Hidden in the heart of this striving for Liberty there was also a deep hatred of personal freedom. That invaluable man Rousseau first revealed it. In his perfect democracy, you remember, only the state religion is permitted, slavery is restored, and the individual is told that he has really willed (though he didn’t know it) […]| Screwtape
MY DEAR WORMWOOD, I note what you say about guiding our patient’s reading and taking care that he sees a good deal of his materialist friend. But are you not being a trifle naïf? It sounds as if you supposed that argument was the way to keep him out of the Enemy’s clutches. That might […]| Screwtape
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C. S. LEWIS Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford TO J. R. R. TOLKIEN “The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.”—Luther “The devill . . the prowde spirite . . cannot […]| Screwtape
Dear reader, you by now, know who Barrack Obama is. My nephew is at work as we speak at molding and shaping this human in our own image. If you can say we have an image. Take for example is latest protestations. He doesn’t want to be called a liberal. Liberal, if you’ll remember, is […]| Screwtape
My dear reader I want to express my burning gratitude to the New York Times and their head publisher, Author (Pinch) Sulzberger. He’s making my and my legions of “tempters'” jobs much easier. As you know our most important tool in this fight against the enemy above is our cruel but delightful ability to disseminate […]| Screwtape
Welcome to Screwtapes Blog. This is my first post. I will be commenting on my view of the political landscape in America and elsewhere. I look forward to sharing my knowledge and insight into what …| Screwtape
[Ed. Note: Here’s a little “diabolical ventriloquism” from C. S. Lewis. He means to have some tongue-in-cheek fun with modern-day educrats. What he ends giving us is a devastating…| Screwtape