Friday in the 3rd Week of Lent: Letter 19
Letter 19 is just full of some very interesting lines of thought. Throughout The Screwtape Letters, Lewis asks and answers the question of Absolutes. Are there universal rights and wrongs? Are there certain truths, values, or principles which are unchanging, universal, and objective, regardless of time, culture, or personal perspective? Now the heavenly perspective says “YES” there are those virtues that are absolutely or always GOOD and those vices that are absolutely or always evil. I think that we can say in all certainty that love for God is always good. Can you morally justify apartheid? On the other hand, Screwtape, Wormwood and all the other demons would prefer that we stay away from Absolutes – even something Absolutely Evil if there could be such a thing. Demons are much better at corrupting GOOD. Screwtape reminds Wormwood in many of the letters that he should always keep his Patient conflicted – and what better way t...