The Admiral

I am trying for the 8th or maybe the 10th time to read C.S.Lewises book, Mere Christianity. Some anonymous Christian sent me this book years ago, supposing, I suppose that if I would just read it I would immediately see the error of my ways and accept Jesus as my Saviour. This is a cheap paper back edition and the pages are getting yellow. That should give you some idea of how long I have had it.

Well, I got to page 33 and a thought struck me. I wont reproduce Lewises words, if you are interested you can look it up for yourself. If you are not interested, I am not surprised.

Here is my thought. I can imagine self aware beings evolving without religion, but I cannot imagine self aware beings ariseing without science.

Now, is that profound, or what?

The Admiral

Toto

I think this would be a better fit in General Relsgious Discussions

The Admiral

Toto

Why?

Was it a close call or no contest?

The Admiral

Scottyman

C.S.Lewis said many brilliant things but he was very much a religious fanatic. As a huge Sci-Fi fan I've read many books by Assimov and the like and I tried to read Lewis' "Space Trilogy". It started out pretty interesting and then in the middle of the second book he started to babble on about god and angels so much it made my stomach ache. I think that was about the time I realized my family would not accept my Atheism because they were a gift from my brother. As far as I can recal, I don't think he's ever been very highly regarded with the Sci-Fi community because his writings were based almost solely on theological observations and very little real science. The direct converse of main stream Sci-Fi authors.

atheist_in_foxhole

I think it's sad that so many brilliant men like Lewis spent so much time and energy writing books about their delusional "faith" when they could have devoted that time and energy to something that would have actually helped humanity.

But now it's too late, and Lewis and most of the other legendary writers of xian "apologetics" are rotting in the cold, dark graves that they thought they would never enter thanks to a mythical Jewish guy who was supposedly nailed to a cross. How pathetic.

fando

Do you mean sentient biengs must necessarily develop science? That's an interesting enough idea to dwell on. I don't know if we'll ever be in a position to find out if there's some truth to it.

Toto

Did Lewis have anything to say about church state separation? He was English, and I thought he was writing to convince people of Christianity, so I assumed the topic would be better here.

I have not read him, so perhaps I am missing something.

penface70

Toto, Lewis was an Ulsterman - from Belfast, I believe.

The Admiral

Toto

No problem. Good choice on your part. Smartass remark on mine.

The Admiral

The Admiral

Toto

Also, you aren't missing much.

The Admiral