title: Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons
author:  Sydney H. T. Page 
description: Sydney H. T. Page is professor of New Testament and academic dean at Edmonton Baptist Seminary.
zlib_text: 1
  
  NIMBY
  
  The Demons of the system did not gather frequently unless there were
  intriguing contests to be made or issues to be settled. This occasion was a
  bit of both.
  
  "You must have cheated!" the Demoness VCEW)"5 declared. Of course the Demons
  did not actually communicate in words or have any emphasis, but for the sake
  of intelligibility their interactions could be represented as such in degraded
  prose. "You have been winning every contest recently."
  
  "I simply learned how to play to win," the Demon X(A/N)11' responded mildly.
  "My victories have been fair."
  
  "I wonder," the Demon E(A/R)111 remarked. "There is something suspicious about
  the way that foolish mortal boy gave up his game victory at the last moment,
  so that you won our wager."
  
  "And the way that crazy lesser demoness decided the obviously innocent bird
  was guilty, so that you won our wager," V(E\N)"8 agreed.
  
  "I merely have compatible lesser creatures in my domain, because I allow them
  to pursue their own mischief without