If you’re just discovering C.S. Lewis, I highly recommend “The Screwtape Letters.” Amazon describes it as “a classic masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to ‘Our Father Below.’ ” Lewis is excellent at pointing out the ways we deceive ourselves into thinking we are “not that bad” when we do something wrong, or how we persuade ourselves that what we selfishly want to do is really a morally superior choice.

I’m a Latter-day Saint, socially and politically conservative, and have been all my life (even throughout my years at Bryn Mawr College). I make a point of reading books and articles by people with different world views from my own, because even if I reject some aspect of their argument, I learn so much about their thinking, and evidences they provide that I hadn’t heard of before. I believe (as my religion teaches) that every good thing comes from God, and that all truth is of God, also. So I accept truth and goodness wherever I find it, regardless of the person’s ideology or world view.

I learned about your OP via neo-neocon, a political changer herself, and the most reasonable, temperate, informed, and thoughtful blogger I’ve ever encountered. She favors fair play and principled consistency, and has never engaged in tribalism (as far as I’ve seen in the past 9 years). I hope you check her out!

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