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The Book Club

The Book Club: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis with Seth Dillon

The Book Club

PragerU

Books, Arts

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What if you could listen in on a conversation between two devils? C.S. Lewis’s "The Screwtape Letters" takes you through letters between Screwtape, a high-ranking demon in the underworld, and his inexperienced nephew, Wormwood, and their plan to deceive man into sin and ultimately hell. Michael Knowles and Seth Dillion of The Babylon Bee discuss Lewis’s satirical masterpiece on this episode. In our fast-paced world, it’s tough to make reading a priority. At least it used to be. At Thinkr.org, they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy nonfiction, giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form. Read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes: start your free trial today at https://thinkr.org/ Subscribe so you never miss a new episode! 📚 👉 https://www.prageru.com/series/book-club/

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0:18.0

Welcome to the Book Love. This month we will be probing how best to destroy the human soul. We will be probing the advice of demons in CS Lewis's screw tape letters.

0:24.1

But first, you know, in our fast-paced world,

0:26.3

it is very difficult to make reading a priority.

0:29.2

At least it used to be.

0:30.6

At thinker.org, they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy non-fiction, giving

0:35.8

you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form.

0:40.0

You can read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes from old classics like Dale

0:44.9

Carnegie's had a win friends and influence people to recent bestsellers like Jordan Peterson's

0:49.2

12 Rules for Life.

0:50.6

If you want to challenge your preconceptions, if you want to expand your horizons, if you want, most importantly, to sound

0:58.0

intelligent at cocktail parties, you should go to thinker.org.

1:01.0

T-H-I-N-K-R-org. org no e no time for that

1:05.8

head on over there right now set your mind in motion

1:08.6

we will now set our minds and our souls in motion by discussing the screw tape letters with the CEO of the

1:16.6

Babylon B and according to the New York Times a far-right traff of misinformation, Seth Dylan.

1:24.8

Scary stuff.

1:25.8

Very scary, Seth, thank you for being here to misinform us.

1:28.8

Yeah, thank you for having me.

1:29.9

I guess this whole book is a book of misinformation.

1:34.0

Because this book is a series of letters

1:37.0

from one demon, Screw Tape, to his demon nephew,

1:41.1

Wormwood, about all the things that wormwood should do to human souls

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