The Eagle and Child, Episode 9.

Mere Christianity.

Book 2, Chapter 2.

The Invasion.

Hello, and welcome to the Eagle and Child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.

This is a podcast where each week, my friend Matt and I share a beer and discuss the

writings of the author known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis, or just as Jack to his

friends. My name is David, and today we continue working our way through Book 2 of Mere Christianity.

As always, I'm joined by my fellow combatant on the side of the kingdom of

heaven, Matt. I love that phrase fellow combatant, especially given the title of the chapter

today, the invasion. In this chapter, Jack's going to show us why the Christian story is the best explanation for the world.

And that's based on his understanding of man that he's presented so far to us with the moral

law.

Given the moral law and our understanding, Christianity makes the most sense, especially when we

understand we live in this broken world that seems

meaningless, but yet we know it's broken and it's not meaningless.

It's not the way it should be, not the way it ought to be. Exactly. Jack has already

spends a little bit of time talking about why atheism is too simple, why it doesn't account for all

of the facts. And in today's chapter, he's going to speak about what he calls Christianity and

water, and he's then going to spend most of his time talking about a dualism. Does a dualistic

worldview explain what we experience? But before we go any further, cheers.

Cheers.

...