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loyaultemelie 's review for:
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
I hate to say it, but the Christian apologia was really good guys. I know, big news coming from a Catholic, but I always assumed that Christian apologia was overbearing and irritating. I suppose it being rather entertaining is how they get you.
This book made me think about a lot of stuff. It made me think about worrying excessively about the future and how that blinds people to the enjoyment of now. It made me think about how asking for strength in a hypothetical blinds you to the need for strength now (big thing for anxiety nonenjoyers everywhere like myself). It also made me think about how being a good person is so horrifically difficult. But in the end I think the goal is to love people and enjoy the here and now, which isn't so bad.
I'm not saying that Lewis was a particularly charitable person. He thought that sex before marriage sent you to hell which, tbh, I don't agree with. But not all his points were bad. This is kind of horrifying to discover though. I may have to read the rest of his works, and I don't frankly want to become a mouthpiece for Christian Apologia. Too much of that already in the world. I guess we'll have to just be careful.
Also I understand the Oh Hellos' Dear Wormwood now more than ever. Great album.
This book made me think about a lot of stuff. It made me think about worrying excessively about the future and how that blinds people to the enjoyment of now. It made me think about how asking for strength in a hypothetical blinds you to the need for strength now (big thing for anxiety nonenjoyers everywhere like myself). It also made me think about how being a good person is so horrifically difficult. But in the end I think the goal is to love people and enjoy the here and now, which isn't so bad.
I'm not saying that Lewis was a particularly charitable person. He thought that sex before marriage sent you to hell which, tbh, I don't agree with. But not all his points were bad. This is kind of horrifying to discover though. I may have to read the rest of his works, and I don't frankly want to become a mouthpiece for Christian Apologia. Too much of that already in the world. I guess we'll have to just be careful.
Also I understand the Oh Hellos' Dear Wormwood now more than ever. Great album.