Sunday, October 2, 2011
Blog #7
What Christians Believe by C.S. Lewis is a persuasive essay that persuaded readers why and how Christianity makes perfect sense despite what others may believe. The authors main idea was that there is a god, and nothing would exist without the simple concept of good and evil. Without evil we would not know what good is, there is opposition in all things. For instance, the author uses the example that if it is said that the world has no meaning that also means that we do not know the difference between light or dark, or good and evil. That is where we get the idea that there is opposition in all things. The author conveys that people know about religion and god, it is weather or not they choose to believe it is the problem. However if they choose not to believe in a higher being they still know the general basics of what others believe around them. The world has many different views on religon, but no matter what each denomination may believe the author points out that there is always some truth within each respected religion. The main tool that the author uses is logos, or the appeal to logic. The author uses logic to prove almost every argument presented. The evidence that the author uses is just her past experiences as an atheist, her experiences as a Christian, and her common knowledge. I really enjoyed reading this piece.
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Not to be rude, but C.S. Lewis is a guy... and with that out of the way this was a very nice rhetorical analysis. It really summed up the main points of the article (something i had a hard time doing) and explained in very few words how he did it. I also enjoyed reading the article and I must say some of his Lewis' arguments really got me thinking, especially the concept that bad is just a mutation of good, and that no one is inherently bad without knowing good. Anyway great job on the rhetorical analysis and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI liked reading your post because now I think I have a better understanding of what this essay meant. As you could probably tell from my post, I had a very difficult time comprehending what C.S. Lewis was trying to tell the reader. So, I am very grateful that you gave such a nice description here. I, too, believe that most religions have pieces of truth in their beliefs. I had a seminary teacher once who drew a target sign on the board and said that some of the religions are out on the periphery on the center of the target because they don't have the full truth. We know that our church has all the truth and it is so great to be apart of it!
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