Where or who did this phrase come from, "The greatest trick the devil pulled was making the world believe he didn't exist"? Just curious, I have heard if a few times in my life and have never been able to find out where it came from.
2006-07-04 09:20:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"...la plus belles ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."
Charles Baudelaire, French poet.
I am uncertain which work, but I'll bet on "Flowers of Evil"
2006-07-04 09:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 3⤋
Maybe one of our Baptist friends can answer that one from scripture. However, most people don't realize that there is a part of the Christondom, called the eastern Orthodox, that is full of monks, priests, and bishops that have written extensively on this topic over the centuries.
I, too, have heard this quoted and don't know where it is pulled from, but many of the early Christian saints have talked about this time and time again.
There is an active spiritual warfare going on, and the devil is truly trying to get you, just as much as Christ is. The devil knows scripture too...and all the tricks. He uses our will against us. Christ never forces his will on us. We have to choose. That's why the devil making us believe he doesn't exist is a great trick.
2006-07-04 16:28:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jmurr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but Keith Green does a great tune regarding this called "No One Believes in Me Anymore" on the Keith Green 1977-1979 The Ministry Years Volume 1 CD. It has the silver cover and the other one is gold and covers 1980-1982. Both are double CD sets and comprise all his works. Good stuff, really.
2006-07-04 16:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by KnowhereMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was in a book Called the Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing copy right 1946 and the movie made of the book in 1976. subsequently in the movies "The Usual Suspects" 1996 and the End of Days" 1999
C.S. Lewis has also been credited with it but without source notation.
2006-07-04 16:51:37 · answer #4 · answered by mike g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darth Diabolus has it as their sig line on a Star Wars forum, and someone who hates Fred Durst posted it on their blog but I believe it comes from the 1995 movie "The Usual Suspects".
2006-07-04 16:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by gleamchaser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's from the book, "The Screwtape Letters", by C.S. Lewis, but I could be wrong on that. If not, the book certainly demonstrates the idea!
2006-07-04 16:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by sfcgijill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-04 16:30:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard that, but will follow this question to find out.
2006-07-04 16:24:54 · answer #8 · answered by sawmill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont realy know but ive herd that b4 to um when adom and eve were made thay sind and god made the devvil into a snake and i think thats what it might mean
2006-07-04 16:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by nathan h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like something Jack Chick would say, but I'm not positive on that.
2006-07-04 16:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but it has been around for quite some time but the sentence is rarely spoken.
2006-07-04 16:23:34 · answer #11 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