Awakening234
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After hearing so many quotes and statements from Christian figures about CS Lewis, I decided to read his book. All I can say is the man is almost like a prophet (is he modern day prophet?).
FYI I am rediscovering Christianity (see my intro post for more info). In the process I was having a real issue coming to terms with it all. I wanted to believe! I wanted to know God. I wanted to be a Christian but I came across issues in my own head. Questions like "whats makes Christianity right and other religions wrong?", How could and why would God became a man to die for us, it's absurd", Whoever wrote Revelations may have just gotten really high on some substance".
How can all this be real I thought! I so wanted to believe but I would be pulled away by thoughts like "am I making a big mistake with this whole Christianity thing?" "its not too late to turn back(turn back to what lol?)"
Without trying to be proud which apparently is the most subtle sin - I consider myself quite intellectual as i am highly educated. I am a thoughtful person, perhaps too thoughtful for my own good. I would constantly try to make sense of reality and how and why things are, studying the bible only for it not to really make sense or that I would find all these ancient stories of Israel irrelevant to me. I even done an Alpha course but would have the niggling little thought that this is simply brainwashing, and that the Camera man in the Nicky Gumble videos is a little too interested in the women in the audience (if you have seen the video's you will know what I mean). All these thought's and in the end I would just give out a big sigh and say "Vanity, it's all Vanity" , Ecclesiastes is a great book btw!
Reading CS Lewis' book has somehow altered my thinking. He really communicates on the level of an intellectual person. As if to undo the logic we use. To stop trying to think of God with a human mindset, such as with Science witch is merely an observational practice humans use to try to understand things, in their own capabilities. Science could never fully explain the marvel of this great creation God made.
This post is getting a bit too long so I will conclude by simply saying, CS Lewis has cured my overactive thinking and I believe I am one step closer to God because of him. Thank you CS Lewis!
FYI I am rediscovering Christianity (see my intro post for more info). In the process I was having a real issue coming to terms with it all. I wanted to believe! I wanted to know God. I wanted to be a Christian but I came across issues in my own head. Questions like "whats makes Christianity right and other religions wrong?", How could and why would God became a man to die for us, it's absurd", Whoever wrote Revelations may have just gotten really high on some substance".
How can all this be real I thought! I so wanted to believe but I would be pulled away by thoughts like "am I making a big mistake with this whole Christianity thing?" "its not too late to turn back(turn back to what lol?)"
Without trying to be proud which apparently is the most subtle sin - I consider myself quite intellectual as i am highly educated. I am a thoughtful person, perhaps too thoughtful for my own good. I would constantly try to make sense of reality and how and why things are, studying the bible only for it not to really make sense or that I would find all these ancient stories of Israel irrelevant to me. I even done an Alpha course but would have the niggling little thought that this is simply brainwashing, and that the Camera man in the Nicky Gumble videos is a little too interested in the women in the audience (if you have seen the video's you will know what I mean). All these thought's and in the end I would just give out a big sigh and say "Vanity, it's all Vanity" , Ecclesiastes is a great book btw!
Reading CS Lewis' book has somehow altered my thinking. He really communicates on the level of an intellectual person. As if to undo the logic we use. To stop trying to think of God with a human mindset, such as with Science witch is merely an observational practice humans use to try to understand things, in their own capabilities. Science could never fully explain the marvel of this great creation God made.
This post is getting a bit too long so I will conclude by simply saying, CS Lewis has cured my overactive thinking and I believe I am one step closer to God because of him. Thank you CS Lewis!
