I saw someone reading Mere Christianity on the bus this morning. Weird. But I had a violently negative response to it myself.
That's disturbing. You're emotionally scarred and will end up badly.
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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brenda m - Feb 16, 2005 10:07:59 am PST #1438 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2005 10:08:51 am PST #1439 of 10001
brillig
I'm approved!
Yay!!!
Approved for what?
-t - Feb 16, 2005 10:10:01 am PST #1440 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, Lilty!
That's tough, Gud. I hope y'all can overcome your differences. I'm not familiar with the books you've mentioned.
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2005 10:10:26 am PST #1441 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
"Mere Christianity" pisses me off, and I try to be a Christian.
The first and to some extent the second part of it (I'm not finished with the third part yet) seem to be a persuasive argument where you build your agrument and getting the reader to accept one point after another that build on each other. The problem is that I don't think most of his points are complete. In a lot of places he's like it's either A or B, and I'm thinking what about C, D, and E that he didn't mention.
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2005 10:12:22 am PST #1442 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Good for you Lilty, whatever you're approved of. If it helps, I approve of you.
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2005 10:18:38 am PST #1443 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
In a lot of places he's like it's either A or B, and I'm thinking what about C, D, and E that he didn't mention.
Yip. For instance, "Lunatic, Liar, or Lord" doesn't consider the cases that he was a wise man who was insane on one subject but perfectly rational otherwise, or that he was a wise man whose sayings were heavily edited by his followers.
beth b - Feb 16, 2005 10:22:05 am PST #1444 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is betray by body day. Glucose levels are higher than I am comfortable. and today - i have a med tech come look at me for insurance purposes. and my bp was very, very high. Like - there is no way my doctor would ignore it if it was that high. so where did this monsterous number come from?
happily - my idea of comfort food has moved to the fruit and chese as oppsed to the twinkie side of life.
Steph L. - Feb 16, 2005 10:25:08 am PST #1445 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
The so-called trilemma, "Lunatic, Liar, or Lord"? doesn't hold up to logical examination.
The FAC was very big on Lord, Liar, Lunatic? as a means of proving that Jesus was, in fact, who he claimed to be. It always seemed logical to me, BUT I admit that, in the time since I left the FAC, I've never sat down to look at its logic or lack thereof.
Susan W. - Feb 16, 2005 10:25:48 am PST #1446 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Hmm. I like Mere Christianity, but it's been years since I've read it, so I can't really speak to how well the arguments would hang together for me now, post-major-faith-crisis. Screwtape Letters is my most frequently re-read Lewis, even beating out Narnia. Oh, and some of the essays. I like "The Weight of Glory" and "Learning in War-Time."
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2005 10:26:21 am PST #1447 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Screwtape Letters is my most frequently re-read Lewis, even beating out Narnia.
Yup. Screwtape is full of genuine humility, and it always reminds me of my sins.