C. S. Lewis - Religion Without Dogma?

[@starrjohnson5525]

He leaves me breathless, and then returns my breath sweet and clear with the absolute truth of the wisdom he pulls from Heaven.

[@timothyrday1390]

Lewis was a brilliant luminary who lived during the dark depths of twentieth-century materialism.

[@Yonuc2]

the depths of twenty-first century materialism are much darker

[@stephen1137]

@@Yonuc2 The darkness of the two centuries is the darkness of the ages, would you say? I think the ascendancy of the Gospel up until the onslaught of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment ("Enlightenment") made way for the dual attack of the assertions of Darwin and Marx. These made the 20th and 21st century, I think.

[@fvlillig]

@@Yonuc2 ÷lo

[@JC-oc7um]

After reading some of the comments, I am compelled to rely on the scripture “mans wisdom is foolishness “

[@ibperson7765]

As great as Lewis is, he can be make one believe that The Truth, be it manifested as scientific or any other facts, is not ultimately a Person, but rather is attainable by human cognition.

[@ibperson7765]

Amen JC. Isa 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. None of that is to say we shouldn’t raise our thoughts, or that we should be irrational very often, but only that we must not think we can know Him fully via intellect. Paradoxes abound in the Light of the world.

[@joemccoy2287]

Almost makes me feel sorry for Prof. Price. But not, of course, quite ... to borrow a phrase.

[@angelashort1331]

What a beautiful meeting it must have been for Nathaniel , who met the Master , and found in Him every question , answered , Perfect simplicity , ❤

[@bettytigers]

Rich in feeding my understanding, thanks for sharing!

[@DarachDuffy]

THIS IS SO GOOD. I know everything he says here to be true at least as close as you can be. Yet I wonder what I say on my channel are fallacies. Of course I don’t want them to be. But I’m not CLIVE LEWIS. IM DARA DUFFY. DIFFERENT WORSE BETTER SAME.

[@DarachDuffy]

Also this kept me up to 4 am and I was very happy even so

[@theeeway7]

Wow, the origins of the paper 1944 and yet it is as true today as then

[@klausehrhardt4481]

Masterpiece.

[@chericroucmendez8232]

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

[@michaelart4878]

YEA & A-MEN' 😘

[@suzanneholdbrook9972]

The Gospel !

[@tmc6904]

Many thanks 😊

[@ILmachiner]

For I do not know what I do not know!

[@ypolevaya]

Thank you!

[@Berke-Khan]

brilliant, keep up

[@sparkyy0007]

The secular enlightenment was the entry point into the true dark ages.

[@ibperson7765]

Amen

[@tefotlale7652]

So brilliant, worth poring over many times.

[@ibperson7765]

One Evidence that the scientific method is consistent with Christianity over naturalism: Both men in the debate for deserving credit for developing the scientific method were both very devout Christians. (Galileo and Bacon). It would be a bit odd then if the scientific method was inconsistent with belief in miracles. Or for that matter the fields of science, basically all of which were founded and developed by devout Christians.

[@vegasrichsave]

Sounds great, interesting, and deep!

[@waynecook3909]

The mans just pure class gb sir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 can't wait to meet n great with him in the next!

[@michaelart4878]

Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish 😢

[@ZeeYaHbonanza777]

All AngELs of various Divine Ranks don’t realize The Significance of Their Services and the Appreciation For Such …though, they-are Content with (The) Divine Plan(s). 🍀🕊🙏🐚🌊🌌❇️🙏🕊❄️🕯…Eternity Echoes Praises Of The Church Of The Christ singing Let Us Commune with Holy-Bread and Divine-Wine..

[@Alistando3712]

Someone please explain to me what he means. I’ve slowed it down and I still can’t keep up. Please!

[@travelsouthafrica5048]

CS Lewis Doodle , look it up on youtube , easier to understand

[@IronCavalier]

I call your “religious dogma” and raise it by ten. LOL anything to refuse that God is not the true one to worship.

