The problem of pain book6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The author states that it is necessary to think these terms over again as they need alteration. Religion is beyond experience.Ī necessary reservation is made by Lewis at the beginning of his book at it is necessary to tackle it as well, it concerns equivocality of the terms “good”, “almighty”, and “happy” (Lewis 16). Lewis further explains that the answer is that “spectacle of the universe as revealed by experience can never be the ground for religion” (4). ![]() He finds that the main merit of this atheist argument is its problem: “If the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?” (Lewis 3). Thus, he makes an impression that the information he is going to state is first-hand since Lewis uses atheist argument about the existing evil in the world. The beginning of the book is very successful and eloquent since the author starts it on a personal note saying that “not many years ago was an atheist” (Lewis 1). ![]()
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