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Summary: Lewis sheds a new light on KNOWING God is real
Review: If you're looking for a very interesting, enthralling book, this is the one. What I found so enjoyable about Lewis's style is how he develops such strong arguments promoting the fact that God exists by getting you to concede one small point at a time.This is the best Christian book I've read--almost more philosophical than theological. His short, essay-type chapters make this an entertainingly easy read. His arguments are strongly built and well founded. I'm a believer who sometimes runs across Atheists. I always try to explain why there must be a God; Mere Christianity makes it apparent that there is a God, purely from a logical perspective. Lewis proves it using the truth that lies in the guts every person. Bravo! C.S.
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Summary: Top Five.......
Review: On that proverbial island where we might be stuck someday with only a handful of books to sustain us....Mere Christianity would be in my bookbag. Although I have been a Christian since childhood books by Lewis and Madelaine L'Engle have deepened my personal walk with God immeasurably. Mere Christianity is a classic discourse on why we are Christians, written in a thoughtful and timeless language.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: An excellent work! For the new Christian it is a wonderful springboard into knowing one's Christian faith better or Christian apologetics. For the long time Chrsitians and seasoned apologists it offers a refreshing perspective to the more basic (and some not so basic) truths often forgotten. It constantly invokes the timeless "Duh!" feeling when something is put so well, so logically and concisely and like you've never heard it put before and you have to re-read that part again!... one feeling I had a lot of! ;) A quick, worthwhile read (and re-read) from a man who has many quick, worthwhile works! For me, it laid the foundation for future study and a great entry into (what I hope to be!) a life long pursuit of God in spirit and in truth.
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Summary: Compelling and Insightful
Review: This continues to be among my top 10 favorite Christian books. C.S. Lewis explains things very clearly, and always has examples to make what he says more understandable. I especially enjoyed his explaination of how our culture is obsessed with sex, and how he said that if another country did a striptease with a plate of food, covering and uncovering it for a bunch of salivating people who paid to watch this, we would be dumbfounded and astonished and think there was definitely some unhealthy obsession with food in that culture. But in Western countries (especially America), where women do the same thing with their bodies, we don't feel that is at all odd. An important thing I would say about this book though--if you are going to use it as a tool in evangelism--I think that's great. But I would not tell non-Christians who are very logical and analytical to read this book, because I think it could do more harm than good. This is because often when Lewis makes a point in this book, even if it is correct, he doesn't back it up with reason, but rather with analogies and hypothetical situations. So if you are looking for a good book to offer to the skeptical, rational philosopher types, this probably isn't the best one. (I'd recommend Descartes' Mediations, Leibniz's Theodicy, or Josh McDowell's Evidence that Demands a Verdict for people in that group.)
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Summary: brain popping
Review: As a mature, lapsed Catholic with over 40 hours of philosophy and theology at a Catholic University, I found the intellectual explanation of Christ to be brain popping. I could not put the book down. I had for all of my life found religion in general and Christianity in particular to be so much fluff, mysticism and legend. Lewis makes it simple but demonstrates the rational and intelligent conclusion that Christ and the reality of the human individual soul must be true and that their lack would be nonsensical. The Great Sin of Pride is revealed for what it is. I found nothing scary about the prospect of Christianity.
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Summary: Brimming with Hellfire
Review: I found myself fearful of the Christian religion. After I read this I felt like saying to myself, "Thanks Jesus, since I don't believe in you I suppose I am going to Hell - thanks for being such a great sport!" A Christian friend reccommended this book to me and at times the book was threatining and downright scary. I suppose if I were a fundamentalist I would be applauding his prose, but as a non-Christian I find it frightening that people believe this stuff
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Summary: Definitely a classic
Review: C.S. Lewis gives the best explaination of morality I've ever read in the first few chapters. At the end of the book he also gives an awesome explaination of the Trinity. The chapter entitled "The Great Sin," which focuses on the vice of pride, is one of the best chapters in the history of Christian literature. I think this book is a great read for a Christian or for someone who just wants to know what Christianity is all about.
