Mere Christianity – Argument about the existence of God

Quoted from the book:

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it? A man feels wet when he falls into water, because man is not a water animal: fish would not feel wet. Of course I could have given up my idea of justice by saying it was nothing but a private idea of my own. But if I did that, then my argument against God collapsed too – for the argument depended on saying that the world was really unjust, not simply that it did not happen to please my fancies. This in the very act of trying to prove that God did not exist – in other words, that the whole of reality was senseless – I found I was forced to assume that one part of reality – namely my idea of justice – was full of sense. Consequently atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creature with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark could be a word without meaning.

Source: Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewes, pg 31-32

愛可以再更多一點點 More Love

愛可以再更多一點點
我可以擁有全世界　卻没有愛
我可以明白所有的事　卻還是空
我可以用信心移山　卻還是孤單
這世界没有了愛　一切仍是黑白
不要埋藏在心裡　把愛說出來
不要默默在一旁　把愛說出來
喔愛　可以再更多一點點
不怕被傷害　把靈魂鎖起來
愛　可以再更多一點點
從天父來的愛　把懼怕挪開
發現　幸福在轉角與你相遇
一舜間　這世界變得好美

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHoKZTLiy1s&NR=1

The language of God - a scientist presents evidence for belief

Quoted from the book:

Have you been turned off by the hypocritical behavior of those who profess belief? Again, keep in mind that the pure water of spiritual truth is carried in those rusty containers called human beings, so there should be no surprise that at times those foundational beliefs can be severely distorted. Do not rest your evaluation of faith, therefore, on what you see in the behavior of individual humans or of organized religion. Rest it instead on the timeless spiritual truths that faith presents.

Are you distressed by some specific philosophical problem with faith, such as why a loving God would allow suffering? Recognize that a great deal of suffering is brought upon us by our own actions or those of others, and that in a world where humans practice free will, it is inevitable. Understand, also, that if God is real, His purposes will often not be the same as ours. Hard thought it is to accept a complete absence of suffering may not be in the best interest of our spiritual growth.

And finally, have you simply not taken time to seriously consider the spiritual worldview? In our modern world, too many of us are rushing from experience to experience, trying deny our own mortality, and putting off any serious consideration of God until some future moment when we imagine the circumstance will be right.

Life is short. The death rate will be one per person for the foreseeable future. Opening one’s self to the spirit can be indescribably enriching. Don’t put off a consideration of these questions of eternal significance until some personal crisis or advancing age forces a recognition of spiritual impoverishment.

Source: The Language of God - a scientist presents evidence for belief, Francis Collins, pg 231-233