C.S. Lewis' Straw Men

[thecityandstars]

"We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia. "The fallacy

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[jkndrkn]

> Why is stubborn, irrational blindness held up as a virtue?

Because the world is a scary place and adhering blindly to some set of values is one way to find refuge.

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[thecityandstars]

I wish popular morality was not informed by cowardice.