In “Mere Christianity”‚ C.S Lewis describes how hard it is to be a good Christian in his statement “now we cannot‚ in that sense‚ discover our failure to keep God’s law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing)” (265). In this statement‚ Lewis is arguing that struggling to be good and having faith in religion takes a tremendous amount of willpower. Faith in religion takes conscious effort because it can become difficult to hold onto faith over time. I can relate this to my own personal
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A Grief Observed is a reflection of C.S. Lewis on the process of grieving for his wife. In his book‚ he wrestled with death in harshness and honesty‚ and he tried to understand his anger with God and his world without her. My focus in this report is on the issue of latter part of his book about him developing a new relationship with God and his deceased wife‚ and he returned back into proper life. Lewis questioned the care of God in his book. He faced the fact of his lack of faith and he explored
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a.> Test for lactose. 5 drops of the filtrate was added with 3 ml Benedicts’ reagent. It was heated in a water bath. The results were noted. b.> Test for calcium ions. 1ml of the filtrate was added with 1 ml of (NH4)2C2O4 solution. c.> Test for phosphate. 3 ml of the filtrate was added with a few drops of 6M HNO3
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The topic of suffering probably is the hardest for me to bear as a Christian‚ because it is the result of evil in the world‚ and since God’s allowance of evil is hard to explain‚ it is an atheist’ best argument against Christian faith. My views on why God allows suffering are based on C.S. Lewis’ book “The Problem of Pain”. Lewis’ thoughts basically show that there is sufficient evidence that God is real and that pain exists because the all-powerful God created creatures that aren’t happy. Since
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Nature and morality have a relationship‚ however there is a standard we follow when we try to change our nature. Natural law‚ which determines good and evil‚ is the same as moral law and we cannot repel it because we cannot take away the fact that we are human beings. However‚ the Conditioners are individuals who want to change human nature. They use their desires to determine what is good and evil instead of natural law and become slaves of their own nature. Natural law is what helps us understand
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In his book “Mere Christianity‚” C.S. Lewis proposes the idea that despite what society may say‚ there is an ultimate moral standard for mankind. Lewis refers to this Law as the Law of Human Nature‚ or the Law of Right and Wrong. Lewis proposes that‚ not only does this Law preside in the hearts of all men‚ but mankind is unique in his ability to disobey that Law. A man can either disobey this Law‚ such as stealing from someone‚ or obey it‚ treating people fairly. Every man has an awareness of right
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C.S. Lewis lived from 1898 to 1963. During his lifetime‚ he wrote over thirty books. One of his most popular books is Mere Christianity. Mere Christianity is broken up into four books ranging from twenty-five to seventy-five pages. Content for each of the books came from a series of radio broadcasts between 1942 and 1944. They read like a conversation instead of an essay. In Book One‚ C.S. Lewis seeks to explain the Law of Human Nature. He says that everyone appeals to some kind of standard of behavior
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In my first passage‚ Mary Roach starts off by discussing what pet food manufacturers use to get animals to enjoy their product more. She finishes (on a surprisingly strong note) talking about how catfish taste their food. Throughout both passages‚ Roach keeps a conversational tone and adds subtle humor. By doing this‚ she keeps the audience interested‚ and even has the ability to reel in people who don’t generally enjoy nonfiction. Roach’s intent in this first passage was to describe the main additive
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Bevis refers to caring as a life force‚ one of life’s essential ingredients and possibly the most essential. She refers to caring as an art that requires theory‚ philosophy‚ and practice. In the article she defines caring as a feeling of dedication to another constructively and positively by increasing intimacy and mutual self-actualization‚ and that the purpose of caring is to facilitate that self-actualization. "Caring helps prevent disease and promote health." Bevis states "It is the rare person
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Simone de Beauvoir: Feminism and Existentialism Simone de Beauvoir talks about women through the eyes of an existentialist in her book The Second Sex. Specifically‚ de Beauvoir’s views on how woman is “man’s dependent” shows the Subject and the Other relationship‚ a solution she gives to abolishing the oppression of women is that we need to abandon the idea that women are born feminine‚ second‚ weaker and not made‚ and the responsibility that she puts on herself and women for accepting the roles
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