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katieeereadsss's review against another edition
5.0
"Give yourself up, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambition and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing in you that has no died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in."
it was the last chapter for me ❤️❤️❤️❤️ i actually cried
i know that's a long quote but IT'S SO GOOD and it's something i didn't know i needed to be told.
it was the last chapter for me ❤️❤️❤️❤️ i actually cried
i know that's a long quote but IT'S SO GOOD and it's something i didn't know i needed to be told.
graciegrace1178's review against another edition
2.0
This book came so highly recommended from so many people, but I simply cannot hold it in high regard. The arguments are, initially, decently logical, if a tad reductive. But very quickly things start to topple. The dichotomies Lewis depends on are realistically no such thing. Lewis argues that the reality must be A or B, when in fact the rest of the alphabet exists with each letter representing equally viable options. He just ignores those because it’s easier to stick to two options. Lewis, you can’t do that. That’s not how argumentation works.
Notes to Lewis while reading:
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.” HUH? WHAT? W H A T is that argument, bro? Why should our discovery, or rather our ASSIGNMENT of meaning or lack thereof have anything to do with the reality of the situation? We are imaginitive beings! We think of wild stuff all the time! What are you TALKING about, man?
“Atheism is too simple.” I think it’s important to consider that your whole argument is simple. Also, again, fallacies 101. “It’s complicated (more complicated than the alternative as I perceive it) so therefore it MUST be true”
“[Christianity] is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it.” WE ARE CURIOUS NARRATIVE CREATURES. IT’S PRECISELY THE KIND OF THING WE’D MAKE UP. These arguments HIGH KEY make no sense.
“They use their freedom the wrong way.” Buddy. Buddy. What. It’s freedom. The *point* is that we can use it how we please. To even suggest that there is a right or wrong way to use freedom is an oxymoron.
Side note: Wouldn’t it be unfortunate to be a Bad Person born 2000 years ago, condemned to an eternity of damnation 2000 years ago, and then see a newbie stroll into hell for THEIR eternity of damnation. I mean! You, Bad Person A, got two thousand more years of suffering! How’s that fair? Newbie is spared those earlier 2000 years YOU had to experience, so really, this system of exacting justice is TERRIBLY unjust isn’t it?? Some eternities really are longer than others.
Notes to Lewis while reading:
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.” HUH? WHAT? W H A T is that argument, bro? Why should our discovery, or rather our ASSIGNMENT of meaning or lack thereof have anything to do with the reality of the situation? We are imaginitive beings! We think of wild stuff all the time! What are you TALKING about, man?
“Atheism is too simple.” I think it’s important to consider that your whole argument is simple. Also, again, fallacies 101. “It’s complicated (more complicated than the alternative as I perceive it) so therefore it MUST be true”
“[Christianity] is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it.” WE ARE CURIOUS NARRATIVE CREATURES. IT’S PRECISELY THE KIND OF THING WE’D MAKE UP. These arguments HIGH KEY make no sense.
“They use their freedom the wrong way.” Buddy. Buddy. What. It’s freedom. The *point* is that we can use it how we please. To even suggest that there is a right or wrong way to use freedom is an oxymoron.
Side note: Wouldn’t it be unfortunate to be a Bad Person born 2000 years ago, condemned to an eternity of damnation 2000 years ago, and then see a newbie stroll into hell for THEIR eternity of damnation. I mean! You, Bad Person A, got two thousand more years of suffering! How’s that fair? Newbie is spared those earlier 2000 years YOU had to experience, so really, this system of exacting justice is TERRIBLY unjust isn’t it?? Some eternities really are longer than others.
neilmartin's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
Some pretty poor arguments towards the end of the book by appealing to authority and divine mystery.
jessicathedestroyer's review against another edition
2.0
This was interesting to say the least. While I am a strong believer in being open-minded and listening to new a different ideas and opinions. This was a hard one, mostly because I had to keep reminding myself that this was a different time. Some of the opinions are extremely "old fashion" I guess. Also, it came across as very sexist and a bit racist. But like I said, it was a different time. I think it was worth the read but it doesn’t really hold up with modern times.
magicalflails's review against another edition
5.0
Read out of curiosity, since I enjoyed the Chronicles of Narnia as a child (though the middle ones were a bit dull). Pleasantly shocked by how much I enjoyed his nonfiction and how much it stimulated my thoughts. Not that I agree with everything he wrote, but he explained his points so incredibly eloquently. Looking forward to the rest of his nonfiction collection!
bigtex's review against another edition
4.0
Another time through. Have read this multiple times and listened to the audio version, which makes for a completely different experience as some things hit you differently when you hear them. 4 stars instead of 5 only because I don’t agree with Lewis on everything.