Analytical Snapshot: What Christians Believe

Famous writer C.S. Lewis uses strong rhetorical tools to write an article called “What Christians Believe,” trying to persuade others to believe or reconsider believing in Christian beliefs. If he can’t convince others to believe, there is a hope that others will have a better view and understanding of what Christianity is, aware of the proofs that are present.

His convincing path of logic and easily understood concepts to convince others that Christianity is true posts a strong stance in favor to belief in God. He talks about how many reasons why God does exist, and states that there is nothing to prove that he doesn’t exist. He also explains a bit of his own experiences, formerly being an atheist, showing viewers that he had/has no bias due to other’s influence. Rather he himself pondered and concluded that his beliefs were previously incorrect.

Now most of his audience is westernized people, already knowing quite a bit about religions and Christianity, but their ideas and thoughts have been skewed by outside influences. Those in the world that have heard of Christianity, but don’t believe, have been influenced by an outside source. They may feel that they need cold hard evidence, or a complete explanation of the facts so that it makes complete sense to them, but they can’t rely on faith.

The message that God was real and Jesus Christ is our savior was clearly presented. He explains that Atheism is too simple. Atheism proves that everything is simply meaningless, whether it’s us, or the universe. But nothing is simple. He stated that if you talk to a scientist about a “simple table” he would explain that there is nothing simple about it, it is a very complex thing. This is the same for Christianity. It agrees that complexity is there, and there is SOME reason for everything in the world, but Lewis agrees that he can’t explain everything about God everything in relation to him.