What did Adam and Eve do when they lived in the Garden of Eden? They probably picked fruits off trees and bushes, pulled vegetables from the ground, and walked and talked with God. That doesn't sound anything like work to me. What do we do all the time? We work, eat, and sleep. Paradise is all about balance. Doing what needs to be done (generally with a spoonful of sugar), and leisure. We don't have nearly enough leisure time. That's why we need to play soccer. It is good for the body, it is good for the mind, and it is good for the spirit.
Ole Ole!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Abolition of Man
"It is not that they are bad men. They are not men at all. Stepping outside the Tao, they have stepped into the void. Nor are their subjects necessarily unhappy men. They are not men at all: they are artefacts. Man's final conquest has proved to be the abolition of Man." -C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
This entire book is just a little bit over my head. i think it's because he goes back and forth between explaining what so-and-so thinks the world should be like, what's wrong with what so-and-so thinks, what he thinks, and what the world is actually like. That's a lot to keep track. I'm pretty sure i agree with what he's saying. As men move towards a more atheistic society, they become less and less human.
I don't like that Lewis doesn't use the Bible. I understand that perhaps he's crafting a non-religious argument, but the piece doesn't seem right without God. It seems just not right.
This entire book is just a little bit over my head. i think it's because he goes back and forth between explaining what so-and-so thinks the world should be like, what's wrong with what so-and-so thinks, what he thinks, and what the world is actually like. That's a lot to keep track. I'm pretty sure i agree with what he's saying. As men move towards a more atheistic society, they become less and less human.
I don't like that Lewis doesn't use the Bible. I understand that perhaps he's crafting a non-religious argument, but the piece doesn't seem right without God. It seems just not right.
Mere Christianity
Something about Mere Christianity made me think I could have written it. I probably couldn't have, but nothing in it was really so new to me.
I really like the context of Mere Christianity. Literature is always a bit different when it isn't just read in a book. The fact that it was broadcast to pilots seems really cool. I wonder how many people were touched by the broadcast. I wonder if any were saved. I wonder if they were able to concentrate on dog-fighting instead of on Natural Law and God.
Lewis brings a pretty solid argument to the table. The discussion we had in class regarding God and morality is very interesting as well. Do the two ideas conflict?
I really like the context of Mere Christianity. Literature is always a bit different when it isn't just read in a book. The fact that it was broadcast to pilots seems really cool. I wonder how many people were touched by the broadcast. I wonder if any were saved. I wonder if they were able to concentrate on dog-fighting instead of on Natural Law and God.
Lewis brings a pretty solid argument to the table. The discussion we had in class regarding God and morality is very interesting as well. Do the two ideas conflict?
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