Worldview: Sigmund Freud And C. S. Lewis

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Throughout history people have been fighting over if God exists or not. Two of those people are named C.S. Lewis, who believed that God exists, and Sigmund Freud, who believed that God does not exist. According to Armand Nicholi, Freud and Lewis thought the question of God was the most important question in the world. Out of the two, one of them had a stronger case for his worldview. Despite Sigmund Freud for giving strong counterarguments against C.S. Lewis 's worldview, C.S. Lewis made the stronger case for his worldview because Chesterton influenced him, he questioned the New Testament, and figured so many people in his life believed in God. C.S. Lewis for most of his early life thought that God did not exist but then certain events …show more content…
Lewis had the strongest case for his worldview, it does not change my worldview. Lewis’s factors of converting to christianity was compelling and it did have me questioning my own faith, but it does not go about that fact I still believing in what I see. I have not seen or heard God. The bible might be true to the sense that Lewis talks about when he converted to Christianity but cannot fully accept the bible until I receive some kind of sign that God exists. This might be a result of my parents not taking me to church when I am younger or put me in religious school but it does not matter I still do not believe in …show more content…
Lewis both had different worldview. C.S. Lewis had the strongest case because the Gospels were not myths, people in his life had the spiritual worldview, and no teacher ever said they are God themselves. Sigmund Freud, even though had a strong case for his worldview, did not take into account that people can stop praying for awhile, people want hope, and people cannot prove that God does not exist. I still would not change my worldview despite that C.S. Lewis had the strongest case for his worldview. The debate between the worldviews might never be won but it does give something worth living

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