“The Devil” by Chapman Cohen – part of a series titled “Pamphlets for the People” published in the 1930’s. I took Cohen’s essay from “An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism” published by Prometheus Books in 1980.
Duration : 0:10:41
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January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
covering the whole …
covering the whole spectrum of the christian religion wonderful. Well made presentation/study.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
This video is so …
With no SINGULAR ‘devil’ figure at all. At this point, organized religion seems to center around the Pavlovian exercise of eliciting a response in order to avoid punishment, disregarding the other side of this experiment completely: positive counteraction.
This video is so excellent, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, while watching it. At least the Greeks gave their various Gods various attributes which were very human, with these gods and goddesses fighting it out amongst each other
January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Calm yourself down …
Calm yourself down before you give yourself a heart attack, meka4996.
The 3 dimensional world is only an illusion.
Love is all there is, and this physical universe is merely a work-out room for our Soul.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Dependent?? If you …
Dependent?? If you want to experience pain and suffering, go ahead… Does Eternal Life depend on Eternal Death? Does Good depend on Evil? Does Success depend on Failure? Does prosperity depend on destitute? Does health depend on sickness?? Does believing Good depend on believing Evil? Why allowing Free Will or Freedom of Choice?
January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
I think you are …
I think you are right about the Devil and Jesus being dependent upon one another. Many times I have contemplated why God allowed evil to exist at all. But decades later, I finally “got it” in my head: Both are necessary
We must have the darkness to see the light. Must have a burden to lift – so you can build strength.
Both the darkness and the light are from the same root: it is up to us, which we choose.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:38 am
All that Catholic …
All that Catholic demons and fire and hard core torture really freaked me out as a young child. It’s all just coal in the stocking for grown ups.