Lewis: “…The apparent profundity of Pantheism thinly veils a mass of spontaneous picture-thinking and owes its plausibility to that fact.
Pantheists and Christians agree that God is present everywhere. Pantheists conclude that He is ‘diffused’ or ‘concealed’ in all things and therefore a universal medium rather that a concrete entity, because their minds are really dominated by the picture of a gas, or fluid, or space itself. The Christian, on the other hand, deliberately rules out such images by saying that God is totally present at every point of space and time, and locally present in none.
Again the Pantheist and Christian agree that we are all dependent on God and intimately related to Him. But the Christian defines this relation in terms of Maker and made, whereas the Pantheist (at least of the popular kind) says, we are ‘parts’ of Him, or are contained in Him. Once more, the picture of a vast extended something which can be divided into areas has crept in. Because of this fatal picture Pantheism concludes that God must be equally present in what we call evil and what we call good and therefore indifferent to both (ether permeates the mud and the marble impartially). The Christian has to reply that this is far too simple; God is present in a great many different modes: not present in matter as He is present in man, not present in all men as in some, not present in any other man as in Jesus.
Pantheist and Christian also agree that God is super-personal. The Christian means by this that God has a positive structure which we could never have guessed in advance, any more than a knowledge of squares would have enabled us to guess at a cube. He contains ‘persons’ (three of them) while remaining one God, as a cube contains six squares while remaining one solid body. We cannot comprehend such a structure any more than the Flatlanders could comprehend a cube. But we can at least comprehend our incomprehension, and see that if there is something beyond personality it OUGHT to be incomprehensible in that sort of way. The Pantheist, on the other hand, though he may say ‘superpersonal’ really conceives God in terms of what is sub-personal—as though the Flatlanders thought a cube existed in FEWER dimensions than a square.
At every point Christianity has to correct the natural expectations of the Pantheist and offer something more difficult, just as Schrödinger [the scientist behind the Quantum Theory] has to correct Democritus [the ancient Greek scientist behind the Atomic Theory]. At every moment he has to multiply distinctions and rule out false analogies. He has to substitute the mappings of something that has a positive, concrete, and highly articulated character for the formless generalities in which Pantheism is at home…” (Christianity and ‘Religion’, Miracles).
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The snapping and 'eyes on the page' gesture is so funny and good. Actually got my attention. Massive kudos for that bit in particular.
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Simply amazing. What a wonderful collection of videos!
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I find it incredible how much on point C.S. Lewis was with his observations. Simple and yet profound every time.
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I love how much thought is put into these drawings and visual tricks.
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So amazing! Watched with my teenaged son. Thanks
@salli4588 Says:
I like the point Lewis makes about prayer; when we pray, it is God in us prompting us, God with us leading us, God before us hearing us. So great to know just how aware of us God really is; aware of each one of us. Joy!
@rootedwillowhomeschool Says:
I love all your doodles, but I think this reading was particularly suited to this format! I wonder how influenced Lewis was by the book, Flatland, by Edwin Abbott? The cube analogy is very similar.
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@NicholasproclaimerofMessiah Says:
Excellent. This really helps clarify God and what it is to have the Spirit. Thanks be to God and well done.
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I'm doing a deep dive into the Trinity right now! Thank you for this resource!
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Absolutely outstanding illustration!
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Experiencing C.S. Lewis’ works being read AND doodled legerdemain-like is a thrill akin to personally visiting Narnia. Fiction? But that’s just how surreal this channel is! Thank you!
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All throughout the day yesterday I was mulling over the concept of God being a personal God and struggling to understand how this fits in with the reality that I know. This video came up in my subscription feed just in time and with exactly the right words of wisdom I needed to hear - thank you!
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