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June 21, 2005
Hating and loving goodness
Since I haven't had something else intelligent (or otherwise) to say recently, here is the next quote I marked in C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity (in the last paragraph of chapter 5):
They offer an explanation of how we got into our present state of both hating goodness and loving it.
("They" being Christians.)
When I read that book, I found that statement ironically true, although out of context it may not make sense. Earlier in the same paragraph he makes a different point:
Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know that have done anything to repent of and who do not feel tha then need an forgiveness.
Could that be summarized as saying, "Christianity only makes sense in context"?
Posted by alan at June 21, 2005 8:36 AM
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