{"id":65815,"date":"2017-11-05T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=65815"},"modified":"2019-10-16T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T04:46:09","slug":"the-eagle-and-child-s1e7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/05\/the-eagle-and-child-s1e7\/","title":{"rendered":"PWJ: S1E7 – MC B1C5 – “We Have Cause to Be Uneasy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We finally come to the last chapter of Book I of “Mere Christianity”! The chapter bears the ominous title\u00a0“We have cause to be uneasy”<\/em>. Thus far, C.S. Lewis has demonstrated that there is\u00a0a Moral Law which we did not create and that we\u00a0violate\u00a0this Law continually. Now Jack explains why this should give us cause for concern…<\/p>\n

If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe manually<\/a>, or through a service like\u00a0iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0Google Play<\/a>\u00a0or Podbean<\/a>. As always, if you have any objections, comments or questions, please send us an email\u00a0through my website<\/a>\u00a0or tweet us\u00a0@pintswithjack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Episode 7: “We have cause to be uneasy”<\/strong>\u00a0(Download<\/a>)<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TEAC-S1E7.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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— Show Notes —<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0My outline for the\u00a0Chapter 5 is available\u00a0here<\/a>. There is also a C.S. Lewis Doodle for this chapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The line “Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia”<\/span><\/em> comes from C.S. Lewis’ fictional work, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0As my mother pointed out,\u00a0people should be calling me\u00a0“Sir David”, not “Sir Bates”. You have been told…<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The beers for this episode were Blue Moon<\/a> and Heineken<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jack reviews what has been established thus far:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is a Moral Law<\/li>\n
  2. In\u00a0this Moral Law something or someone beyond the material universe is “getting at us”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u2022 The phrase “religious jaw”<\/span>\u00a0used by Lewis means “religious chatter”.<\/p>\n

    \u2022\u00a0When speaking about the desire of some people to only pay attention to new<\/span> ideas, I mentioned Acts 17:21, the incident where St. Paul\u00a0visits the\u00a0Areopagus:<\/p>\n

    Then they took\u00a0[Paul] and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, \u201cMay we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.\u201d (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u2022\u00a0In response to someone who rejects what\u00a0Lewis says because “you cannot put the clock back”<\/span>, he\u00a0makes three points:<\/p>\n

    1. Moving forward sometimes requires you to go backwards (like a cha-cha!)<\/strong>
    \nProgress means getting closer to your destination, not simply being “new”.<\/p>\n

    \u2022 We gave a number of examples demonstrating this. Firstly, I mentioned how I missed a sign while walking the Camino De Santiago<\/a>\u00a0and ended up heading in the wrong direction. I had to backtrack in order to ultimately arrive at my destination. Matt gave the example of making a mistake early in a mathematical calculation. He also explained how a small mistake early in a flight, a few degrees of difference, can result in a very different destination (San Diego vs Seattle).<\/p>\n

    \u2022 We discussed whether or not it’s really controversial to say that modern humanity is making a lot of mistakes. I mentioned same of the disturbing comments from Princeton Philosopher Peter Singer<\/a>\u00a0about killing young children. Matt told a story by Fr.\u00a0Mike Schmitz<\/a> about a member of his congregation who survived vicious persecution\u00a0in China for his Christianity, only to then succumb to a\u00a0slow fade in his faith after escaping to America. I also brought up the example of the sexual revolution and the damage\u00a0which it\u00a0has done to marriage, family and therefore society as a whole.<\/p>\n

    2. We haven’t yet reached “religion”
    \n<\/strong>We’ve just established the existence of the Moral Law and a “something” behind it. We can’t just dismiss Lewis’ arguments because we can see the direction in which they point. Each argument should, instead be judged on its individual merits.\u00a0We haven’t got as far as a person. Perhaps a mind?<\/p>\n

    Lewis then asks two questions. What can we know about this “something”…<\/p>\n

    (a) …based upon the universe?<\/strong>
    \nLewis\u00a0says we can know that this “something” is an artist, but also very dangerous.<\/p>\n

    (b) …based upon the Moral Law?<\/strong>
    \nJack says this thing cares a lot about Right and Wrong. He even goes so far as to say that we can’t even yet call this thing “forgiving”. I quote the often-repeated phrase in the Chronicles of Narnia referring to Aslan: “He’s not a tame lion”<\/span>.<\/p>\n

    3. Christianity only makes sense once you understand the questions it answers.<\/strong>
    \nChristianity promises people forgiveness…and therefore has nothing to say to those who do not feel they need forgiveness!<\/p>\n

    \u2022\u00a0Christianity is a thing of great comfort, but it does not begin that way. In Book IV, Lewis devotes an entire chapter to answering the question:\u00a0“Is Christianity hard or easy?”<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u2022 We both spoke about how Christianity\u00a0makes\u00a0sense of the reality which we experience, quoting Lewis:\u00a0“I believe in Christianity\u00a0as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but by it I see everything else”<\/span>. I then also\u00a0paraphrased\u00a0G.K. Chesterton who said that all his reasons for faith could be boiled down to one reason – it’s true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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