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Pantheism And Dualism

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After explaining the beliefs of Dualism and Pantheism, Lewis raised a question: "If a good God made the world why has it gone wrong?" According to him, there are two views that face all the facts. One is the Christian view that this is a good world that has gone wrong, but still retains the memory of what it ought to have been. Firstly, for Christianity, evil is a parasite, not an original independent thing. The powers which enable to carry on are powers given it by goodness. All the things which enable a bad man to be effectively bad are in themselves good things (e.g.: resolution or cleverness). Secondly, after reading the New Testament, Lewis explains that Christianity has a Dark Power (an evil spirit who is held to be the Power behind
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