Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Screwtape XVIII-XXI

1. "But in the humans the Enemy has gratuitously associated affection between the parties with sexual desire."  (pg. 95)
God Almighty put into men and women's minds the feeling of affection to enhance sexual feelings between eachother. This is because God wants the humans to reproduce and populate this world. Also, God views marriage as an eternal bond with eachother.

2. "...falling in love..." (pg. 103)
The phrase "falling in love" can be both good and bad for the human mind. It can be good because it brings the couple closer together through love, which is what God wants from a couple. This phrase can be bad because the sinful nature of the human mind can sometimes lead this deep love into something sinful, for example, lust and adultery.

3. "It is the business of these great masters to produce in every age a general misdirection of what may be called sexual 'taste'." (pg. 106)
It is Satan's duty to try and corrupt men, women, and kids in their sexual thoughts. After he corrupts our thinkings, we will slowly be following the sinful path to Hell.

4. "And all the time the joke is that the word 'Mine' in its fully possessive sense cannot be uttered by a human being about anything." (pg. 114)
This quote explains how we as people claim that everything is ours, yet it is actually God who owns everything. We as Christians should stay away from this "claiming possession" because we should know that in reality, everything belongs to God.


 

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