…[the apple from] The Tree of Protection…the Ring [of Power]…the forbidden fruit in Genesis 3…The lie does not lurk in the primary promise of life-strength-wisdom, but in the accompanying, deceptive promise that these things, once achieved, will make one into a god: eternal, omnipotent, omniscient. The lie rests in the false promise that the life it gives will be a life worth living, the strength a strength worth wielding, the wisdom a wisdom worth possessing. … Both Lewis and Tolkien knew that there are things worse than death, than pain, than defeat, even if our age has forgotten it. They knew that there are forms of life and health and victory that can be bought at too dear a price. ~Louis Markos, On The Shoulder of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis; Part Four – Evil; Chapter Sixteen – Egyptian Alliances; “Too Dear A Price” To win at all costs may mean to lose…to lose, may mean to win… “Those who seek to save their life will lose it, but those who lose their lives for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life.”~~Matthew 15:25-26a
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