Excerpt from The Devil: If the Devil Should Die Would God Make Another?; A Lecture When I read these answers I thought of this line from Heine: Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ. Now, the questions are, first whether the Devil does really exist; second, whether the sacred Script ures teach the existence of the Devil and of unclean Spirits, and third, whether this belief in devils is a necessary part of what is known as orthodox Christianity. Now, where did the idea that a Devil exists come from? How was it produced? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.