ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author applies Professor Russell's formulation to God, substituting "good" for "evil" at requisite places. In struggling against God and people, the Devil seeks to make life inhuman, that is, antipolitical. In radical monism Devil and Comedy are, in effect, ousted. In absolutist diabolism, or what might be called the Devil's private religion, God and Comedy are, in effect, ousted. In and through a full acknowledgment of the phenomenon of the Devil, the way is opened to a beginning trialectic of God/Devil/Comedy. Without God, radical evil is left to prosper. But without the Devil as Shadow of God, the unqualified burdening of humankind as culprit for radical evil continues its unspeakable course, perpetuating the terror and the anxiety. Should God return here/there, the despair that afflicts Devil and Comedy just might be inoculated with Joy. Comedy steps to center stage as one viable partner in the most vital task of juxtaposing God and Devil.
