Christian Ethics
Date Submitted: 09/27/2004 07:16:19
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (2005 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 7 pages (2005 words)
A letter to the newspaper caught my eye. In it the writer was quite adamant that there was a difference between what he called "the world" and "Christian ethics". As far as I could understand, he was saying there was such a wide gulf between what was commonly known as 'Christian' morals, and the sort of morals which everyone else lived by. He did not want his society, the mass of unbelievers of which he …
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…Christians and unbelievers (I am sorry to say) there is sometimes very little difference, in fact some Christians are put to shame by the moral uprightness of unbelievers. But moral uprightness is not the criterion by which people may gain heaven. If it were I too would be a long way down the queue.
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For the historical quotations in this article I am indebted to C.S.Lewis' book 'The Abolition of Man' pages 49-59
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