Church brings “...people of different classes and psychology together in the kind of unity the Enemy desires.” Why is this such a problem for Screwtape?
When people are united solely in faith, it creates a congregation that is focused inward towards its relationship with God. Ultimately, a church should be a place where every person who claims the one true God as their own is welcomed to praise and increase their knowledge of Him. When we are united in faith, we are able to support and aid each other. Ecclesiastes 4:12 states that, "A cord of three strands is not quickly broken".
Why would God want “complete abstinence or unmitigated monogamy” for us?
God's rule of "complete abstinence or unmitigated monogamy" is certainly not a groundless principle. When two individuals enter into a God-focused marriage, they are bound as partners for the rest of their lives. They will be responsible for keeping their significant other accountable to God. Also, this principle guards us from the sins of sexual impurity and preserves our body as a temple of God.
“...insatiable demand for the exact, and almost impossible, palatal pleasures which she imagines she remembers from the past.” Gone are the days “...when her sense were more easily pleased and she had pleasures of other kinds which made her less dependent on those of the table.” What does this mean?
She seeks the pleasures and joys of the past, a time where she was believes she was happier, by demanding certain culinary delights. She recalls these dishes from her past as particularly pleasing even though they were very likely no different then the ones she consumes at present. In reality, she is not truly searching for a certain dish but instead chasing after an ideal that manifests itself in her gluttony.
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