It was described as a funny, fictional book that focuses on a devil, Screwtape, writing to a junior devil on how to tempt human beings and screw them up spiritually. It was used to illustrate the ordinariness of Christians, and how their ordinariness can be used to turn people away from Christianity.
The Screwtape Letters was a book written by C.S. Lewis, the funny book, it's a fictional book, and it's a book of a devil, Screwtape, who's writing a junior devil on how to tempt human beings and scre...
— Episode: Pierced For Our Transgressions
Episode: Pierced For Our Transgressions
It was described as a funny, fictional book that focuses on a devil, Screwtape, writing to a junior devil on how to tempt human beings and screw them up spiritually. It was used to illustrate the ordinariness of Christians, and how their ordinariness can be used to turn people away from Christianity.
The Screwtape Letters was a book written by C.S. Lewis, the funny book, it's a fictional book, and it's a book of a devil, Screwtape, who's writing a junior devil on how to tempt human beings and screw them up spiritually.
And the guy he's writing, Screwtape is writing a junior devil, and it turns out that his client has converted. And Screwtape says, well, that sounds really bad, but there's hope because he's starting to go to church and he's going to meet other Christians.
And the ordinariness of those other Christians will be something that you can use, and this is what he says. He says, work hard then on the disappointment and anti-climax, which is certainly coming to your client during his first week's going to church.
For when he gets into his pew, I know some of you'll explain what pews are later, but when he gets to his pew and looks around him, provided that any of those people sing out of tune or smell bad or have double chins or odd clothes, your client will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore somehow be ridiculous.