Ah, sadly so true!!!

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 4:43 PM
Subject: The Devil


> IF I WERE THE DEVIL
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>
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>                                By
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>                            Paul Harvey
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>      If I were the prince of darkness, I'd want to infold the
> whole world in darkness and I'd have a third of its real estate
> and 4/5th of its population but I wouldn't be happy until I have
> seized the ripest apple on the tree - thee.  So I'd set about
> however necessary to take over the United States.  I'd subvert the
> churches first; I'd begin with a campaign of whispers.  With the
> wisdom of a serpent I would whisper to you as I whispered to EVe:
> do as you please.  To the young I would whisper that the Bible is
> a myth.  I would convince them that man created God instead of the
> other way around.  I would confide that what's bad is good and
> what's good is square.  And the old I would teach to pray after
> me, "Our father, which art in Washington."
>
>      And then I'd get organized.  I'd educate authors in how to
> make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear
> dull and uninteresting.  I'd threaten TV with dirtier movies and
> visa versa.  I'd peddle narcotics to whom I could.  I'd sell
> alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction.  I'd tranquilize
> the rest with pills.  If I were the devil, I'd soon have families
> at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves and
> nations at war with themselves.  Until each in its turn was
> consumed.  And with promises of higher ratings, I'd have
> mesmerizing media fanning the flames.
>
>      If I were the devil, I'd encourage schools to refine young
> intellects but neglect to discipline emotions; just let those run
> wild.  Until before you knew it, you'd have to have drug sniffing
> dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door.  Within a
> decade, I'd have prisons overflowing; I'd have judges promoting
> pornography.  Soon I could evict God from the courthouse, then
> from the schoolhouse and then from the houses of congress.  And in
> his own churches I would substitute psychology for religion and
> deify science.  I'd lure priests and pastors into misusing boys
> and girls and church money.  If I were the devil, I'd make the
> symbol of Easter an egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.  If
> I were the devil, I'd take from those who have and give to those
> who want it until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious.
> And what'll you bet, I couldn't get whole states to promote
> gambling as the way to get rich.
>
>      I'd caution against extremes in hard work; in patriotism; in
> moral conduct.  I would convince the young that marriage is old
> fashion, that swinging is more fun, that what you see on TV is the
> way to be.  And thus, I could undress you in public and I could
> lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure.
>
>      In other words, if I were the devil, I'd just keep right on
> doing what he's doing.
>
>
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