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This man is the most interesting protestant figure you find in Ethiopia’s history. https://whenithinktoomuch.substack.com/p/zeneb-the-ethiopian?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=42tqa9

Hello, dear members! I’ll be reading C.S. Lewis's book The Great Divorce, which is just 92 pages long. If anyone would like to join me in reading it over the course of a week, please send me a DM at @Saved_by_God . We will start today.

የአምላክ ልጆች ፋውንዴሽን የተጨነቁ መሄጃ የሌላቸውን ነፍሰጡር እናቶች በሰላም እንዲወልዱ ተስፋን እንዲሰንቁና ጤናቸውና ምቾታቸው ተጠብቆ በጥሩ ሁኔታ ልጃቸውን እንዲቀበሉ ቀንና ሌሊት የሚሰራ ጥገኛ እንዲሆኑ ሳይሆን ጠንክረውና ስራ በመስራት ራሳቸውን መደገፍ ችለው እንዲወጡ የሚያደርግ ሁለንተናዊ ስራ የሚሰራ ድርጅት ነው። ሁሌም ከዚህ ሁሉ ስራ ጀርባ ያላቸውን ፍቅርና ገንዘብ የዘረጉ ሰዎች አሉ። በዚህ ክረምት ድርጅቱንም ለማበርታት አራሶቹንና ህጻናቱንም ለመደገፍ አለን እንበላቸው! ወደነሱ አካውንት ገንዘብ ከ50 እና ከመቶ ጀምሮ ያንሳል ሳትሉ በመላክ ስክሪንሻቱን ወደኔ ላኩልኝ። 1000340776147 Yamlak Lijoch @beamsofluck ከዚህ የገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ ጋር በማበረታታት፣ ገንዘብ በመላክና ለሰው ሼር በማድረግ አብራችሁ ለሆናችሁ ሁሉ እናመሰግናለን

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"The Enemy allows this disappointment to occur on the threshold of every human endeavour. It occurs when the boy who has been enchanted in the nursery by Stories from the Odyssey buckles down to really learning Greek. It occurs when lovers have got married and begin the real task of learning to live together. In every department of life it marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. The Enemy takes this risk because He has a curious fantasy of making all these disgusting little human vermin into what He calls His “free” lovers and servants—“sons” is the word He uses, with His inveterate love of degrading the whole spiritual world by unnatural liaisons with the two-legged animals. Desiring their freedom, He therefore refuses to carry them, by their mere affections and habits, to any of the goals which He sets before them: He leaves them to “do it on their own”. And there lies our opportunity. But also, remember, there lies our danger. If once they get through this initial dryness successfully, they become much less dependent on emotion and therefore much harder to tempt." C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters @Lewisian #screwtape #discipline

“As scientific understanding has grown, our world has become dehumanized. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos because he is no longer involved in nature; he has lost his emotional "unconscious identity" with natural phenomena. These phenomena have slowly lost their symbolic implications. Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god, nor is lightning his avenging missile. No river contains a spirit, no tree is the life principle of a man, no snake the embodiment of wisdom, and no mountain cave the home of a great demon. No voices now speak to man from stones, plants, and animals, nor does he speak to them believing they can hear. His contact with nature is gone, and with it, the profound emotional energy that this symbolic connection supplied. Nowadays, when we talk of ghosts and other numinous figures, we are no longer conjuring them up. The power, as well as the glory, is drained out of such once-potent words. We have ceased to believe in magic formulas; few taboos or restrictions are left. Our world seems to be disinfected of all "superstitious" beings—witches, warlocks, and worricows—to say nothing of werewolves, vampires, and all the other bizarre beings that once populated the primeval forest.” Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols #modernity

“Anthropologists have often described what happens to a primitive society when its spiritual values are exposed to the impact of modern civilization. Its people lose the meaning of their lives, their social organization disintegrates, and they themselves morally decay. We are now in the same condition. We have never really understood what we have lost, for our spiritual leaders were unfortunately more interested in protecting their institutions than in understanding the mystery that symbols present. In my opinion, faith does not exclude thought (man's strongest weapon), but unfortunately, many believers seem so afraid of science—and psychology—that they turn a blind eye to the numinous psychic powers that forever control man's fate. We have stripped all things of their mystery; nothing is holy any longer. In earlier ages, as instinctive concepts welled up in the mind, the conscious mind could integrate them into a coherent psychic pattern. But "civilized" man is no longer able to do this. His "advanced" consciousness has deprived itself of the means by which the instinctive and the unconscious can be assimilated. These organs of integration were numinous symbols, held holy by common consent.” Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols #modernity

“Our times have demonstrated what it means for the gates of the underworld to be opened. Things whose enormity nobody could have imagined in the idyllic harmlessness of the first decade of our century have happened, turning our world upside down. Ever since, the world has remained in a state of schizophrenia. Not only has "civilized" Germany disgorged its terrible primitivity, but Russia is ruled by it, and Africa has been set on fire. It is no wonder that the Western world feels uneasy. Modern man does not understand how much his "rationalism"—which has destroyed his capacity to respond to numinous symbols and ideas—has put him at the mercy of the psychic "underworld." He has freed himself from "superstition" (or so he believes), but in the process, he has lost his spiritual values to a dangerously high degree. His moral and spiritual traditions have disintegrated, and he is now paying the price in worldwide disorientation and dissociation.” Carl G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

The rule for all of us is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you did. CSL: Mere Christianity, Book III, Charity #charity #mrchrstnt

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🎲 Quiz 'Lewis and his books' Enjoy these questions on the books of Lewis. Amateurish..! 🖊 6 questions · ⏱ 30 sec

I found quizzes in the bot that I made and forgot to share. They’re very easy compared to the recent one and consist of a small number of questions. And guess what, they have the 💡 icon. I forgot that was possible in the bot but there was a way. Enjoy!

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Hint: Lewis didn’t meet his wife on Tinder

🎲 Quiz 'እንተዋወቃለን ወይ?' Do I know C. S. Lewis? It’s anonymous, don’t worry. And it’s fun. Hopefully it’ll motivate someone to read more :) 🖊 22 questions · ⏱ 15 sec

Single poll quizzes are more fun because of the 💡 icon that lets you add information people can see after answering but the Quiz Bot has more benefits so I used it. I thought of making this for a long time but didn’t have time, enjoy it and you will vote for what kind of quizzes to make in the future. The quiz will teach you a lot. Cheat and try to be smart with guesses at your own cost… 😉