If the painting were to be destroyed, the painter would still exist. A painter creates a painting, but he is not part of that painting. Lewis uses the analogy of the world as a painting, and God as the painter. In the pantheist view, everything is divine, and if we don’t see everything as being a part of God we’re simply not looking at it correctly. In this view, the Universe is God, and these aspects of God animate the universe as we animate our bodies. In pantheism, the entirety of the world is seen as being an aspect of God, or even of multiple gods animating various parts of the world. Lewis begins this section by drawing away the concept of pantheism. Question 4.2: With what terms or analogies does Lewis describe the incarnation (God becoming a man? (II, 1 & 4) He makes clear at this point that he has not yet carried his conclusions all the way to the God of Christianity he simply has made the case for the existence of a God behind our sense of right and wrong.

Lewis asks us to consider where our knowledge of moral certainty comes from (leaving aside considerations of whether we adhere to that certainty), and makes the case that God is what is behind the knowledge of what we ought to do. We have an innate sense of what we ought to do, and yet we very often do not do what we know we should do. On the other hand, there is a divide between what we as humans ought to do, and what we in fact do. If a tree does not suit our purpose (for example, if it does not offer enough shade) we would not call it a “bad” tree. A rock, when dropped, will inevitably land on the ground. These elements of the natural world behave according to such laws as physics and gravity. Lewis differentiates between “The Laws of Nature” and “The Laws of Human Nature.” In the matter of the laws of nature, he offers examples of things we find in the natural world, such as rocks and trees. Question 4.1: How does Lewis argue for the idea of God from the human experience of right and wrong? (I, 3 & 5) Relation of Global Warming and Extreme Weather Condition Power Point Presentation With Speaker Notes

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