Bulverism

I found C.S. Lewis' essay on "Bulverism" very interesting. I see bulverism all around. We are constantly trying to explain why someone believes something, then we dismiss his reasoning and purposes as simple and stupid. Bulverism attempts to refute an argument without real arguments. The purposes behind a thought are dismissed instead of proving the idea wrong itself. However, I believe that there is some good to understand the thought processes behind certain ideas. In understand the influences and thought processes behind an ideology, we better understand another section of the world. Instead of dismissing an argument with this background information, we should understand the background information in order to better understand the ideology, then refute it logically and reasonably.
When looking for an example of understanding, yet still refuting an ideology one could use communism. Ideally, communism looks great. Equality and justice for all. After all, capitalism cannot exist without poor people. Someone has to be exploited in order to make a profit, in order for capitalism to continue. Not everyone can be rich. So, communism looks wonderful. It even looks biblical. After all, in Acts didn't all the believers share everything in common? They loved each other and shared their lives- emotionally, spiritually, and materially with each other? Doesn't that sound beautiful? So, I have this understanding of communism. I understand why communists believe what they believe. However, I am not a communist. I know that communism is impossible. It's impossible because we are tainted. We're sinful and selfish. We cannot live together and share everything. We always want more, we want to better ourselves instead of our neighbor.
I also enjoyed how CS Lewis brought us to God, the One who is behind Reason. Without Him we could KNOW nothing. We try to make ourselves independent of his authority through our own thought, our own reason. But without him, without this higher power, our reason would not exist. It would not be credible. Yet, we still try to divorce Reason from the Supernatural, when in fact they go hand in hand.