I have been seeing a lot about C.S. Lewis lately and I want to warn against following any of his spiritual philosophy. In my opinion, he was heavily interested in the occult and not actually a Christian. I’ve linked a paper below that goes into this, but I first want to detail why I came to question his faith.
I was reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and found this quote describing the Witch as odd:
> “She comes of your father Adam's" -here mr Beaver bowed- "your father Adam's first wife, her they called Lilith. And she was one of the Jinn. That's what she comes from on one side. And on the other she comes of the giants. No, no, there isn't a drop of real human blood in the Witch."
I thought this was odd. And then later he mentions Bacchus (Dionysus), a major figure in occult theology.
I then looked up C.S. Lewis and the occult and found this quote from him (post conversion to Christianity) regarding Apollo:
>At Daphne it was hard not to pray to Apollo the Healer. But somehow one didn't feel it would have been very wrong — would only have been addressing Christ sub specie Apollinis.
Very strange to call a false god or demon a sub specie of Christ.
I delved into it more and found this paper that outlines the problems with Lewis’ theology:
https://www.scionofzion.com/csl.html
While I like his writings, we should beware that the man was not a Christian. In fact, I have seen it argued that Aslan was a symbol of Lucifer and solar worship, since lions are associated with the Sun and his arrival marks the end of the Witch’s winter. Very insidious, if true, since the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is such a beloved children’s book.
>If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
This is angels, saints, spirits, etc.
Does that mean God can command men to worship something in heaven other than himself? I think he can. To wit -- John 20:17/
Jesus says to Mary in John 20:17: "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." So, if Jesus is God, then there are at least 2 Gods. If we can worship Jesus, and we can worship Jesus' God, then we are worshiping 2 Gods. Should we have taken Jesus to the gates and tried to stone him for such heresy?
If you read this passage super-literally, then Jesus may be talking about THREE Gods: Jesus (himself), Jesus' God, and Mary's God (distinct from Jesus' God.) I don't subscribe to this interpretation, but it is the most literal interpretation.
I know that you probably subscribe to Trinitarian ideas of "three persons one substance" or whatever, but the truth is that idea is utter nonsense, as in, it makes no sense. Plus, such an idea, that God is one substance but three persons, is not found anywhere in the Bible. ALL the passages that talk about the "one"-ness of God are in fact referring to something OTHER than substance. Go ahead, look them up and tell me with a straight face that the authors of those passages was thinking about "one substance". In fact, the earliest Christian writers were more than happy to accept the fact that there were at least 2 separate and distinct Gods -- Jesus and his Father.
Assuming you are referring ONLY AND SINGLY to the Christ as being one other to worship then you are not immediately blaspheming. The host of Heaven is subservient to the King of Heaven, the Christ. Worshipping any other is death.
>Mary's God (distinct from Jesus' God.)
Now this is ridiculous blasphemy and frankly a stretch.
>I ascend unto my Father, and your Father;
i.e. The SAME FATHER.
>and to my God, and your God.
i.e. the SAME GOD.
He is not saying she is of different birth, as being a derivative of the seed of Adam is the entire point to God's incarnation as Jesus. Both being of man, they both return to the same beginning and father, which is GOD.
If you want to search out heathen prophecies to collaborate, Zoroaster prophesized the coming of God's incarnation. The Magi from the east following the star were probably Zoroastrian Magi from Persia. The Greeks were also receiving interesting oracles concerning the birth of God, however many are somewhat far fetched..
Anyway, yes there is one GOD. The human being speaks of this, being divided into three parts: heart, body and soul.