Lewis 's Own Bygones As An Atheist

     Perhaps this idea could be better applied when applying it to the observations that are common to most every man. Making the assumption that Lewis is referring to the “void” as the absence of all qualities defining man, it is simple to compare this idea to the world around us. To borrow a metaphor from the author himself, the reader should imagine a tree. Most would agree upon the most basic components of this object; a trunk, roots, limbs, and leaves. What would happen to the tree if the branches, thereby including the leaves, decided to exist and function separate from the trunk? As most know, this would lead to the destruction of the isolated branches. In essence, to separate this fundamental pair is to cause the destruction of one of its parts. This is the argument that Lewis is making about

To back his claims Lewis then presents eight proofs to show the reader what he is discussing more clearly. The eight proofs are stilted comparisons, justification of individual corruption for being part of a sinful system, belief that time dims sin, acclimation to low social norms, thinking that which is moral to man is moral to God, focusing on a specific trait and ignoring all others, failure to obeying God’s rules and then protesting about them being overly moral, and finally excusing moral failures on biology and evolution rather than attempting a change. These all fit into the two causes that Lewis

In C.S. Lewis' book Mere Christianity, The Obstinate Toy Soldier is a chapter with good points. Lewis takes his reader step by step through this chapter. In paragraph one he talks about how humans are consumed with the here and now, so people do not really think about what would have happened if humans never fell. Paragraph two is about how natural life and spiritual life are not just separate, but opposing sides. Lewis says this because people are born one way and God wants them another way. If these two sides, natural and spiritual life, combined then the way people normally do things would be destroyed in the process. It is like the analogy about the people who were brought up dirty and are afraid to take a bath. Lewis states in

In C.S Lewis “Abolition of Man” Lewis begins by saying that many man are devoted to their conquest over nature. The power of humans to do exactly what they want seems to be growing over the times. However, while the advance of technology has benefited mankind, Lewis says that is not man controlling nature. In reality, is man controlling other man, using technology. Lewis stresses that this is not a good or bad thing, it is just what is happening in our world.

Lewis' argument in the third book is most important to the point I want to discuss. He argues through this chapter the Christian behavior. Morality is what he considers to be the basics of good Christian behavior. Lewis states that morality is not simply, "something that prevents you from having a good time", but rather morals are the "directions for running the human machine". Every moral rule is there to prevent wear and tear on the way machine operates. He realizes that is why the rules seem to be constantly getting in the way of are natural behavior. Lewis sees that some people think in terms of moral ideals not rules and obedience. Ideals suggest preference to personal taste. Something that subjective would be meaningless in practice. Idealistic notions are meaningless unless we try to carry them out. Acting on ideals requires rules. Lewis uses the analogy of the ship to show how ideals without rules can go wrong. If the ships keep on having crashes they will not be able to sail. If their steering gears do not work they will not be able to avoid crashes.

Book 3 of Mere Christianity contains 12 separate chapters, which has far too great a scope to address properly here, so a glimpse will have to suffice. In the first, Lewis examines three components of morality; the relations between men, the interior moral mechanics of a man, and the relationship between a man and the God who made him. Lewis makes the case that, since we are destined to live forever in one state or another, it is desperately important that we pay attention to the sort of Being we are becoming. Lewis points out that most of humanity can agree that keeping relations between men running smoothly are important, but varying world views and religions-or lack of religion, have produced some disagreements on the necessity of keeping one’s own ship in order, as it were, and it completely breaks down when the relationship between a man and his Maker are addressed, as there is virtually no agreement there.

The question of whether or not God exists has been asked by billions of people since the concept of religion emerged. Many people try to explain things such as hurricanes and tornadoes as “Acts of God” or even the existence of human beings and the world itself to be “created” by an almighty power. Others claim that the harm they inflict was demanded of them by their God. CS Lewis argues that through the comprehension of standards of good and bad, God’s existence is proven. However, Lewis’s defense for the existence of God is adequate because it fails to acknowledge the possibility for people to be good on their own, without the instruction of a supernatural entity.

