Screwtape is the guest of honor during a graduation ceremony. He explains by saying how Hell has a lot of expectations and demands from all the graduates. He says their career is all before them and tells them that they shouldn't keep their hopes up high nor anything is promised. I did get a bid confused on the rest of his speech.
He them seems to be talking to the different groups of people in that class about how evern the great Saints are all sinners too. They are all the same materials as each of them. He also says that when Grace is offered upon them, they should refuse it. It would enable them to be honest, chaste, or temperate. He says, " To accept might make them Different, might offend again the Way of Life, take them out of togetherness, impair their Integration with the group. The might (horror of horrors!) become individuals." I wondered why he would say that, but again, he is the devil and he would say that just so his people won't become of any religion.
At the end of the book they all seem to be happy and satisfied that religion should soon be vanished from the Earth someday. They would be more than happy to take people's sins, where they will keep and continue to tempt human beings successfully!
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I enjoyed reading your blog on Screwtape proposes a toast. I also though that the speech was a little confusing at times. I like how you talked about the comparisson between his speech and actions to him being the Devil and obviously wanting the worst for the sinners.
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