for those of you who have never read or heard of the book, it's basically letters sent from Screwtape - a demon, to his newphew Wormwood. Wormwood is what you'd call a novice demon if there ever was one. he isn't educated in the ways of fooling humans the way his uncle is. in these series of letters Screwtape gives Wormwood advice on how to take a humans eyes away from The Enemy (G-d), and eventually bring them to their Fathers (Satan) house.
while reading this book a question arose in my mind that immediately made me put the book down... "what are our demons doing to take our eyes away from G-d... what weaknesses do they see in us that will easily take us off our narrow path?"
i personally believe we all have our own demons inside of us. the album title to Brand New's latest album says it best, "The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me." i believe thats true in all of us. theres a constant battle inside of us each time we make a decision. do we do what we know is right (G-d) or do we do whats wrong (the Devil).
it might be a little early for me to recommend it, but i'm really liking this book. definitely check it out whenever you have a second (after "Blue Like Jazz" (Don Miller) of course).
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i don't know if anyone will do this or not, but if you feel so inclined, write something in the comments section you think the Devil tries to exploit in all of us. what does he do to you or people you know in hopes of taking your/ their eyes off his Enemy (G-d).
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He's the father of all lies. And us gullible humans will believe anything that makes us happy, without even thinking about pleasing God.
It's not that we have a weakness, it's that satan knows G-d has great things in store for us and for G-d, and he would love to do anything to mess it up.
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