C. S. Lewis - De Futilitate

[@TestimonyAndScripture]

One of the most powerful and underrated CS Lewis essays.

[@peterplotts1238]

His remarks are so prescient. The idea that "Reality is totally alien to our minds," has spread and taken root throughout the Western World. Today the popularization of this idea permits people to discard altogether notions of logic and reason as the foundation of a coherent world view. You cannot debate or reason with someone who does not also accept that logic and evidence are the ground rules of any meaningful debate or discussion.

[@jasonbelstone3427]

Its laziness is what it is. The idea that "Reality is totally alien to our minds," could be an encouragement to examine it more closely. But, instead, as you state...

[@peterplotts1238]

@@jasonbelstone3427 Intellectual laziness, incuriosity, and, I am afraid, an agenda.

[@crackbabystemcell6887]

How do we know that we are perceiving reality. We our limited by our human senses and limited understanding of reality. If given more senses would we notice an entirely different form of reality? How do you know logic is logical. Especially if your not backed by a purpose to the reality your experiencing.

[@peterplotts1238]

@@crackbabystemcell6887 If you can't trust your own reason, why should I?

[@crackbabystemcell6887]

@@peterplotts1238 I didn't say you can't trust it. I said how do you know it's the proper reason. And how do you know logic is logical. If there is no sovereign power what is morally right and what is wrong. How do we know we are perceiving all of reality and we should base logic off of this limited understanding of being

[@lukeabbott3591]

I was happy to see more uploads this week. Thank you

[@peterplotts1238]

These essays are wonderful. Please continue to post them.

[@karenglenn2329]

I was born in 1944. I am listening to this for the third. Original sin has impacted man....l will continue to beg God's grace. Metaphysical study ie.Thomas Aquinas'es Summa? For this writer yes.

[@akashm5719]

A beautifully drawn out discussion. Beginning with a fundamental premise of Futility

[@Dom85tg]

Thanks for uploading more videos.

[@tombecks5150]

With astounding intelligence and scholarship Lewis dispatches several whole fields of philosophy in this article. There is a slight problem, however. To truly comprehend Lewis' high level of argumentation the reader must be pretty darn intelligent and scholarly himself. Lewis really blows me away with this piece. It is brilliant.

[@PiacentiniChannel]

Thank you for these videos!

[@Makeitliquidfast]

If only the world would listen to reason, some do, most never. Their can be no moral reasoning without God, the God of Abraham, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

[@CwBDaveis.716]

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[@Makeitliquidfast]

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[@ibperson7765]

“The fact the he arraigns heaven itself for disregarding them, means that at some level of his mind he knows they are enthroned in a higher Heaven still”, ie Thy Kingdom come

[@allanlindsay8369]

Someone such as Ariana Grande blasphemously wailing "God is a Woman" will get a billion "hits" wisdom and beauty of thought like this from such a beautiful mind helping to lead to salvation, gets say 10 thousand, that alone informs us what this world is all so sadly about.

[@peterplotts1238]

Is it true, or is it only my limitations, that lead me to the conclusion that deeply learned persons such as Lewis are no longer in the world today?

[@enigmaodell6806]

It is not completely true, there are some good thinkers. But time filters the normal and leaves the great, so all we see of the past are the notables.

[@peterplotts1238]

@@enigmaodell6806 That's good to hear.

[@fleurafricaine5740]

Pete, there are more profound thinkers out there now than ever. What there is less of is an appetite for the general populace to read their work (if it could be found published anywhere), and precious few venues that afford these thinkers the opportunity to orate to a receptive audience. Do not despair.

[@peterplotts1238]

@@fleurafricaine5740 Thank you. I was a little down when I wrote that. I appreciate your response. Cool screen name by the way. Be well.

[@glywnniswells9480]

They are they just dont get a platform

[@joshuasusanto4258]

Cool

[@johnanonyimous5007]

why is there a picture of Lewis smoking?

[@mavisemberson8737]

They used a photograph of him with his pipe. The smoke is like Aslan , though . Rather strange.

[@lindateuling7862]

Lewis was a smoker. Prohibition against smoking is conspicuous in the Bible by its absence. Of course, it's not good for our health; there wasn't as much information back then as there is now although research began to be known as early as 1950.

[@theenglishzzz]

I'm sorry C.S. but this particular essay leaves me cold and old.

[@akashm5719]

No need to apologise. That is entirely your subjective and meaningless opinion.

[@mavisemberson8737]

Never mind. The words will suddenly come to mind later when least expected. :-)

[@johnstewart7025]

At one point, he says that the Gulf Stream warms the Irish Sea, but it cannot make a map of itself illustrating this phenomenon. True. However, he then goes on to infer that a materialistic explanation of the universe cannot explain logic and rational thought. Why? If the materialistic universe creates universes, suns, planets and life on earth, why not our quite fallible reason? Of course, Lewis is arguing in favor of a mind with a capital M (God) as being the source of all the material, as well as our reason.