People may be sometimes mistaken about them, just as people sometimes get their sums wrong but they are not a matter of mere taste and opinion any more than the multiplication table.ĭespite knowing the Law of Nature, we all break it. It seems, then, we are forced to believe in a real Right and Wrong.Men across time and place may have differed in regards to what people you ought to be unselfish to, but they have always agreed that you ought not to put yourself first.

Where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. Use this thought experiment: Imagine a country that had a totally different morality. The moral teachings of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Hindus, Chinese, Greeks and Romans are remarkably similar. Some people say the idea of a Law of Nature or decent behavior known to all men is unsound, because different civilizations and different ages have had quite different moralities. It was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.

God gave man free will because, although it makes evil possible, it is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

Anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about. Reality is tremendously complicated because one must deal with the facts. And that is all the more reason to suspect that it is true.

Christianity is not a simple religion.There must be Something that is directing the universe, and which appears in us as a law urging us to do right and making us feel responsible and uncomfortable when we do wrong. Our conscious may be the best proof that God exists.We can choose whether or not to obey this Law, and frequently, we do not. There is irrefutable Right and Wrong-referred to as the Law of Nature or Moral Law-that is unique to humanity.Readers at all stages of belief will find that Mere Christianity provides an approachable path to discover a powerful, rational case for the Christian faith. The book begins with a logical proof for the Christian God and then transitions into a discussion of the common ground upon which all of those of the Christian faith stand together. Lewis aims to prove to the sensible skeptic that God does exist and that He sent His son Jesus Christ to redeem the world.

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