"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.

Good for you Lilty, whatever you're approved of. If it helps, I approve of you.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

I feel like vw!

Yay! It's a good day.

Or actually, not really, but I'm just crabby. I need chocolate. And I have none. I may need to remedy that. Maybe some ice cream with chocolate sauce or some hot chocolate....or both...

Approved for what?

Oh just, you know, in general.

Nah, I got a loan to consolidate my credit cards. Not a fantabulous loan or anything, since I don't have anything to secure it with, but I can dance on my credit cards graves all the same.

I can dance on my credit cards graves all the same.

Always good. Sadly, I have at times needed to put prescriptions on my credit cards, so I can't dance on them yet.