In this essay Lewis makes some very good points. Does becoming a Christian make you a good person? No, of course not. Your still the same person, whether Christ is with you or not. You have to make that change yourself. People who are not Christians can become very good people, and some Christians may turn out to be some of the worst. Lewis says for these good non-Christians that he hopes God shows them their erroneous ways and they turn towards him. For they are in a state of honest error.
Lewis makes this powerful argument. "If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all. As soon as we have realised this, we realise something else. If Christianity should happen to be true, then it is quite impossible that those who know this truth and those who don't should be equally well equipped for leading a good life." This really stood out to me. There really is no reason to not believe. If you know of the truth why run away? Don't they know they are only condemning themselves? My heart goes out to these people. They try to run away from God. Lewis describes it like a man who doesn't look at his bank account because he is afraid of what he will see when he does.
Lewis also talks about people who turn to earthly things for happiness. Both will want to do things to help out the good of mankind. The materialist will ask "'Will it increase the happiness of the majority?', the Christian might have to say, 'Even if it does increase the happiness of the majority, we can't do it. It is unjust.'"
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