The Life-Force is a sort of tame God.

[soso]

[One reason why many people find Creative Evolution so attractive]

is that it gives one [much of the emotional comfort of believing in God and none of the less pleasant consequences]. 

When you are feeling fit and the sun is shining 

and you do not want to believe that the whole universe is a mere mechanical dance of atoms, 

it is nice to be able to think of this great mysterious Force /rolling on through the centuries and carrying you on its crest. 

If, on the other hand, you want to do something rather shabby,

 the Life-Force,

 being only a blind force, with no morals and no mind, 

will never interfere with you /like that troublesome God () we learned about /when we were children. 

The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. 

You can switch it on /when you want, but it will not bother you. 

All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. 

Is [the Life-Force] [the greatest achievement of wishful thinking () the world has yet seen]?

From Mere Christianity
Compiled in A Year with C.S. Lewis