![]() ![]() Lewis compares such personal experiences with standing on the beach looking at the Atlantic Ocean, and theology with a map of the Atlantic Ocean. officer who once told him he had felt God out in the desert, and found the dogmas of theology to be “petty and pedantic” by comparison. Lewis addresses the argument he has heard from Christians, that theology is of no use to them because they have personal experiences with God.“You are not children: why should you be treated like children?” (C.S. Lewis claims that he has been warned not to write about theology, because the ordinary reader isn’t interested in theology, but in “plain practical religion.” Lewis disagrees, since “theology” means “science of God,” and Lewis thinks people who think about God would like to have to have the most accurate ideas about him. ![]() Book Four: Beyond Personality: Or First Steps in the Doctrine of the Trinity (Ch. ![]()
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