Themes In The Screwtape Letters
Casey Smith
Mother
Lit
28 April 2017
The Screwtape Letters Paper In the book, The Screwtape Letters, the ideas of temptation and demonic activity in our lives is discussed and given a form to visualize. The Screwtape Letters was written by British author C.S. Lewis. The book was published in 1942. One of the main themes of the book is turning a Christian’s spirituality into mundane motivations to distract from their religion. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is about two demons: Wormwood a junior demon working on tempting a man and his uncle Screwtape. The book consists of letters written by Screwtape to Wormwood to teach him the tips and tricks of being a successful tempter. In the beginning, Wormwood’s, “Patient,” starts to learn about …show more content…
While it is entirely possible that demon tempt us in the fashion appearing in the Screwtape Letters, they are purely speculative. For the purposes of discussion, this form of temptation among demonic figures will be presented as fact. One example of a mundane distraction from religion a demon may produce is consumerism or the desire for personal gain. As Matthew 6:24 says, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” While consumerism may not appear to be most negative thing a Christian can do, it distracts what Christians should be focused on: God. A second way demon might distract us from God in a way to have us justify our distraction is fear of ridicule. Suppressing and in turn being ashamed of our religion may seem reasonable and harmless at first but it actually is highly destructive towards our faith. If we are ashamed of our faith we are essentially turning away from God while these demons are exploiting our insecurities and fears to look
Mother
Lit
28 April 2017
The Screwtape Letters Paper In the book, The Screwtape Letters, the ideas of temptation and demonic activity in our lives is discussed and given a form to visualize. The Screwtape Letters was written by British author C.S. Lewis. The book was published in 1942. One of the main themes of the book is turning a Christian’s spirituality into mundane motivations to distract from their religion. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is about two demons: Wormwood a junior demon working on tempting a man and his uncle Screwtape. The book consists of letters written by Screwtape to Wormwood to teach him the tips and tricks of being a successful tempter. In the beginning, Wormwood’s, “Patient,” starts to learn about …show more content…
While it is entirely possible that demon tempt us in the fashion appearing in the Screwtape Letters, they are purely speculative. For the purposes of discussion, this form of temptation among demonic figures will be presented as fact. One example of a mundane distraction from religion a demon may produce is consumerism or the desire for personal gain. As Matthew 6:24 says, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” While consumerism may not appear to be most negative thing a Christian can do, it distracts what Christians should be focused on: God. A second way demon might distract us from God in a way to have us justify our distraction is fear of ridicule. Suppressing and in turn being ashamed of our religion may seem reasonable and harmless at first but it actually is highly destructive towards our faith. If we are ashamed of our faith we are essentially turning away from God while these demons are exploiting our insecurities and fears to look