Monday, July 13, 2009

"Could it be - Satan!"

I recently rented the movie "Ghost Town" which came out in 2008. I thought the following was an interesting exchange by the two primary characters:

FRANK: “Hey, when the devil shows up, you think he’s gonna have little red horns and carry a pitchfork? No, he’s gonna work for Amnesty international, and he’s gonna give all of his money to the homeless.”

DR. PINCUS: “Well, if he did all that, wouldn’t he lose the title ‘the devil’?”

Hmmm. . .I think he would still be the devil. Of course, Dr. Pincus's answer is revealing. It reflects the world's minimalist view of goodness - a standard far below holiness. If he is a "good person," he CAN be the devil.

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