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allieinarden · 4 months

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Christianity thinks of human individuals not as mere members of a group or items in a list, but as organs in a body different from one another and each contributing what no other could. When you find yourself wanting to turn your children, or pupils, or even your neighbours, into people exactly like yourself, remember that God probably never meant them to be that. You and they are different organs, intended to do different things. On the other hand, when you are tempted not to bother about someone else’s troubles because they are ‘no business of yours,’ remember that though he is different from you he is part of the same organism as you. If you forget that he belongs to the same organism as yourself you will become an individualist. If you forget that he is a different organ from you, if you want to suppress differences and make people all alike, you will become a Totalitarian. But a Christian must not be either a Totalitarian or an Individualist. I feel a strong desire to tell you—and I expect you feel a strong desire to tell me—which of these two errors is the worse. That is the devil getting at us. He always sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

#I wish I could donate a copy of this book to everybody who uses the internet #C.S. Lewis #Mere Christianity

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elgringo300 · 9 months

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The biggest evidence for God, I think, is that it doesn’t make sense for us to notice all the evil in the world if there was no good for us to compare it to.

Like, it seems pretty clear that the standard state of the world is… bad. Look at almost every depiction of the Middle Ages. Look at the Viking age. Look at Africa today. Look at poverty and homelessness in your own country.

Why is this bad? Why isn’t this normal? Why do you feel this horrible anger in you at the all these things that happen, if they’ve been happening since the beginning of time?

Evil can only exist if good existed first. Otherwise, you’re pointing at the world as it has always been and always will be and wondering at why the atoms happened this way.

Which is such a bleak and pointless universe. Why do we care so much about preventing evil and doing good if the universe has no good in it in the first place? It doesn’t make any sense.

The only way evil and suffering make sense is if a state of good and peace existed first. Something whole to compare our broken world to.

I think that Something is God.

#religion #Christianity #Catholicism #cs lewis #I got this idea after listening to a little bit of Mere Christianity #mere Christianity

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musingsofmemory · 7 months

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As kind of severely unfortunate as our world may seem, and get, never forget that God is in control. He sees what’s going on, He knows whats happening. Nothing has caught Him by surprise.

That financial struggle you’re going through? He knows. That mental health struggle you’re going through? He knows. That event that threw your life completely “off track”? He knows. That grief, that loss of a loved one? He knows.

No matter what it is you’re going through, God knows.

Not only that, however, God cares. God feels your pain and anguish with you. When you’re hurting, so is He. When you cry, so does He. He sees every tear, and cares about each one. Psalm 56:8 says “thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”

No matter what you’re going through, know that God (who is all powerful, remember) sees. He knows. He cares.

He is in control, He has the victory, and through Him you also have the victory. Remember who fights for you. We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.

Take heart. Take some deep breaths, allow yourself to feel what you are feeling, and trust in Jesus.

#musingsofmemory #christianity #christian #Jesus loves you #God loves you #Jesus saves #mere christianity

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doves-by-the-sea · 1 month

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Life without God by your side is like trying to drive 20 miles over the speed limit, in heavy, thick fog without your headlights on. You can’t see where you’re going and you are hurtling towards disaster.

Cling to Jesus. Turn to Him. He waits for you, not like an angry father prepared to scold, but a concerned father hoping for you to just come home.

Come home to the Father, His arms are wide open for you. He loves you, to the point of death and back. The nail marks in His hands and feet say so, the scar in His side says so. The cross says so, and the empty tomb says so.

It’s time to make the decision to follow Christ and to walk with Him. You don’t know if you will get another chance to make that decision, time is short and our lives are finite and fleeting. Beyond them are two options: an eternity of joy and freedom with the Lord or eternal damnation and suffering away from Him. He made the way for us to cross over to be by His side, all you have to do is accept His gift of mercy and salvation, all you have to do is take hold of His hand. I promise you He will not let you down, ever.

#christian #christian living #christianity #God loves you #Jesus loves you #turn to Jesus #mere Christianity

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litandlifequotes · 13 days

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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

#c.s. lewis #mere christianity #book #book quote #quote #words #reading

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simpleman193 · 9 months

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Gotta say, these are quite wholsome.

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."

Proverbs 27:17 KJV

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idratherdreamofjune · 1 year

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But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

#C.S. Lewis #Mere Christianity #quote #an excellent bit I hadn't seen anywhere before #Christianity #sin

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morepopcornplease · 5 months

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CS Lewis, Mere Christianity

#cs lewis #mere christianity #highly recommend picking up this advent season

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ketchuplaser · 1 month

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"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

#true words for easter #easter #Christian #christianity #c s lewis #cs Lewis #mere christianity

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littleflowerfaith · 1 year

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“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less”

C.S. Lewis

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keepthyfaithandthylight · 7 months

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Sunday reminder that no matter who you are, God loves you more than we could ever even comprehend, He’s waiting for you with open arms. No matter your hurts, He can heal them. He wants to, and He will. Because He does what He says He will. He never makes a promise He won’t keep.

#christian #mere christianity #christianity #Jesus #God #Jesus loves you #God loves you #lgbt #lgbtq

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momentsbeforemass · 1 year

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The summons of Lent

Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of Lent.

One of the great mistakes of my life has been to waste far too many Lents.

In years past, I wasted it by ignoring it entirely. More recently, I’ve wasted Lent with meaningless abstinences and half-hearted devotions. Or by using it for self-improvement.

All of which miss the point of Lent entirely.

I want so badly for this year to be different. I’ve been reading, praying, preparing. So I don’t waste this Lent.

To make sure that this time, I get the point of Lent – repentance.

The thing that’s continues to do me the most good? “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis.

It’s really helped me to get clear about the point of Lent. Especially this,

“Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor—that is the only way out of the "hole."

This process of surrender—this movement full speed astern—is what Christians call repentance. Now repentance is no fun at all.

It is something much harder than merely eating humble pie. It means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves into for thousands of years. It means killing part of yourself, undergoing a kind of death.”

This is something we cannot do on our own. This is something we can only do with Him.

This is the summons of Lent.

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#Lent #Ash Wednesday #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Repentance #Rebel #CS Lewis #Mere Christianity #Moments Before Mass

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thepastisalreadywritten · 22 days

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