Friday, October 31, 2008

Lucifer

When reading about the pleasures of appreciation and the need-pleasures, I thought about different applications to for them other than alcoholics. Lewis talks about how an appreciation-pleasure can become a need-pleasure with the consequences being a terrible thing. I was wondering if something like that happened to the devil. He started out as the most beautiful of angels. He may have enjoyed the reputation or attention just like a person may enjoy a little wine every now and then. The problem was that maybe he started needing the attention and more of it just like an alcoholic starts needing an alcohol. Perhaps his need became so large that he challenged God and was thrown out of heaven.

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