by gameld » April 29th, 2008, 1:55 pm
keeping with the idea that lewis thoroghly believed that all myths conatained the 'kernel' of the actual Truth, i've always thought that twhf was how he explained how a pre-Christ gentile could still come to an understanding and even salvation faith in the redeemer, Christ. in other words, he was answering the question, "what about the kid in africa who has never heard about Jesus? is he screwed because of an accident of birth?" what i thought, long before twhf and reinforced by it with a clear example, was that God knows what a person is capable of understanding and judges them based on that, not on whether or not the were born at the right time to hear the right name. here lewis shows that such a person could come to understand their need for forgiveness, that their claims against the gods/God of the universe is incorrect, and that they must turn in faith to the gods/God for salvation.
does this make sense to everyone?