tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post776599571146160682..comments2024-03-28T11:58:31.928+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Understanding the Global Conspiracy: Screwtape proposes a toast by CS Lewis (1959)Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78746456135152531392018-08-02T21:29:53.007+01:002018-08-02T21:29:53.007+01:00@CCL " if you are not proud of sinning then y...@CCL " if you are not proud of sinning then you have no real bar to repentance nor obstacle to desire to enter the presence of God." - Good point. This also suggest how pride is the basis of moral inversion. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58550291553785106662018-08-02T20:42:51.191+01:002018-08-02T20:42:51.191+01:00The key point of the "Toast" is when Scr...The key point of the "Toast" is when Screwtape describes the transformation of Envy from a sin of which nearly everyone was ashamed to one of which nearly everyone is <i>proud</i> (in the full and diabolical sense of that term). Oddly, Lewis pulls back from actually using the term "pride" to describe a sense of Envy which has been fused with a demand for respect and even applause for itself.<br /><br />But it is of course the grand theme of the entire "Toast", as it must be of any really insightful discussion of sin. Pride is the central sin, all others are merely outward shows springing from it. No other sin even can be considered of much import to a Christian without pride, because if you are <i>not</i> proud of sinning then you have no real bar to repentance nor obstacle to desire to enter the presence of God.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com