Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?
In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.
He calls the result “men without chests.”
People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.
Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.
Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.
Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.
Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.
These words have helped me so often: ‘My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you…’ (Isaiah 59:21). Here’s to your 2019. To courage, to kindness and to never giving up... https://t.co/mBF7jtBj52
Even with faith we can’t say either - that’s the magic - to believe in a source of love takes a step of ‘faith’. & it is impossible to describe the power of faith until it is experienced. Like describing swimming or ice cream! https://t.co/MaOIjSMbaV