[@ElvisTranscriber2]

13:28

[@metaspacecrownedbytime4579]

Lets say God is real. Now what are you going to do?

[@joseacosta1354]

Explore The Creator's work, for one thing. Perhaps one can come closer to explaining an individual's free will.

[@SimpleAmadeus]

@@joseacosta1354 Interesting that your immediate focus are the world and yourself, and not the God that turns out to be real.

[@metaspacecrownedbytime4579]

@@wantedsavage7776 So it seems like you are saying that even if dispite He does exist you have the option to choose that He dose not. Also the offer is eternal life.

[@Odo-so8pj]

Say thank you.

[@LostArchivist]

If you mean immediately that depends on the nature of the encounter. If you mean long-term, as I am ask Him the meaning of life and what must be done to improve life and fix issues and ask Him what He wishes of me. I say this in the ideal, the truth is a battle against myself for service of God and my fellow man. A slow death to the little king so the Eternal King may reign. Erasing my pitiful written story to see the story of the Author of Life. And amen, thank Him. Thanks be to God. Amen.

[@uiPublic]

Here and now consciousness if as a naught closed unless open to all out Eternity's realized word, light and life animated self and satisfy meanings through prayerfully causative effects lest otherwise search futile foregone pasts will be returned else like some worship life around one's own thighs if not predict futures navel gazing?!

[@uiPublic]

Naturalism glibly assumes Cosmos or Evolution only observed nihilism or extinctions also creates itself by simply using 'dead' physical laws...

[@uiPublic]

Truly Godly believer also out of box idealist not Idolizer of life forces as both awed by enormity of Cosmos as humbled by insignificant beings.

[@CaseyJohn-ki8eo]

Bunch of gobbley gook

[@uiPublic]

If St Peter found Pauline hard grasps so seemed Muh'mad about Judeo Xt no wonder Scientism has none clues Who's to contact repair Rx conked out.

[@aosidh]

"those other fairy tales are made up but mine is totally different, trust me" god could have chosen any genre to write his stories in - why did he choose a genre that is usually recognized to be fictional?

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

Tell me how God chose for you to think his work fictional? is it He who made your mind up or your own? You seem to contradict yourself.

[@aosidh]

@@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Well, according to the bible, god can choose to make people believe or to harden their hearts. Meanwhile, I know I don't have that power myself. It seems like it would be god's fault in this circumstance. I was referring to other religions. Why does god allow these lies to propagate, knowing that they muddy the waters? If I "correctly" identify that Islam and Judaism are false, why wouldn't I connect the dots and also conclude that Christianity is false too?

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

@@aosidh the Bible says those who truly seek Him will find him, so clearly regardless of the problems you or I have if you truly want to know the truth and not just justify what you want to believe than you will find it.

[@aosidh]

@@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 Do you see why that doesn't really mean anything? People who agree with you will agree with you. "No true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." In my experience, I didn't find god. This is consistent with my experiences with other religions. Isn't it rational to throw christianity on the pile with the rest of them? Why would I act in opposition to my reason and experience?

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

@@aosidh What on earth do you mean 'find God'? Do you seriously think you will actually physically FIND the supernatural thing that created the universe? do you think such a thing is within our human comprehension?

[@anthonybardsley4985]

Created not evolved. The bible is quite clear. Created according to kinds.. Man is not immortal, no such thing as a ghost within us.

[@evanjobe9485]

Lets say their is an artist with a peice of clay. This peice of clay is torn apart, put back together and molded. One would suggest that it has evolved. Does that mean that the artist did not create the final product... of course not I dont think that created and evolved are mutually exculsive.

[@anthonybardsley4985]

@@evanjobe9485 God's ideas I think are spot on.

[@ibperson7765]

Created and evolved definitely are mutually exclusive. By the way, there is a multitude of brilliant experts in the field who question or outright disbelieve evolution. They are sued, censored, bullied, fired, etc. so that you don’t even know they exist.