s it.\u00a0 That\u2019s all.\u00a0 He\u2019s not interested in coming to an understanding.\u00a0 He wills your utter destruction in body, soul and spirit.\u00a0 Don\u2019t dink around with him.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026on the appalling spectacle of Episcopal muckety muck Jefferts-Schori speaking of demon possession as some sort of beautiful butterfly dance of Sacred Diversity.\u00a0 All I could think of is the young Fr. Damien in \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d talking to the crusty older priest Fr. Merrin and offering his blather about how to reason with the girl.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[417],"class_list":["post-45001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-angels-and-demons"],"yoast_head":"\n
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