From Britain's telegraph.co.uk comes a well written article titled It's a devil of a job being Satan. No one knows just how much devilry is required. Anyone whose religious beliefs derive from Old Testament mythology would do well to read the article.

Was there a touch of devilry in Pope Benedict XVI's announcement last week that hell is for real? Sensitive to the concerns of sinners, modern churchmen have taken to playing down the risks of eternal damnation, arguing that God, even if he once permitted such a thing, would now be signed up to current sentencing guidelines.

What subtle wit and sarcasm there. The best kind, acceptable by believers as modern and sensible and a little ironic, and by atheists as hilariously sardonic, reversing the sacred power dynamic between God and God's supposed creation, Man.

Thanks William Langley, I'll pray to you for a while until I work up the courage to pray to Joe Pesci.