Book Discussion - Mere Christianity - Book 2

Book 2

Rival Conceptions of God

• Christians don't have to believe other religions are wrong
• Atheists is too simple - how would we find that life has no meaning? If there was no light we didn’t have eyes, dark would have no meaning. Dark would be a word without meaning

The Invasion

• People try to put up a simple version of Christianity (willingly ignoring that it is not simple)
• Christianity is a spiritual civil war. We have landed in enemy territory to change the world back to good

The Shocking Alternative

• Free will - why be given the choice? Free will is what makes all the good things worth having
• Unhappiness comes from trying to find other things to make us happy - Money, fame, etc. God designed humans engines to run on God

The Perfect Penitent

• Someone with lots of assets could pay off your debt
• Realizing you have been doing wrong is repentance and starting over. Unlearning
• The worse you are, the more you need it, and the less you can do it. Only a good person could repent, and do it perfectly. Only a perfect person could do it perfectly
• God could only do it if he becomes man. We can’t share in God’s dying unless he dies and can’t die unless he becomes man.

The Practical Conclusion

• Christian’s are Christs body. Everybody added enables him to do more
• Must choose before he comes, rather than when you have little choice left