Written by C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters take place in England during World War 2. The book is an epistolary novel, told in the form of thirty-one letters, written by Screwtape, a superior demon, and addressed to his nephew, a lower demon called Wormwood. In the book Screwtape responds to Wormwood’s letter as to how to get a human, called a patient throughout the novel, to shy away from Christianity and Jesus Christ, known as the Enemy”. At the beginning of the book C.S. Lewis does two things: he dedicates the book to his friend and author of the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, J. R. R. Tolkien, and quotes Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, and Thomas More, a Catholic saint.
I agree with Kinnaman’s unbiased assessment of Christianity and I find his research extremely helpful, because it provides us with a clear idea and an approximation of the precise degree of disdain and distrust others have towards the Christian faith. Furthermore, his research permits us to stand apart and examine ourselves as Christians. Kinnaman’s research results uncovered the most common points of skepticism and objections raised by outsiders towards the church and Christianity (Kinnaman, 2007). According to Kinnaman, the six issues or themes outsiders have against believers are the following: 1) Hypocritical 2)
Benchmark Assignment: Gospel Essentials This paper will show how the Christian Worldview has been shaped by the sufferings of God, Jesus and man. Man was initially seen to be completely good and through their actions have created the downfall for all of man. This downfall has led to the suffering of all man, which led to the suffering and resurrection of Jesus to erase those sins and gain redemption for all mankind. God
1: The two mistaken beliefs are to believe devils do not exist and the second belief is to feel excessive and unhealthy interest in them. You must believe in the devil or demons because even God believes in them. Although second of all you must understand that they are dangerous and not to be messed with or admired. 2: C. S. Lewis acts like he found the letters himself and didn't even write the letters himself. Also C. S. Lewis seemed to not completely understand the letters leaving it up to the readers to decipher the rest.
In the rival conceptions of God, Lewis divides humanity into two main groups; those who believe in God or gods and those who do not. Those who believe in God, Lewis divides into two subgroups. The first, Pantheists view God as “beyond good and evil” (Lewis, 1980) as if God and the universe are one. The second, Christians view God as the absolute good Creator, separate from His creation.
Christians are devout believers in one God, the Bible and Heaven and Hell. We believe in God’s omniscience and omnipotence (all-powerful). Therefore, being a Christian myself, I believe that anyone claiming to believe in God when in fact they don’t are no different than an atheist because they are only saying they are believers in hopes of gaining a reward. I find this philosophical theory interesting because I have never heard of betting on God’s existence by pretending to believe in him. Oftentimes people like myself are taught about God and Christianity at an early age in life.
“The Great Divorce” by C. S. Lewis is a fascinating and unique tale that tells of the afterlife, involving the relationship between Heaven and Hell. Because it is a book like no other, it causes readers to contemplate what the afterlife may be like. Therefore, because “The Great Divorce” is so distinctive and stimulating it has the ability to teach life lessons and to strike a nerve with people of all backgrounds. In the book’s preface Lewis mentions that he did not intend for this book to express what he believed about Heaven and Hell, but rather to cause the readers to think about what Heaven and Hell really could be like, as the boundaries given in the Bible are decently sized.
In the article “Known by God: C. S. Lewis and Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” Brian S. Rosner opens by acknowledging that God knows everything, but then he asserts that being known by God is different. He asserts that being known by God is to be in relation with God or to belong to God. He uses the writings of Lewis and Bonhoeffer to make his claims, and the Bible to substantiate them. He uses what Lewis wrote to explain that we God knows us better than we could know him and what Bonhoeffer wrote to explain that God knows us better than we know ourselves.
C. S. Lewis answers these questions and more as he uses structure and devices to explain this complex idea and allows his reader to incorporate this belief into their relationship with the Christian God. To aid the reader with completely grasping this controversial topic, Lewis utilizes multiple metaphors to demonstrate the advantages of both viewpoints. For example, when observing a savage, one records his participation in a fertility ritual. However, in the mind of the savage, this
Jesus never believed in another God while he had faith in his brethren. The disciples of Jesus can be compared to Beowulf’s comitatus; both Beowulf and Jesus are loyal to their groups while always having faith in God to have their
In the epic poem The Odyssey, Homer portrays Greek gods and goddesses as possessing human qualities and faults. Through their actions and emotions, Homer emphasizes the detrimental effects of lust, envy, wrath, and greed in ancient Grecian society. He also never fails to remind readers of the importance of respect for holy figures because of their powerful abilities to create chaos and wonder". Homer wants to prove that gods and humans share a variety of traits, and the only difference is that god don’t allow these flaws negatively to impact their society. To help further his argument, we can compare Greek gods and goddesses to that of Christianity.
C.S. Lewis narrates a sermon called, Learning in War-time, where he articulates why people should learn during times of war. Lewis’ reasons as to why we should be educating ourselves, despite negative circumstances includes: humankind always being in a state of crisis, if mankind postpones searching for knowledge until life is secure for everyone, the search will never begin, we need to learn in order to have knowledge and skill when combatting bad philosophy, and surrendering yourself to only one cause, like the war, removes you from God. First of all, Lewis elucidates that some Christians scorn others for not devoting all their time to religious activities, and that to answer bad philosophy there must be knowledge of what constitutes as good philosophy. Notably, Lewis makes two separate points, but they connect to one another; for it’s bad philosophy if Christians believe that the only way to glorify God is by participating in religious activities. An educated individual would discern that even a person fully dedicated to
He believes that the whole time he was on his journey, he was safe because God was
Christians believe in the trinity. God as in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, which is to love God and to love one’s
SOME OTHER REFLECTIONS The doctrine of Trinity is the foundation of Christianity. One cannot comprehend God’s creation, salvation, the call to community, prayer, and many other expressions of the Christian faith without it. There are several considerations that Trinitarian Theology alone can make sense of. First, the nature of God is impossible to explain apart from Trinitarian Theology.
