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Mere Christianity (HarperCollins, 2012 edition, in The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics)

C. S. Lewis · c. 1952

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  1. Our reading

    Among the things Christians disagree about is how important their disagreements are

    Their wordsOne of the things Christians are disagreed about is the importance of their disagreements.

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  2. Our reading

    The writer's best, perhaps only, service to unbelieving neighbours is explaining and defending belief common to nearly all Christians

    Their wordsEver since I became a Christian I have thought that the best, perhaps the only, service I could do for my unbelieving neighbours was to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times.

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  3. Our reading

    The moral law tells us which tune to play; our instincts are merely the keys

    Their wordsThe Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

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  4. Our reading

    Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer

    Their wordsWe all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.

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  5. Our reading

    Basic shared Christianity is not an alternative to the churches but a hall opening onto their several rooms

    Their wordsI hope no reader will suppose that 'mere' Christianity is here put forward as an alternative to the creeds of the existing communions—as if a man could adopt it in preference to Congregationalism or Greek Orthodoxy or anything else. It is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms. If I can bring anyone into that hall I shall have done what I attempted.

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  6. Our reading

    If God is like the moral law, then God is not soft

    Their wordsIf God is like the Moral Law, then He is not soft.

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  7. Our reading

    Only a person can forgive

    Their wordsOnly a Person can forgive.

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  8. Our reading

    Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness

    Their wordsChristianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness.

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  9. Our reading

    Christianity is a fighting religion

    Their wordsFor Christianity is a fighting religion.

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  10. Our reading

    Atheism turns out to be too simple

    Their wordsConsequently atheism turns out to be too simple.

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  11. Our reading

    Besides being complicated, reality is usually odd, in this writer's experience

    Their wordsBesides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd.

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  12. Our reading

    Goodness is itself; badness is only spoiled goodness

    Their wordsGoodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness.

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  13. Our reading

    Free will makes evil possible, but it is also the only thing that makes worthwhile love, goodness or joy possible

    Their wordsBecause free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

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  14. Our reading

    A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy

    Their wordsIt is the view I call Christianity-and-water, the view which simply says there is a good God in Heaven and everything is all right—leaving out all the difficult and terrible doctrines about sin and hell and the devil, and the redemption. Both these are boys' philosophies.

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  15. Our reading

    One must choose: the man who claimed divinity was the Son of God, or a madman or worse

    Their wordsYou must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse.

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  16. Our reading

    Calling the man who claimed divinity merely a great human teacher is patronising nonsense; he left no such option

    Their wordsBut let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.

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  17. Our reading

    Now is the chance to choose the right side, and that chance will not last for ever

    Their wordsNow, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever. We must take it or leave it.

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  18. Our reading

    This world is enemy-occupied territory

    Their wordsEnemy-occupied territory - that is what this world is.

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