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Thursday, February 19, 2015

C.S. Lewis from Theism to Christianity

A dramatization of Lewis' transition from accepting that there is some sort of God to accepting the truth of the Gospel and becoming a Christian:

Also, this is a recording of Lewis himself reading one of his WWII radio addresses, primarily on prayer.

6 comments:

John Lien said...: Thanks Mush. Oooo! nice motorbike and sidecar -that had to be what pushed him over the threshold.; February 19, 2015 at 11:37 PM
USS Ben USN (Ret) said...: Aye, thanks Dwaine. I can imagine C.S. Lewis's addresses were very encouraging during WW2, considering the horrors that were going on, particularly in England.
Then again, Lewis is always encouraging, fascinating, and wise, yet even moreso when you can hear him speak.

I recall getting the same vibes when I listened to a bunch of Thomas Merton tapes back in the early 90's. I went on a two day retreat near St.Martin college that the Nuns were running, and, thankfully, they had many of his tapes there.; February 20, 2015 at 8:18 AM
mushroom said...: Glad you enjoyed.

I usually give credit to Lewis for my own turn, but Merton was an essential precursor for me. They were on the same wavelength.

Add on a sidecar,
Electric guitar.
We'll be a trio,
And Baby make's three, Oh.

Yet another validation of the Trinity.; February 20, 2015 at 9:27 AM
John Lien said...: It's a beautiful and mysterious world, truly.

My bike and sidecar are Russian and I lean Orthodox...

Hmmm, more mystery.; February 20, 2015 at 10:44 AM
John Lien said...: I looked up those lyrics and watches the Motorcycle Mama video.

I had completely forgotten that song.

Thanks for reconnecting the ol' neurons.; February 20, 2015 at 10:53 AM
mushroom said...: I figured that one was before your time.; February 20, 2015 at 12:41 PM

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The industrialization of agriculture is stopping up the source of decency in the world. -- Don Colacho

Gloria: Do you know that sixty percent of all deaths in America are caused by guns?
Archie Bunker: Would it make you feel any better, little girl, if they was pushed out of windows?

This is the way an opinion gains acceptance in France. Fifty ignoramuses repeat in chorus some absurd libel that has been thought up by an even bigger ignoramus; and, if only it happens to coincide to some slight degree with prevailing attitudes and passions, it becomes a self-evident truth -- Frederic Bastiat

In practice, the goal of skepticism is not the discovery of truth, but the exposure of other people's errors. It plays a useful role in science, religion, scholarship, and common sense. But we need to remember that it is a weapon serving belief or self-interest; we need to be skeptical of skeptics. The more militant the skeptic, the stronger the belief. -- Rupert Sheldrake

[W]e as a people are not to be ruled and not to be commanded...the president should never forget this; that he has not risen above us, but is merely one of us, chosen by ballot, dismissed after his term, tasked not to transform and work his will upon us, but to bear the weight of decision and to carry out faithfully the design laid down in the Constitution and impassioned by the Declaration of Independence. -- Congressman Mike Pence, Hillsdale College address

It was a war of words and speaking just as much as a war of iron and blood. If the fighting was sometimes noble and brave, it was because certain words were in the minds of men. If the fighting was sometimes stupid and vicious, it was because certain other words were in the minds of men. Whatever else Churchill may have been doing in those days, he was always providing the English with words. -- Robert Mitchell, Less Than Words Can Say

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