In mere christianity, book two, Lewis (2001) talks about subjects that coexist with the first book. However, book two gives more insight to think deeply about. He speaks of the ideals that a lot of christians become confused about, one of which is that not all other religions are wrong, because you believe you are right (Lewis, 2001). Each religion can contain at least an ounce of truth, but some are closer to being right than others. The ideal is described as an algebraic problem,” In math, there is only one answer, all others are wrong, some answers are nearer being right than others” (Lewis, pg. 35, 2001). However, Lewis states that he believes that although christians can believe that other religions can be right, Atheists are practically …show more content…
Then there are those, that instead of seek to understand the reality of what God has planned, they strive to find the simple solution to the complicated mess of christianity. However, the truth is that there is no simple religion. Religion alone is so complex and difficult that when we apply it to our lives, we have to live everyday to learn more and more about what we are living for. Real things are not simple, especially not religion. The beauty of it is that it is complex, for simple religion would be no religion at all. There would be no doubt to put faith into, and the simplified version would become such a drag that it would dissolve until it was hardly a religion at all. Lewis states that the world itself cannot be wrong if there is not an idea of evil to compare it to (Lewis, pg.43, 2001). This alone proves that religion cannot be simplified down. (Lewis, …show more content…
It is by human nature, our choice of whether or not to believe in religion, and how it is thought up. There is no creating pattern that is followed for a christian, just the ideals laid out for following Christ. The religion of christianity means that we acknowledge the world was once good, and has now gone bad, but we are still able to imagine a perfectly good world. Lewis just wants the reader to be assured that christianity is not built around us, and we cannot make it conform to our needs. It is what it is, and trying to simplify it or dumb it down is useless because the same points that didn’t make sense before continuously come back around, and you will never feel satisfied with you simplified version of how Jesus would want you to live (Lewis,