Screwtape 4-6 Entry

I was still in the same position as I was last week when I was reading the letters. I had to go back and reread certain parts and the complete letters. After realizing what is going on in the letters I chose to write on letter number 4. Prayer was one of the main topics in this letter and I was curious about it. I thought why is this a main point of discussion, should attending church be the main issue and not prayer? It is felt by Screwtape that if the 'patient' prays more often and freely, then there will be no actual concept of prayer. This goal is needing to be accomplished because then the patient will not go to Heaven, which is the most important goal of Screwtape. Screwtape knows that if thoughtful prayer is accomplished then He, God will be able to win in the battle. Therefore, free prayer, meaning prayer just because it is thought you have to is the way to have the patient go. That way He will not be able to have an upper hand in the battle.

Screwtape 1-3 Entry

When reading the first three letters from The Screwtape Letters I at first had to take a step back and think about what was the actual objective Screwtape was trying to get his nephew to accomplish. I had known nothing about the book before I started to read, so I was at first confused as to what was being discussed. Once I established what was going on I had different thoughts about the letters. I really liked the third letter because I could relate personal experiences to what was being said. I loved the paragraph on page 13 about what happens when two humans have lived together for a long time. When i read this first sentence I immediately thought of my mother and I. Before reading any further I thought about all the things that drive me nuts which my mother does. I also thought of all the good things that I love about her also. When I was done reminiscing about the positive and negative about my mother I kept on reading and was surprised when the things I had just thought about was what was written in the letter. I feel like the best way to get someone to fall into the temptation of evil is to make someone upset with another person, especially one who they are living with. By trying to get the patient upset with his mother because of little actions she does, which she is probably not even aware of, is the best tactic to tempt the patient to crossing back over to the "evil" side.
I call the side of the demon the "evil" side only because that is the most common distinction between the two sides discussed in the letters. I believe that there is both a good and bad side to both of the different aspects discussed in the letters. I just wanted to clarify that part of my blog.