There ought to be two distinct kinds of marriage: one governed by the State with rules enforced on all citizens, the other governed by the church with rules enforced by her on her own members. My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognize that the majority of the British people are not Christian and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives. At least I know I should be very angry if the Mohammedans tried to prevent the rest of us from drinking wine. A great many people seem to think that if you are a Christian yourself you should try to make divorce difficult for every one. The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is quite the different question-how far Christians, if they are voters or Members of Parliament, ought to try to force their views of marriage on the rest of the community by embodying them in the divorce laws. Lewis' Mere Christianity:īefore leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. Lewis encouraged readers that after the novelty of the alleged discovery wears off, both sides pretty much go back to life as normal, the massive theological and philosophical consequences once projected quickly dissipating.You won't find a more apt example of an excerpt that is contradictory to an author's broader writings than this bit from C.S. Lewis often responded to challenges with a multi-front attack, speaking and writing to them in a defense of the Christian worldview from different angles: essays, sermons, works of theological reflection, and fiction.
Lewis’s response to Hoyle is very similar to the narrative of his science fiction trilogy.
In his essay “Religion and Rocketry,” Lewis remarked that often novel discoveries have a tendency to be weaponized by enemies of the Christian faith, and worse yet, cause for poor argumentation from over zealous Christian apologists. Lewis responded to similar possibilities in his day when an accomplished astronomer, Fred Hoyle, suggested such discoveries could be catastrophic for the Christian worldview. More tests are being done, but it may simply require some sort of cosmic Tums.Ĭ.S. Yes, it appears Venus, named for the romantic Roman goddess, has gas. Other scientists think it’s more likely just a unique feature of this mysterious planet covered with clouds that rain drops of sulfuric acid.
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