Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:06 pm
Here Lewis defines gluttony as a preoccupation with food as a source of domestic querulousness.
What is the difference between unchastity and intemperence? My dictionary suggests that chastity only refers to sexual relations.
Screwtape mentions the notorious lustfulness of soldiers and sailors. Is this to contradict that excessive exercise can mitigate gluttony because soldiers and sailors get plenty of exercise?
What games is Screwtape talking about?
Letter 18
Screwtape says that sexual temptation is cosiderable tedium to devils. This suggests that they have no personal interest or experience with it. This suggests spirits don't have or need sex as a means of reproduction. Which leads me to the extrapolation: Screwtape can't really be Wormwoods uncle. In letter 19 we learn he can't really be affectionate either but we learn what he means by it in Letter 31.
Does unmitigated monogamy refer to Christ's extended definition of adultery in Matthew Ch. 5? My dictionary again differs, adding the qualifiers "willfull and malicious" which I'm sure many people would not require to label an act adultery. There is no such thing as innocent and accidental adultery. As Christ defined you don't have to do anything to comit adultery.
Panacea--
Lewis is saying God's real motive for inventing sex is to force people to cooperate for the continuation of the species and to make families where they will experience all manner of real pains and pleasures. Correct?
Is Lewis advocating arranged mairrage? Or marrying somebody you may not even like for sake of mairrage itself so long as it's somebody compatible?
What did St.Paul have to say on the subject?