Not only do people have this sense of morality, they also feel guilt for violating the moral law. It is impossible to get moral claims-what we ought and ought not to do-merely by describing the environment. Just like the numinous, our sense of morality cannot be explained by describing physical events. The second factor is our knowledge of the moral law. When a person has a sense of the numinous, they are either experiencing a glitch in their mind that has no purpose, or they are experiencing the presence of the supernatural-they are receiving revelation. A numinous experience cannot be understood by simply describing the physical environment in which it takes place. This sense is widespread through the human race, it has persisted through history, and contemporary technology and science is not eradicating it. We can be afraid of tigers and pain, but the numinous is dreadful-it produces a sense of awe that goes far beyond a fear of natural danger. The sense of the numinous goes beyond natural fear.
First, there is the sense of the numinous. Why would they do that, if the world is so bad? Yet in this world of pain, people began to ascribe the existence of the universe to a good, wise, and powerful Creator. Conscious beings experience both pain and suffering. The small pocket of life that we are familiar with exists in pain-both receiving and inflicting it. The universe is vast but barely inhabited. When I was an atheist, the nature of the universe seemed to provide strong evidence against the existence of an omnipotent, good deity. Many of the lines of argumentation that Lewis uses in this book have been widely used by contemporary apologists. Lewis takes the time to define key terms, and he considers the nature of omnipotence and pain. He argues that Christian theology makes sense of suffering in this world and that the reality of Hell is compatible with the existence of an omnipotent and perfectly good God. He also discusses the nature of Heaven and Hell. He looks at both human suffering and animal suffering. Lewis examines the perennial problem of suffering in the world. The Problem of Pain was Lewis’ first foray into the field of popular apologetics. Lewis’ writings range from technical academic works (his works on medieval English literature are still considered magisterial), to popular apologetics, to children’s literature, and more. His works sell more copies today than ever before. Lewis was one of the most influential writers of Christian literature in the 20 th Century. A Brief Book Summary from Books At a GlanceĬ.
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