Crazy Love
11/30/08 06:49 AM
I’ve just started reading Francis Chan’s new book, Crazy Love - Overwhelmed by a Relentless God. In the opening chapter, which is entitled, “Stop Praying,” he challenges the reader to begin the book by gazing at God in silence. He also recommends the following:
It reminded me of a thought-full piece written by C. S. Lewis in response to someone who asked the following question: “Materialists and some astronomers suggest the solar planetary and life as we know it was brought about by an accidental stellar collision. What is the Christian view of this theory?”
Here was Lewis’ response:
If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents – the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts – i.e., of Materialism and Astronomy – are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents.
C. S. Lewis, "Answers to Questions on Christianity," in God in the Dock, pages 52-53.
- What I want you to do right now is to go online and look at the “Awe Factor” video at crazylovebook.com to get a taste of the awe factor of our God. Seriously––go do it. Speechless? Amazed? Humbled? When I first saw those images, I had to worship. I didn’t want to speak to or share it with anyone. I just wanted to sit quietly and admire the Creator.
It reminded me of a thought-full piece written by C. S. Lewis in response to someone who asked the following question: “Materialists and some astronomers suggest the solar planetary and life as we know it was brought about by an accidental stellar collision. What is the Christian view of this theory?”
Here was Lewis’ response:
If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents – the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts – i.e., of Materialism and Astronomy – are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents.
C. S. Lewis, "Answers to Questions on Christianity," in God in the Dock, pages 52-53.