Tuesday, Sept. 12 ~ Mere Christianity Book 1

Up Next: Mere Christianity. Here is a pdf if you need it.  Feel free to read a bit if you'd like to prevent homework next week. Here is the study guide.

Go over Journal 6 (Preface tone signatures)

• EQ: Just from reading the preface, what do you think Lewis' goal is in writing this text? Is the tone he establishes effective for this goal. 

Get into Book 1

• HW: Let's read Chapters 1 & 2 tonight (answer as many questions as you can below).

Journal 7 (MC Book 1 Questions)

1. “There has been a great deal of soft soap talked about God for the last hundred years. That is not what I am offering.” What, in your opinion, is Lewis offering us in Mere Christianity?

2. Do you agree with Lewis that we can all appeal to an objective sense of what is right and wrong – a God-given conception of the Moral Law?

3. How is the Law of Human Nature/Moral Law distinguished from other laws?

4. In our postmodern society, many argue that morality is relative to culture and upbringing. How might you answer them, with Lewis’ arguments in mind?

5. What does Lewis say about the limitations of:
     (a) Science
     (b) Psychoanalysis
Why, in his view, do neither of them pose a real challenge to belief in God? Do you agree with him that there is no conflict?

6. According to Lewis, Christianity only begins to make sense when we have realized a few hard facts about the kind of universe we live in. What, in his view, are the illusions that people have to give up before Christianity can begin to speak to them? Can you think of any other illusions people might have to dismantle before coming to God?