I was a little disappointed that Tony wasn't in class the day we talked about this essay because he was the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland... what a shame. [anyway]
I thought this was interesting... Lewis always compares humans to animals... which is great because he makes some excellent points from it.
i especially liked this quote:
"If christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it even if it gives him no help at all."
Lewis says that even if something isn't helpful at all but is still true, an honest person who basks in the truth will want to believe it.
I also liked this quote:
"One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to
know things, wants to find out what reality is like, simply for the sake of knowing. When that desire is completely quenched in anyone, I think he has become something less than human"
My favorite quote from this essay was this:
"All the rabbit in us is to disappear -- the worried, conscientious, ethical rabbit as well as the cowardly and sensual rabbit. we shall bleed and squeal as the handfuls of fur come out; and then, surprisingly, we shall find underneath it all a thing we have never yet imagined: a real Man, an ageless god, a son of God, strong, radiant, wise, beautiful, and drenched in joy."
so, are we men and women....or rabbits?
THeND
(sorry tony...i couldn't help it...)
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