Comments on: The Diabolists Among Us

By: But Love Does Such Things! « Paying Attention To The Sky

But Love Does Such Things! « Paying Attention To The Sky — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:16:26 +0000

[...] yet we must never forget those who walk amongst us, the diabolists, who are hostile to these thoughts. I never forget Michael Novak’s cautioning words: “Gathering [...]

By: Against The World But For The World « Paying Attention To The Sky

Against The World But For The World « Paying Attention To The Sky — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:13:36 +0000

[...] Aside (DJ: Elsewhere I have borrowed a conception of G. K Chesterton and called this mindset The Diabolists Among Us. In fact the inaugural post of Paying Attention To The Sky was written in support of Judea Pearl [...]

By: Annie S

Annie S — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:12:41 +0000

Excellent article. I appreciated your scholarly and presuppositional approach. Also, great Chesterton extract!

By: Book Recommendation: Reading Selections From Memory And Identity – Pope John Paul II « Paying Attention To The Sky

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:51:15 +0000

[...] of False Gods Of Expedient Mercy, the outrage, the scandal the sin of euthanasia – or what the diabolists among us call “assisted suicide” or do you prefer, ahem, “end of life choices?” So many horrors, so [...]

By: The Grand Inquisitor: Reading Dostoevksy « Paying Attention To The Sky

The Grand Inquisitor: Reading Dostoevksy « Paying Attention To The Sky — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:43:48 +0000

[...] their freedom at the earliest occasion. The superior will oblige and rule them. [This is so true of our present diabolists as well: the preening of intellect is a singular identifying [...]

By: Dostoevsky’s Question « Paying Attention To The Sky

Dostoevsky’s Question « Paying Attention To The Sky — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:29:48 +0000

[...] Many times arguing from the point of view of faith is seen to eliminate one from the discussion – the diabolists in our midst see an argument from faith as being “absolutist” and not worthy of reply. Oddly enough the [...]

By: Book Recommendation: Matthew (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible) by Stanley Hauerwas « Paying Attention To The Sky

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:55:46 +0000

[...] not dismal. Rather, it’s the only true way of genuine human joy.” Cautionary words to the Diabolists among us who view Jesus as an “important moral [...]

By: The False Gods Of Expedient Mercy « Paying Attention To The Sky

The False Gods Of Expedient Mercy « Paying Attention To The Sky — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:26:47 +0000

[...] realize, I would say to the Diabolist friends among us, that you are cutting off the one way you have of enduring suffering when earthly [...]

By: Nine Things I Have Realized About My Nature and the World « Paying Attention To The Sky

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:44:14 +0000

[...] is what my life was like before faith. Diabolists live lives of dumb animals. I say that with no sense of condescension or enjoyment. It is a simple [...]