Rachel Conley - C.S. Lewis, “Myth Became Fact”

In this excerpt by C.S. Lewis, he claims that a man named Corineus claims that no one can truly believe in historic Christianity because it is so barbaric. I believe that he is both right and wrong. As times progress, people interpret doctrines differently to fit with the times, but people also continue to believe some of the same things. As Lewis talks about, the death of Jesus is one of those things that Christians still believe in, even though it is fact that Pontius Pilate had a man, presumed to be Jesus, crucified. The commandments are another thing that Christians still use in their original form.

As time goes by I believe that everything has to change to keep up with modern times, which is something discussed in this essay. Lewis mentions that as time went by certain ideas pertaining to religion and/or Christianity changed. He mentions that in talking about groups like the Epicureans, paganists, etc. He says that even though ideas like theirs come and go, there is one thing that doesn’t change, and that is the myth of Christianity. According to Lewis, this myth is the death of Jesus. He says that this myth is also fact. In my own personal definition, a myth is a story that explains how something came to be. The death of Jesus would fit this because his death allowed for people to be forgiven of their sins. Even though it is fact that a historical person was crucified, presumably Jesus, it is still myth, and this is what Lewis stresses.