What If Satan Kept A Blog? Blogging Is A New Form Of Communication, After All, And Evil Has Always Been Keen On Using New Means Of Propaganda To Accomplish Its Purposes. Of Course, Evil Is Elusive Difficult To Discern And More Difficult To Define. Still, Since Ancient Writers First Put The Satan Figure Into The Story Of Job, Or The Serpent Into The Story Of Creation, Evil Has Been The Subject Of Much Of Our Greatest Literature, From Fiction To Philosophy. This Vast Output Is Testimony To The Fact That The Mystery Of Evil Perplexes And Puzzles Us, Creates Daily Struggles For Us, And Continually Scars Our Existence. If We Can Imagine Intentionality Behind All The Evil In The World Not Hard To Do Then The Image Of Satan Blogging To His Minions And To All Interested Parties About The Contemporary Ways And Means Of Evil Is Not Much Of A Stretch At All. -- Preface. Pleased To Meet You, Hope You Guessed My Name -- The Heart Of The Matter -- Desire -- Desire And Suffering -- Desire, Revisited -- The Bigger They Are And All That -- Don't Just Use, Abuse -- Obsession With Possession -- Snowflakes Stacked On One Another All Look The Same -- Like Anyone Cares -- Consider Job -- Job Is Not Another Word For Work -- As Pure As The Driven Snow (if It Were In Beijing) -- New And Better Atheists, Please -- I'm Better Now, Thanks For Asking -- Control -- Too Busy To Blog Today, But Stay Tuned -- I'm Going To Disney World -- Play In Caesar's Ballpark, Play By Caesar's Rules -- Religion(s) -- Hammer, Meet Nail -- Resistance Really Is Futile -- Memories May Be Beautiful And Yet, What's Too Painful To Remember We Simply Choose To Forget -- Hitler Was Not That Special -- Between The Inquisition And The Gulag -- Revelation -- Getting Our Apocalypse On -- Don't Hate The Playa, Hate The Game -- Utopia May Be No Place To Them, But To Us It Feels Like Home. On Discipline -- Living As If God Does Not Exist -- Priceless -- The Problem Of Evil Really Isn't One -- Theodicy, Ctd. -- Modernity, We Love It -- Freedom Is Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose -- Oh, The Irony -- I Pledge Allegiance To -- The State Has No Monopoly On Violence -- If You Can't Stand The Heat -- Necessity May Be The Mother Of Invention, But They're Still Orphans -- It Is The Lack Of Money That Is The Root Of Evil -- The Good Life -- Talk To The (invisible) Hand -- Efficiencies -- Almost Like Church But Better -- Global Grifters -- Fear, Inc. -- Don't Fence Me In -- If You Speak It, It Becomes Real -- The Only Thing They Have To Fear Is Not Fear Itself -- Terrorists 'r' Us -- We Are All Terrorists Now -- Did God Really Say? -- Torn Between Two Loves -- (h)ella (dis)enchanted -- Question Of The Day -- It's The Indifference We Hate -- Spiritual But Not Religious -- The Amish Make Me Nervous -- What's Love Got To Do With It? -- Calling Down The Fire. You Have To Crush Chickpeas To Get Hummus -- Lord Of Bullshit -- Grace? -- Justice? -- Opposites Attract? Hardly -- Separate, But Certainly Not Equal -- Respect My Authoritah! -- Will It Go 'round In Circles? -- Spread All Over The World -- One-quarter Of An Inch Deep -- She Blinded Me With Science -- It's Not Really War, But We Want Them To Believe It Is -- Intelligent Design? -- The Devil Went Down To Dover -- The Homecoming -- All Things Bright And Beautiful -- They're All Just Trapped In An Ingmar Bergman Movie -- Benevolence? -- Rumors Of Glory -- Pacing The Cage -- Mad Men. Jeffrey C. Pugh.

Pugh, Jeffrey C., 1952-

1517 Media

United States, United States of America

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011

Minneapolis, c2011

[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20180629190503[/date]

xiv, 193 pages ; 22 cm
"What if Satan kept a blog? Blogging is a new form of communication, after all, and evil has always been keen on using new means of propaganda to accomplish its purposes. Of course, evil is elusive difficult to discern and more difficult to define. Still, since ancient writers first put the Satan figure into the story of Job, or the serpent into the story of creation, evil has been the subject of much of our greatest literature, from fiction to philosophy. This vast output is testimony to the fact that the mystery of evil perplexes and puzzles us, creates daily struggles for us, and continually scars our existence. If we can imagine intentionality behind all the evil in the world not hard to do then the image of Satan blogging to his minions and to all interested parties about the contemporary ways and means of evil is not much of a stretch at all."--Preface
Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name -- The heart of the matter -- Desire -- Desire and suffering -- Desire, revisited -- The bigger they are and all that -- Don't just use, abuse -- Obsession with possession -- Snowflakes stacked on one another all look the same -- Like anyone cares -- Consider Job -- Job is not another word for work -- As pure as the driven snow (if it were in Beijing) -- New and better atheists, please -- I'm better now, thanks for asking -- Control -- Too busy to blog today, but stay tuned -- I'm going to Disney World -- Play in Caesar's ballpark, play by Caesar's rules -- Religion(s) -- Hammer, meet nail -- Resistance really is futile -- Memories may be beautiful and yet, what's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget -- Hitler was not that special -- Between the Inquisition and the Gulag -- Revelation -- Getting our apocalypse on -- Don't hate the playa, hate the game -- Utopia may be no place to them, but to us it feels like home -- On discipline -- Living as if "God" does not exist -- priceless -- The "problem" of evil really isn't one -- Theodicy, ctd. -- Modernity, we love it -- Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose -- Oh, the irony -- I pledge allegiance to -- The state has no monopoly on violence -- If you can't stand the heat -- Necessity may be the mother of invention, but they're still orphans -- It is the lack of money that is the root of evil -- The good life -- Talk to the (invisible) hand -- Efficiencies -- Almost like church but better -- Global grifters -- Fear, Inc. -- Don't fence me in -- If you speak it, it becomes real -- The only thing they have to fear is not fear itself -- Terrorists 'R' us -- We are all terrorists now -- Did God really say? -- Torn between two loves -- (H)ella (dis)enchanted -- Question of the day -- It's the indifference we hate -- Spiritual but not religious -- The Amish make me nervous -- What's love got to do with it? -- Calling down the fire -- You have to crush chickpeas to get hummus -- Lord of bullshit -- Grace? -- Justice? -- Opposites attract? Hardly -- Separate, but certainly not equal -- Respect my authoritah! -- Will it go 'round in circles? -- Spread all over the world -- one-quarter of an inch deep -- She blinded me with science -- It's not really war, but we want them to believe it is -- Intelligent design? -- The devil went down to Dover -- The homecoming -- All things bright and beautiful -- They're all just trapped in an Ingmar Bergman movie -- Benevolence? -- Rumors of glory -- Pacing the cage -- Mad men

Jeffrey Pugh writes not about our personal relationship with sin but about the forces and ideas to which humans give their lives, with great material effect on the world. He explores how evil embeds itself structurally in human life and how that can bring us misery and frustration. But he writes in a playful way that makes such reflections accessible to a broad spectrum of readers.

2023-06-28