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.
My hubby sent it to me, he found it. There are claims "fact checking" this to be false, while other sites, Christian sites for example, quote this. I have not read the book so I cannot verify for sure. Regardless, someone wrote it, and it is very much representative of today.
That’s because someone wrote it today. (or, more specifically, mid-2020)
People are foolishly sharing this based solely on the false basis that it is given weight by being 80 years ahead of its time, and authored by the great C.S. Lewis. Neither of these appear to be true. Instead, it is just a LARPing description of a contemporaneous situation, and one which could only have been inserted into the social media world under false pretenses for the most cynical of reasons - to attempt to discredit people of good faith who truly want to convey the truth about the lies of “COVID.”
The creation of this was intentional poisoning of the well of truth, which you naively perpetuated, even with your best of intentions. But now that you know, you cannot continue to perpetuate this in good honesty. It is simply a lie, and as the most convincing lies always are, it’s cleverly camouflaged with the truth.
Thank you, lesson learned, can't even trust my husband. Kek
Ya I feel like a jackass, but whatever. I think the discussion was a learning opportunity for many.
Absolutely!
Not the feeling bad part, of course?, but the learning part, I mean.
Hope you had a great day since then!
Cheers!