In Mere Christianity how does the analogy of the toy tin soldier explain God’s agenda for the human race? I do not have access to the book but have questions
Here are two different articles that try and unpack that analogy:
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/reflections-december-2021/
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/mere-christianity/book-4-chapter-5-the-obstinate-toy-soldiers
Bryan
I do not have access to the book but have questions
This book is a real classic and available dirt cheap as used paperback. I could buy a kindle version right now for USD 2.50 - so my suggestion would be you acquire the book (I understand it's not a good idea to acquire it in Logos right now) and study the section you are asked to work on.
Just by doing a quick google search it looks like someone created a study tool that asks, verbatim, the exact same question you have asked here.
OK. Forget the AI guy (your other post); now we're looking at a bot getting a thesis.
Kind of a neat visual/illustrative description of the toy soldier story, that I think will answer your question. It's a pretty neat site over all for Lewis content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veuekig33HM
My experience is that Google is almost always a far better place to find help with such questions than Logos is (assuming you don't want to read the original source). I was surprised how many websites there were on this very Lewis illustration.
It’s embracing to Faithlife that after so many years, it is still not available for individual purchase. For such a long time, such a big company cannot make an agreement with publisher.
What if the publisher doesn’t want to make an agreement with the company? 🤷♂️
At least the audiobook has a different publisher and is available for individual purchase: https://www.logos.com/product/227492/mere-christianity
FYI The chapter "the obstinate toy soldiers" is episode 27 in the audio version.
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