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I see Rome and the highly Established Church agree on something. But Compline? Would not any prayer to "Lighten our darkness" be considered ecologically unsound these days?
Further to temptation. I see various manuals of superstition, including that authorised by HLM, rail against tempting the deity and giving-in to temptation but only learned commentaries (and the Bard) confirm that the non-diabolical tempter plies a sinful trade. Kipling must have led me astray however I still think the greater evil is to tempt. Temptation might discover an otherwise innocent villain and must, anyway, increase opportunity of a practiced villain.
Think of all the papyrus, vellum, paper and learned endeavour wasted on improving on "Do as you would be done by" or, in unabridged form, Omar's Rubaiyat (in the fairytale authored by the late Fitzgerald).
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David V
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light
Himself. It struck him dead and serve him right
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan
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