Philosophy Paper On The Abolition Of Man
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Philosophy Paper On The Abolition Of Man
The Abolition of Man
So What?
So what? Such a great question, which has seemingly endless answers. What are we to do with this newly acquired knowledge? C.S. Lewis makes a good argument, but how is this supposed to affect the way we teach and live? Maybe an even better question is can we let it affect the way we teach? In today's twisted society someone could easily be offended by the teaching of absolute morals and/or values. What are we to do in response, and how should we go about doing it?
Before declaring what we should be doing, something must be said. What we do in reaction to the "so what" must correspond directly with our Christian faith. We are not just "moral" people. The beliefs we have in absolutes are, or at least should be, a direct result of our belief in God and His Word. Really and truly, if you take God, Christ, and the Word out of the picture, there is absolutely no reason to have any absolute beliefs. I understand that Lewis used the word Tao to keep from excluding anyone in particular. By using such a broad term he was able to attract and keep many different audiences, which I think is a good thing. The fact remains, that the Tao is impossible without God. If we all have a set of basic ingrain values they had to come from someone or something else. These values could not have come from nature for that would be instinct. They could not come from the human race because this would still allow for deviation of beliefs from one person to another. This leaves us with only one real answer, and that answer is God. If there is a moral law, which Lewis has so nicely proven for us, then there must be a Moral Law giver. I have said all this to make the point that what ever we do in response to the "so what" must be founded on God and His Word. If we try to act without God as the foundation we contradict our beliefs and ourselves in the gravest of ways.
Now its time to get practical and examine what we...
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