Bulverism

In C.S. Lewis' writing titled Bulverism he describes what exactly bulaerism is. I saw that Lewis' definition of Bulverism comes in more of a defintion example. The example was that someone could simply tell a person they are wrong because they are a woman, a man, a republican, a democrat etc. without any other explanation. This was very interesting to me as a social work major. I say this because in a way this seems to be a form of an ism such as racism, sexism, ageism, classism etc. As all the isms are very commonly practiced today so is bulverism. I found it interesting that despite that fact that this article was written so long ago, the main concepts Lewis wrote about are still very present in today's society.

In the class discussion today we really focused on how to combat bulverism. Many options were brought up such as ignore it, confront that fact that it is not a moral thing to do. The reason that most aligned with what I believe is that fact that we (Christians) are supposed to align ourselves with God and His commandments. The world has created a kind of heirarchy by the idea that one person, group of people, or culture is better than another. Many Christians try to justify how this is acceptable. I do not understand this because this was never mentioned in the bible that one human is better than another. We are all Gods creations and God is above us all. I think that often times bulverism occurs when people begin to think of themselves as gods in a way and they begin to believe that they are better than others. Their way of thinking, as Lewis puts it is "tainted" Below is a quote that Lewis stated in his article that I found very interesting.

Nowadays the Freudian will tell you to go and analyze the hundred: you will find that they all think Elizabeth [I] a great queen because they all have a mother-complex. Their thoughts are psychologically tainted at the source. And the Marxist will tell you to go and examine the economic interests of the hundred; you will find that they all think freedom a good thing because they are all members of the bourgeoisie whose prosperity is increased by a policy of laissez-faire. Their thoughts are “ideologically tainted” at the source.

In a way this quote and the whole article for that matter relate back to the article we read yesterday. I say this because this quote reminds me that people see the world as subjective because there are so many different mind sets and because of this the world's way of thinking is often "tainted." We should think simply and listen very closely to what God has to say to us. C.S. Lewis in a way gives us the little reminder push that we should not focus on thinking about this world and our life here but that we should focus on doing what is right in God's eyes. As long as we stay in the presence of the Lord we will stay on the right path that will lead us to grow in our Christian faith.