(In response to "The Sermon and the Lunch" by C.S. Lewis)
I can somewhat understand the position of Lewis and of the youth not listening to someone who they know is a hypocrite and is trying to portray themselves in a perfect light. Teachers, Ministers, parents, and leaders should be careful with what they say and be careful not to contradict their words with their actions. They must also be able to communicate to their audience that they are themselves fallible due to the fall and therefore they themselves are not the model to strive after. Only God, Jesus Christ the incarnate, can be our true example.
I do however feel that any person who attempts to teach someone moral values is himself a hypocrite. With the exception of Jesus we are all sinful by nature and therefore cannot be perfect in our teaching and actions. We can however be striving towards that perfection, trying to be in the image of God. As Matthew 5:48 says, "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." This is our goal, while non of us can achieve this we must still strive for it.
"The real minds of the young people have at last been called into action. They talk fiercely, quickly, contemptuously. They have facts and logic on their side. " This quote makes me proud as a young person. This is the first time that I can think of that the youth are talked about in a positive light.
"Since the Fall no organization or way of life whatever has a natural tendency to go right." This cannot be used as our excuse to do wrong, rather it should only be used to keep us out of great depression and deep troughs in our lives.
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This is just commenting on your paragraph about people who teach morals. We are all fallen creatures and if one man tries to better the next generation of human beings as to not make as many mistakes or the same mistakes that they did is a good man in my book. We all mess up but trying to better other people by teaching them morals is still a noble cause.
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