A Personal God? Or a Life Force? Which do you want?

From C S Lewis, Mere Christianity

One reason why many people find Creative Evolution so attractive is that it gives one much of the emotional comfort 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 One who speaks to us and holds us accountable.

The Life Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want but it will never 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?

(As for me, give me a personal God. Point me to the cross and tell me about Jesus. That's the God I want to believe in. A Rescuer, a Redeemer, a Savior God! I'll cast my life on Him!)