“The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his works and empty promises. This prayer service will be along those lines. I'm not saying that anyone involved in the redefinition of marriage is possessed by the devil, which, if that were the case, would require the remedy of a "Major Exorcism," but all of us are certainly subject to the devil's evil influences and in need of protection and deliverance from evil.” IfsNeedsFactsEvilLinesPrayerCasesInfluenceSubjectsInvolvedPromiseMajorsDevilEmptyProtectionSatanPossessedRemedyMinorsCeremonyBaptismDeliveranceRenounceConfirmationExorcismEmpty Promises Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“It used to be said, not so long ago, that every suicide gave Satan special pleasure. I don't think that's true-unless it isn't true either that the Devil is a gentleman. If the Devil has no class at all, then okay, I agree: He gets a bang out of suicide. Because suicide is a mess. As a subject for study, suicide is perhaps uniquely incoherent. And the act itself is without shape and without form. The human project implodes, contorts inward-shameful, infantile, writhing, gesturing. It's a mess in there.” IfsThinkingHumansLongSaidFormUsedPleasureClassStudySpecialSubjectsShapesProjectsDevilOkayAgreeSuicideUsed To BeMessGentlemanSatanLong AgoInwardBangsShamefulInfantile Author:Martin Amis
“When a person's religious beliefs cause him to deny the evidence of science, or for whom public policy morphs into a battle with the devil, shouldn't that be a subject for discussion and debate?” PersonsBeliefCausesReligiousSubjectsPolicyBattleDevilEvidenceDenyDebateDiscussionReligious BeliefPublic Policy Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.” WritingActionReadingFoundMy OwnFictionGraceSubjectsDevilTerritory Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“Well, actually I look at the book and the movie [Deliver Us From Evil] - the movie isn't about a cop or the Devil, it's about God. There's a spirituality. We have aspects of life we're involved in but we really have no idea about the spiritual battle that rages around us that we are the subject of. The whole matter is the Devil tries to take souls away from God, and God tries to keep them. And that's what this is all about.” TryingWellsLooksBookIdeasSoulMatterWholeSpiritualSpiritualityEvilSubjectsInvolvedBattleDevilAspectRageNo IdeaCopAspects Of Life Author:Ralph Sarchie
“We didn't talk about devil on the set. My mother and I didn't talk about it. Billy Friedkin and I didn't talk about it. It was a closet subject. But it was the best thing that happened because I had no idea what I was going.” IdeasMotherHappenedSubjectsDevilNo IdeaBest ThingsClosets Author:Linda Blair