Does God Exist?C. S. Lewis once remarked that God is not the sort of thing one can be moderately interested in. After all, if God does not exist, there is no reason to be interested in God at all. On the other hand, if God does exist, then this is of paramount interest, and our ultimate concern ought to be how to be properly related to this being upon whom we depend moment by moment for our very existence. The official motto of the United States and the currency in America is inscribed stating “In God We Trust. If this is true then there must be some existence of GOD in order for our great Constitution to be established. Critics have always questioned the existence of God or a supreme being and several advocates of separation of church

Hitchens starts his book off by telling the story about when he himself started to question what he has learned from his bible teacher. With out any prior knowledge to human existence Hitchens question the very religion he was being taught at school. “I had not even a conception of the argument from design, or a Darwinian evolution as its rival, or of the relationship between photosynthesis and chlorophyll.”(Hitchens 3).

In conclusion, these infamous writers had a lot in common. They both fought in a World War, even though they were at different times. Both of them were masters in their fields of study. Most of all, they had their faith. Both of these men went through tough times to be embraced by God and His glory. Lewis was a Christian until he lost his mother when he was 10 years old, he also lost his best friend during World War One. It wasn’t until he graduated from Oxford that he began to believe again. Rookmaaker was not a Christian before the Second World War, he would not become a believer until he went to the Nazi prison camps. Their belief helped bring them to greatness as they used God to influence their work and help spread His grace. Just as in

Later Lewis embraces what he referred to as "northernness," or the Norse mythology that represented for him the embodiment of otherness and an escape from the mundane realities of boarding school. Before his eventual return to orthodox Christianity, however, Lewis would experiment with adolescent atheism, various Eastern beliefs, and the "Absolute" of Aristotelian ethics on his way to the trinitarian God proclaimed by Christianity.

One thing that Lewis experienced in his life that contributed to his writing was being in World War I. World War I was a tragic and hard experience for Lewis to experience. He was in officer’s training corps while he was in school as an 18-year-old. He was suddenly called into action for this war and he didn’t expect it. Like anyone would expect, it's hard for a soldier to fight in a war and watch people die. Although, these difficult events were hard on him, they brought him a lot of things to write about and a lot of pieces to publish. Its stated in an article that,”A speech by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and its almost satanic persuasiveness inspired Lewis to write The Screwtape Letters (1942)”(C. S.,2013) When Lewis was serving, he

Also, towards the end of the letter, the author implies that perhaps religion is a consequence of wrong traditional beliefs (Dawkins 247). He says that millions of people practice religion and believe in God only because they were told to do so when they were young and there is no evidence to support these beliefs. This bias adversely affects the credibility and effectiveness of the article. If the bias is so obviously visible, the reader will not be convinced by the arguments but instead will lose interest in the article and hesitate to believe anything the writer says. Thus, the writer should have been more professional and neutral in his writing and should have dealt with the opposition’s point of view more fairly. He should have given the opposition’s point of view some standing instead of rejecting it completely and given proper reasons for rejecting it instead of just discarding it due to bias. This would have made the article more effective in terms of getting the writer’s message across. Therefore, bias is a major flaw in this letter.

He questioned if God is all powerful, all knowing, all good why would God make evil? His response is the God does not make evil, as evil is not sense, it does not exit at all. Evil in his opinion is a removal of good from an object. An example he uses

Unlike many authors, Miller remains unbiased whilst exhibiting the different angles of this theme throughout the novel. First off, through the storyline one can insinuate Miller supports both religion and science, but fears the debacles they may generate. At the end of the novel, ignorance and immorality destroys Earth once again, where the few fly into the unknown to pursue a new society filled with innocence. The ending displays that even in the midst of an utter catastrophe, faith triumphs over all and gives a sense of hope. Miller isn’t persuading religion in a way of blindly following a belief, but is rather conveying how religion can be an imperative instrument for the human spirit if it isn’t abused.