national repentance concerning christians praying for coporate forgiveness of national sins michael covington claims the following of c s lewis c s lewis made the same point in an essay after world war ii when some christian leaders in britain were urging national repentance for the horrors sins of world war ii michael a covington associate research scientist artificial intelligence programs mcovingt ai uga edu the university of georgia phone athens georgia u s a amateur radio n tmi i was surprised when i heard this same kind of remark from a fellow grad student i know especially since he had seminary training i have read the same essay and do not find lewis making any such claim rather lewis is condemning the use of such coporate prayer efforts as platforms to make political jabs at opponents feigned as confessions of guilt ie lord please forgive us for allowing insert political issue idea platform to exist in our country it is wrong and we ask your forgiveness i would be interested in knowing what part of the essay you feel condemns national repentance please quote jonathan waugh graduate research associate pulmonary medicine div the ohio state university samp rm perry st columbus oh jwaugh magnus acs ohio state edu
