Into the Wardrobe

Thanks for the explanation, Karen.
Why do you suppose the girl was expelled? Maybe they thought she was just reading some book about demons, not realizing that it had a Christian message? Pretty crazy.

It strikes me that if the book was so controversial as to cause someone to be expelled, then it must have some truth in it; in fact a great deal of truth.
Jesus was crucified for telling the truth, for challenging the traditions, and for declaring a new law.
The very fact that there is opposition suggests that there is right and godliness in it; Satan is fighting back.
hhhmmm...something to think about.

I remember when I purchased a copy of The Screwtape Letters during my teen years. There was a police officer in the store, talking with the clerk. When I put the book down, he leant over and read the title, then turned to me. "Do your parents know you're reading stuff like that?" he said in a very concerned voice.

Last fall I lead a book study at church on The Screwtape Letters. One woman (not uneducated) asked me why we were reading such a "horrid" book and remarked that it's author "could not possbily be a Christian." Despite its long use as a literary device, some people just can't bend their minds to a different "point of view."

A friend of mine once taught a class at an ulti-fundamentalist grade school in Kentucky. He did this while taking classes at Western Kentucky University. The pastor/principal there said Lewis was not a Christian. Once someone showed him a copy of The Screwtape Letters and he said, "Yes, that's the book where he calls God 'the Enemy'." The stupidity of some people simply leaves you speechless.