Sorry been busy all day and didn't have time to correct earlier.... please read discussion through comments. I apologize for not fact checking my husband on this, but regardless it is very telling of today. This was not written by CS Lewis but in the style of, based on the book he wrote included below. ******edited
An 80 year old prophecy??? Maybe!
I was reminded of this famous book by C.S. Lewis, “The Screwtape Letters” written nearly 80 years ago. Amazing how this could have been written today:
′′One young devil asked the old man: "How did you manage to bring so many souls to hell?" The old devil answered: "I instilled fear in them!" Answers the youngster: "Great job! And what were they afraid of? Wars? Hunger?" Answers the man: "No, they were afraid of the disease!" For this youngster: "Does this mean they didn't get sick? Are they not dead? There was no rescue for them?" The old man answered: "but no . . . they got sick, died, and the rescue was there." The young devil, surprised, answered: "Then I don't understand???" The old man answered: "You know they believed the only thing they have to keep at any cost is their lives. They stopped hugging, greeting each other. They've moved away from each other. They gave up all social contacts and everything that was human! Later they ran out of money, lost their jobs, but that was their choice because they were afraid for their lives, that's why they quit their jobs without even having bread. They believed blindly everything they heard and read in the papers. They gave up their freedoms, they didn't leave their own homes literally anywhere. They stopped visiting family and friends. The world turned into such a concentration camp, without forcing them into captivity. They accepted everything!!! Just to live at least one more miserable day . . . And so living, they died every day!!! And that's how it was very easy for me to take their miserable souls to hell..... ′′
C.S. Lewis in 1942 - Old Devil's Letters To Youngster.
Are you saying that you’re familiar with this quote, and that it’s simply actually another author, misattributed?
Or are you indicating that this “prescient” excerpt seems to be a fabricated?
If it’s the second, it would appear to me that the only logical explanation for why someone would have gone to the effort of creating this is to malevolently attempt to discredit the honest efforts of people who believe that that the fear- and panic-induced lockdowns have been truly inspired by evil.
Any more information on this would be welcome, but if this is indeed a fabricated quote, PLEASE NOBODY ELSE SHARE IT, as it would have been cynically crafted for the sole reason of making us look like fools and liars.
If presented as a well written piece inspired by the screw tape letters, that would be cool. It feels very much from the book. Impersonating the greats is frowned upon.
Reminds me of a Paul Harvey monologue.