Humanity In C. S. Lewis Abolition Of Man

In the grand scheme of humanity, much of its existence has been spent pondering just how much control a God could even have in a world that has given so much trouble and torment to the inhabitants of a tumultuous planet. Humans have been without a doubt the most dominant species to exist on the planet, establishing domain over every facet of life that has come across our paths. It is almost this very reasoning that has left humanity wondering about this higher being called God, chiefly because there must be something that is able to transcend even the capabilities of even the most intellectual creatures on this planet. As C.S Lewis says in his Abolition of Man, “At the moment, then of Man’s victory over Nature, we find the whole human race …show more content…
The very story of Jesus has turned into one of God in flesh dying for the sins of all people that believe in him up until the second coming. This proves problematic for the issue of control however, because it offers up an alternative to simply living a virtuous life by validating sin with a seemingly insensible amount of validation. Furthermore, simply letting nature take over the way that a human lives their life is only a small glimpse into the much more dominant beliefs that, regardless of the way in which people believe religiously, there is still a level of morality and respect for the human life that is engrained in all humans from the moment they are able to perceive such things. Even if people don’t believe that someone died for their sins, it is not necessary to move one step further by saying that they are inherently flawed. A famous philosopher once brought up a provocative point in its infancy stages of a book, wondering if Gandhi was in hell or heaven. This leaves a very sour taste in many modern peoples’ mouths, seeing as how Gandhi was seen as the embodiment of a relatively peaceful resistance movement in India and the epitome of what a saint should be. As Freud points out in his Thoughts on War and Death, “We have seen that …show more content…
Without a sense of what is right, people are bound to wander aimlessly and fall off the path of righteousness much more frequently than those that are in tune with such basic principles. And while it may seem as though Christianity and the common God solves most of these problems, it also leaves room for people to utilize that faith and manipulate into something that it absolutely was not intended to be used for. Faith in God exists to bring hope for a future beyond death, yet the story of Jesus is giving a much more easy solution to the flaws and sin that plagues our very human nature. To say that Jesus died for our sins so that we can live much less stressful lives seems like a poor usage of such an inspiring and amazing event in history that can not even be comprehended when read from the pages of a book. So it is with this that Christians must seek virtue more wholly and with the purpose of betterment rather than with complacency. Active belief and pursuit of virtue is what will bring about true and righteous people in the grand scheme of life. It is just actually accomplishing such a daunting task that has plagued so many thinkers