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Was C.S. Lewis a pluralist?

PostPosted: March 27th, 2006, 1:35 am
by Guest

re: Was C.S. Lewis a pluralist?

PostPosted: March 27th, 2006, 1:46 am
by A#minor
Lewis was not a pluralist. He believed that some religions were nearer to the truth than others, and that some religions had good qualities in them (such as moral teachings about love, mercy, and justice), but he knew that only belief in Christ could bring salvation. Here's a quote:

"...you are free to think that all those religions, even the queerest ones, contain at least some hint of the truth. ... But, of course, being a Christian does mean thinking that where Christianity differs from other religions, Christianity is right and they are wrong.
As in arithmetic - there is only one right answer to the sum, and all other answers are wrong; but some of the wrong answers are much nearer being right than others."
-Mere Christianity, Chapter entitled "The Rival Conceptions of God"

re: Was C.S. Lewis a pluralist?

PostPosted: March 27th, 2006, 3:23 am
by Paul F. Ford
Dear Guest,

If you can get a copy of my book at the library, please read the entry on 'Universalism" which I believe will answer your question.

re: Was C.S. Lewis a pluralist?

PostPosted: March 27th, 2006, 8:12 pm
by Guest