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Summary: perfectly reasonable
Review: C.S. Lewis makes a perfectly reasonble argument with most of his book. He uses God as an explanation for the existence of moral law. Many argue that no proof can even be given for the existence of moral law, but I have not yet seen a proof of its nonexistence either. Most evidence seems to point to its existence. Society itself is built on the acceptance of certain moral principles. Lewis goes into the differences between the moral law that humans follow and any rules that govern animal behavior, and they are obvious even to the average person. For those who say that belief in moral law is un-intellectual, try reading Plato, Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, or any of the other great philosophers in history. Lewis simply assumes that a moral law exists, and credits God with its origin. He does not PROVE this existence as some say, but he does give a reasonable explanation for his belief. If the existence of God could be proven, all people would probably believe in Him. There would be no need for FAITH, which the God of the Bible seems to value highly. Never will a writer or philosopher like Lewis actually prove that God exists. I see belief in God as a choice. His existence will never be proven or disproven, so each person must decide which position to believe in. Neither choice is more or less intellectual than the other. However, it seems to me that not believing in God is the much riskier decision of the two. Lewis himself said that if one person believes in God and another doesn't, and there is no God, then they both lose everything at death. But if there is a God, the one who believes gains everything, while the unbeliever loses everything anyway. As for belief in Christianity, I urge everyone to look closely and open-mindedly at Jesus Christ, as Lewis does. Everything about Christianity centers on Him. He is the one thing that separates Christianity from any other religion or belief. If He truly was the son of God, then everything the Bible says is true. If not, then he was just a pitiable lunatic who has led millions of people to waste their lives. I do not see myself (or C.S. Lewis) as an unintelligent person, yet I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I urge others to think carefully before they make a decision on this subject. It is the most important decision you will ever make.
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Summary: The basics of the faith, logically and patiently explained
Review: "Mere Christianity" was originally a set of three BBC radio talks given by Lewis in the 1940s, sort of "fireside chats" about Christianity, if you will. His take on the faith has held up quite well because he addresses enduring issues such as the relationship between the individual and God, living a moral life, and the Christian virtues, and because he does so in everyday language. As a stylist, Lewis employs turns of phrase that are simple, direct and powerful. "A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself." "The first thing to get clear about Christian morality . . . is that in this department Christ did not come to preach any brand new morality. The Golden Rule of the New Testament is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right." Lewis is an orthodox believer, and not everyone will agree with him on every issue. One suspects he would disagree with today's pick-and-choose "cafeteria" approach to Christianity. Here he is on sexual ethics: "[A] cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to hell than a prostitute. But, of course, it is better to be neither." I disagree with the reviewers who think this book is "just for Christians." Bearing in mind that not all Christians will accept every single opinion in it, "Mere Christianity" is nonetheless an excellent introduction to the faith and thus offers a great deal of insight for those looking for insight, say, into the belief structure of one's Christian friends. There are tons of primers on Christianity in today's overcrowded religious-book market, but this little volume does the job better than practically anything else I've seen. allen; charless@ync.net
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Summary: Only of Interest to Christians
Review: Author's argument for belief in God apparently is derived from what he sees is our innate knowledge of the law of right and wrong. I'm confused as to why christian apologists often assert this as something obvious, when it seems to me to be anything but obvious. Ants behave for the good of the colony rather than for their own benefit. Does that mean that ants know right and wrong? Or are some socially co-operative behaviors simply instinctual? Of course much of our moral behavior has been taught to us as well, which helps to explain why there are such vigorous disagreements as to what is right and what is wrong. But what I DON'T see about morality is what the author asserts, i.e. that we all agree on the same morality and that the existence of this morality is spooky and mysterious. Of course christians will claim that this is a wonderful book and the fact that non-christians don't "get it" only goes to show that they must be non-christians. But isn't the point of the presentation to persuade? On that score a cannot rate this book very highly.
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