In his book The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton takes a more logical approach to his own theories than many other writers of religion at the time and predating his work. However, that does not mean his work is not completely flawed, and, like almost all works, filled with immense bias.
G.K. Chesterton influenced many of the great minds of his day, including C.S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but also the author of many religious essays. G.K. Chesterton's beliefs were a hybrid of strong, Christian values, but appealed to the modern day scientist in many ways, because it could be seen as not as radical. In this way, Chesterton was able to gain supporters for his cause more easily, because it did not seem like he was terribly incorrect.
Chesterton does, however, neglect many important facts when writing his book. His title, perhaps, is one of the first that is noticed. Though man and his ideas have persisted throughout time, so have many other animal species, much longer than man. Indeed, man has gotten very close to being destroyed or destroying himself, which would seeming defy his strong sense of reason that Chesterton imposes only humans have.
Chesterton claims that reason could not have evolved from nothing, therefore humans must have gotten their reason from a divine being. However, with further studies, more and more animal species appear to have some of the traits of human reason, including problem solving, which was previously only thought to be a trait of humans.
Overall, Chesterton's work is, at times, a work of fiction. However, it does present interesting ideas that have never been heard of before in the religious community. The way of Chesterton's writing also had a persuasion factor on his audience, because it is easy to understand and quite believable.
