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Summary. “Who” and “what” is a human person? Depending on which pronoun takes priority, one can answer the “human question” scientifically, philosophically, theologically, morally, socially, or with a combination thereof.
Christians are different from atheists who try to be good, because atheists believe that they, and they alone, are doing good, while Christians believe that their goodness is only possible because of the “Christ-life inside” them. What does it mean for “Christ-life” to be inside us?
Lewis presents paradox as a defining feature of not only Christianity but also of life itself. The other paradox in this chapter—the idea that humanity is doomed whether or not absolute goodness rules the universe—represents the culmination of Lewis's arguments in this first book.
When a Christian is "with Christ," he becomes a cell in Christ's body and the Christ-life flows through him. This doesn't mean a person is morally perfect, but his mistakes are quickly repaired and cleansed by the power of the divine-Christ life inside him.
13 sty 2015 · To summarize, a human life has complete meaning if and only if it: 1) has both positive intrinsic value and is on the whole valuable for the person living it; 2) contains some non-trivial, subjective, valuable purposes that are engaging for that person; and 3) we have immortal souls.
7 lis 2018 · In chapter 5, Aku Visala considers the challenge that recent cognitive science poses for any doctrine of the image of God that locates the image in human cognitive abilities. Visala believes that modern cognitive scientific findings, far from erecting insurmountable obstacles, actually point to human uniqueness in a new and helpful way for ...
Definition. The Christian doctrine of humanity sees the human person as made in God’s image, either a man or a woman by God’s making, fallen through Adam’s historical sin, formed for vocation unto God, and redeemable in and through the God-man, Jesus Christ.
