C.S. Lewis Teaches Us How to Avoid God

Taken from C.S. Lewis "The Seeing Eye" in Christian Reflections

"The avoiding, in many times and places, has proved so difficult that a very large part of the human race failed to achieve it.  But in our own time and place it is extremely easy.  Avoid silence, avoid solitude, avoid any train of thought that leads off the beaten track.  Concentrate on money, sex, status, health and (above all) on your own grievances.  Keep the radio on.  Live in the crowd.  Use plenty of sedation.  If you must read books, select them very carefully.  But you'd be safer to stick to the papers.  You'll find the advertisements helpful; especially those with a sexy or a snobbish appeal."

Commentary:  Perhaps we could add a few other suggestions for how to avoid God in the present days of the 21st Century.  Below are 10 additional ways to try and keep God at bay.  Add your own.  (In addition, many of the things below are also helpful in killing relationships).

1.  Lose yourself on facebook and keep on the internet as much as possible
2.  Keep the TV on as much as you possibly can
3.  In fact, the more technology you can keep active in your life the better:  Even texting as much as possible will do the trick.  To help kill relationships text others at the same time you are sitting and talking with others.
4.  Work as many hours as possible and burn the candle at both ends as much as possible.  Do you seriously believe that God can give to you even in your sleep?
5.  Sacrifice as much as possible to ensure your kids get good experience in their sports activities.  Foregoing Christian fellowship for the sake of sports is no problem.  Everyone else is doing it.
6.  Obsess over any kind of hobby such as fantasy sports or other things.
7.  Keep as much entertainment going in your life as is humanly possible
8.  Think on the will of God as little as possible, read the Bible and pray as little as possible.  If you do these things God may creep in and turn your world in a direction where He becomes primary.
9.  Keep your social standing before others as high as possible.  Compromising with the world helps here.
10.  Take no risks, take no chances.  Never put yourself in a position of vulnerability where you might fail or be broken.  In short, the less you attempt to do for God or others the better.