Get thee behind me...

I see the Church of England is set to simplify the service of Baptism by removing references to the devil.  Depending on which particular order of service is being used, parents and godparents are presently asked whether, on behalf of the child, they "renounce the devil and all his works" or some similar wording, and it is felt that this can put people off.  Reading this, I was reminded of the (probably apocryphal) story of a man on his deathbed (usually given as Voltaire) who was asked by his priest to renounce Satan, and is said to have replied something like "Oh, come now, this is no time to be making new enemies".