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Satan's masterpiece of counterfeiting is the do...

Satan's masterpiece of counterfeiting is the doctrine that there are only two choices, and he will show us what they are.� It is true that there are only two ways, but by pointing us the way he wants us to take and then showing us a fork in that road, he convinces us that we are making the vital choice, when actually we are choosing between branches in his road.� Which one we take makes little difference to him, for both lead to destruction. This is the polarization we find in our world today. Thus we have the choice between Shiz and Coriantumr -- which all Jaredites were obliged to make. We have the choice between the wicked Lamanites (and they were that) and the equally wicked (Mormon says "more wicked") Nephites. Or between the fleshpots of Egypt and the stews of Babylon, or between the land pirates and the sea pirates of World War I, of between white supremacy and black supremacy, or between Vietnam and Cambodia, or between Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers, or between China and Russia, or between Catholic and Protestant, or between fundamentalist and atheist, or between right and left -- all of which are true rivals, who hate each other.� A very clever move by Satan! -- a subtlety that escapes most us most of the time.

Author: Hugh Nibley, Source: Approaching Zion, p. 112-3
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I feel a strong desire to tell you�and I expect...

I feel a strong desire to tell you�and I expect you feel a strong desire to tell me�which of these two errors is the worse. That is the devil getting at us. He always sends errors into the world in pairs�pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.

Author: C.S. Lewis, Source: Mere Christianity, Book 4, Chapter 6
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The moment we revolt at anything which comes fr...

The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power. �all men have power to resist the devil.
Author: Joseph Smith, Source: Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 181, 189
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A man must have the discerning of spirits befor...

A man must have the discerning of spirits before he can drag into daylight this hellish influence and unfold it to the world in all its soul destroying diabolical horrid colors. For nothing is a greater injury to the children of men than to be under the influence of a false spirit when they think they have the spirit of God.
Author: Joseph Smith, Jr., Source: Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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There are two powers on the earth and in the mi...

There are two powers on the earth and in the midst of the inhabitants of the earth—the power of God and the power of the devil.. In our history we have had some very peculiar experiences. When God has had a people on the earth, it matters not in what age, Lucifer, the son of the morning, and the millions of fallen spirits that were cast out of heaven, have warred against God, against Christ, against the work of God, and against the people of God. And they are not backward in doing it in our day and generation. Whenever the Lord set His hand to perform any work, those powers labored to overthrow it.
Author: Wilford Woodruff, Source: History of the Church, 6:222
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Unless God has raised you up for this very thin...

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God and in the power of His might.
Author: John Wesley, Source: http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/wilber.stm
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The devil has no power over us only as we permi...

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.
Author: Joseph Smith, Source: Words of Joseph Smith, p. 60
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A silly idea is current that good people do not...

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
Author: C. S. Lewis, Source: Mere Christianity, p. 124
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Giving endowments to a great many proves their ...

Giving endowments to a great many proves their overthrow, through revealing things to them which they cannot keep. They are not worthy to receive them. Brother Heber takes the lead in giving endowments, and you may ask, "Why do you give such folks their endowments?" To qualify them to be devils, if they wish to be. The plan of salvation is calculated to make devils as well as Saints; for by and by we shall need some to serve as devils; and it takes almost as much knowledge to make a complete devil as it does to fit a man to go into the Celestial Kingdom of God, and become an heir to His kingdom. We want to complete the education of a number of such fellows;
Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses, 4:372
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When the devil reminds you of your past, remind...

When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
Author: Anonymous, Source: Unknown
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And now as the last neutralizer that the devil ...

And now as the last neutralizer that the devil uses most effectively - is simply this; Don't do anything in the fight for freedom until the church sets up its own specific program to save the Constitution. This brings us right back to the scripture I opened with today - to those slothful servants who will not do anything until they are compelled in all things. Maybe the Lord will never set up a specific Church program for the purpose of saving the Constitution. Perhaps if he did it would split the church asunder, and perhaps He does not want this to happen yet, for not all the wheat and tares are fully ripe.
Author: Ezra Taft Benson, Source: Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.660
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