A funny passage from The Screwtape Letters in letter 16:
Screwtape is chastising Wormwood for not reporting to him about the man's involvement in a church. He says:
"Why have I no report on the causes of his fidelity to the parish church? Do you realise that unless it is due to indifference it is a very bad thing? Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that 'suits' him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches."
I thought that this was kind of humorous because it is so true. There are many people who do not have home churches and bounce around to many different churches because they are not satisfied with any particular one. I think that every church has its flaws and none of them are perfect. New Christians probably get disappointed because they cannot find the perfect church. Maybe that is why the man is not satisfied with the church he is going to. Eventually, most people find a church that is close to what they are looking for and settle down at one. This could also be not very healthy either. We may fall into complacency at our churches and maybe by attending different ones once in awhile we can challenge our faith and grow in our walks with Christ.
Screwtape is chastising Wormwood for not reporting to him about the man's involvement in a church. He says:
"Why have I no report on the causes of his fidelity to the parish church? Do you realise that unless it is due to indifference it is a very bad thing? Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that 'suits' him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches."
I thought that this was kind of humorous because it is so true. There are many people who do not have home churches and bounce around to many different churches because they are not satisfied with any particular one. I think that every church has its flaws and none of them are perfect. New Christians probably get disappointed because they cannot find the perfect church. Maybe that is why the man is not satisfied with the church he is going to. Eventually, most people find a church that is close to what they are looking for and settle down at one. This could also be not very healthy either. We may fall into complacency at our churches and maybe by attending different ones once in awhile we can challenge our faith and grow in our walks with Christ.
posted by Gena at 2:07 PM
1 Comments:
I think that it also happens that a group of people in the church can also disagree with what is going on. So they branch off and create their own, the "perfect" church (at least compared to the one they left)
Although, it is intersting that Lewis compares it to food because the first thing that I thought about was the refreshments that are usually served after the service at my home church. So in a sense, it was just extra funny to me.
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