tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post115018334038906722..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: A geography lesson with Karl BarthBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150242433639344852006-06-13T19:47:00.000-04:002006-06-13T19:47:00.000-04:00And here's a related quote:"I love angels but have...And here's a related quote:<BR/><BR/>"I love angels but have no taste for demons, not out of any desire for demythologising, but because they are not worth it." <BR/><BR/>—Karl Barth, <I>CD</I> III/3, p. xii.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150228258820362322006-06-13T15:50:00.000-04:002006-06-13T15:50:00.000-04:00And yet, as Lewis reminds us, "The greatest trick ...And yet, as Lewis reminds us, "The greatest trick the devil ever performed was to make us believe he didn't exist" (cf. The Screwtape Letters, and/or watch The Usual Suspects, which I finally saw last week).Chris TerryNelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160910808665941467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150212937733953462006-06-13T11:35:00.000-04:002006-06-13T11:35:00.000-04:00Sorry for the typo Byron!Sorry for the typo <I>Byron</I>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150212871707970972006-06-13T11:34:00.000-04:002006-06-13T11:34:00.000-04:00Hi Bryon,Yes, I remember being told as a young min...Hi Bryon,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I remember being told as a young minister, "Laugh at the devil and he will flee from you - but laugh at the Elders and it'll be you last!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150202349716949192006-06-13T08:39:00.000-04:002006-06-13T08:39:00.000-04:00Laugh at the devil and he will flee from you?Laugh at the devil and he will flee from you?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150185943084487512006-06-13T04:05:00.000-04:002006-06-13T04:05:00.000-04:00While Barth couldn't get enough of the subject of ...While Barth couldn't get enough of the subject of angels, he found the subject of demons distasteful. (Certainly Luther would agree that the demonic tastes like shit.) Because, Barth said, demons thrive on attention, best to cast them only "a momentary glance".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1150184953520201192006-06-13T03:49:00.000-04:002006-06-13T03:49:00.000-04:00Yeah, well..<A HREF="http://shrinkinguni.blogspot.com/2006/05/evil-sin-demons-and-devil.html" REL="nofollow">Yeah, well..</A>Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.com