@Virginicus In the book #merechristianity, he brings it up.

I don't see it as relevant to this conversation, however, because one could simply ask (as Lewis does in his book) why should I care about other people? Who is going to make me be nice to others?

In this way, it seems we come right back to where we started.

What does #fedi think about #merechristianity by #cslewis? I'm currently listening to it for the third time.

#askfedi #christianity

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”

— C.S. Lewis

#cslewis #merechristianity #quote

#CSLewis died today, 22 November in 1963. He was an intellectual giant. His book, #MereChristianity came about from his series of talks over BBC Radio during the Second World War. But we remember Jack most for giving us #aslan and #TheChroniclesofNarnia. At a time when I abandoned my faith, these books brought me back to grace. Yes, it was fiction. Children's storybooks. Not a theological treatise, not Biblical exposition. It was Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy who showed me a way back to faith.