Posted on 06/29/2020 5:16:06 AM PDT by impimp
From the book: “The Devil's Letters to His Nephew”by C. S. Lewis(1942)
“And how did you manage to bring so many souls to hell at that time? -Because of fear. -Ah, yes. Excellent strategy; old and always current. But what were they afraid of? Fear of being tortured? Fear of war? Fear of hunger? -No. -Fear of getting sick. -But then, no one else got sick at that time? -No. -Yes, they were sick. -I'm sorry. -Nobody else was dying? -Yes, they died. -But there was no cure for the disease? -There was. -Then I don't understand. - Since no one else believed and taught about eternal life and eternal death, they thought they had only that life, and they clung to it with all their strength, even if it cost them their affection (they did not hug or greet each other, they had no human contact for days and days); their money (they lost their jobs, spent all their savings, and still thought themselves lucky to be prevented from earning their bread); their intelligence (one day the press said one thing and the next day it contradicted itself, and still they believed it all); their freedom (they did not leave their house, did not walk, did not visit their relatives. ...it was a big concentration camp for voluntary prisoners! They accepted everything, everything, as long as they could overcome their miserable lives one more day. They no longer had the slightest idea that He, and only He, is the one who gives life and ends it. It was like that, as easy as it had ever been.”
From the book "Letters of the Devil to His Nephew" by C.S. Lewis, the Christian author of “The Chronicles of Narnia”...The book published in 1942."
Wimpy’s timing was perfect. Restaurant and Bar owners were counting on the July 4th holiday to help them get back on their feet. He literally cut their throat and I’m not sure how many,if any, will survive.
+40,540 NEW CASES...
This is extremely weak Fear Porn...work harder you prat...
Not only restaurant and bar employees, ALL of the tubing companies around the state. Because tubing is FAR more dangerous that attending rallies for St Floyd where folks are packed like sardines, spitting on each other (and on the police) and flouting ALL of the “orders” that the rest of use are supposed to be following.
Tell your cousin. Many thanks.
Sorry, but this is a fake. I’m a big C.S. Lewis fan. Lewis never wrote a book entitled “The Devil’s Letter to His Nephew.” He did write “The Screwtape Letters,” which is about the devil writing to his nephew, but the quote that is cited in the Facebook page does not appear in that book, or anything close to the quote in any of his writings. A quick google search will verify this, such as:
http://www.essentialcslewis.com/2020/06/20/ccslq-55-another-fake-screwtape-quote-souls-to-hell/
Sorry, it seemed a little too “prophetic.” I guess it shows how easily one can be duped on the internet.
Good catch!
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