How does CS Lewis describe hell?

Lewis describes hell as a place absent from the presence of God. They have chosen their own wills over the will of God, and he has given everyone a free will to choose to follow Him or go their own way. Hell is just the extension of their choice to reject him.

What CS Lewis said about heaven?

He is ‘God and not man. To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in being on earth; to enter hell is to be banished from humanity.

How do you explain hell?

In its archaic sense, the term hell refers to the underworld, a deep pit or distant land of shadows where the dead are gathered. From the underworld come dreams, ghosts, and demons, and in its most terrible precincts sinners pay—some say eternally—the penalty for their crimes.

What are you asking God CS Lewis?

In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God to do? To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary.

Is Hell self inflicted?

“Hell is not a punishment imposed externally by God, but the condition resulting from attitudes and actions which people adopt in this life,” the Roman Catholic pontiff said. “It is the ultimate consequence of sin itself.”

Why was The Screwtape Letters banned?

‘The Screwtape Letters’ by C.S. Getting into the mind of the Devil and trying to humanize him was just one of the reasons this book was banned. If anything, referring to God as “The Enemy” and attacking his ways was enough to categorize this book as offensive and therefore banned in the Middle East.

How does God describe hell?

The Bible describes it as ),weeping (Matt 8:12), wailing (Matt 13:42), gnashing of teeth (Matt 13:50), darkness (Matt 25:30), flames (Luke 16:24), burning (Isa 33:14), torments (Luke 16:23 everlasting punishment!

When the author walks onto the stage?

“When the author walks onto the stage, the play is over”

When the author comes on the stage the play is over?

But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over.