Comment on Finally an explanation

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I think the quote is

  The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist

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  • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is the traditional quote.

    It’s also not what I said.

    The Church has long discovered that once you name someone or something as the Devil, you are justified in doing anything to them.

    In 2026, see also, Antifa.

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  • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is the quote that I’ve heard. I wonder of they were trying to make a point by tweaking, although I’m not clear about what that would be

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