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When C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom
The American Conservative ^
| October 31, 2019
| Matt Purple
Posted on 10/31/2019 11:15:08 AM PDT by Heartlander
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To: Heartlander
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posted on
10/31/2019 3:26:13 PM PDT
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jonrick46
(Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
To: Heartlander
This describes Gender Reassignment.
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posted on
10/31/2019 3:26:58 PM PDT
by
jonrick46
(Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
To: Heartlander; cuban leaf; grey_whiskers; Bob434
Who among us gets to do the subduing and overcoming? In his novel That Hideous Strength,
Lewis imagines an answer: the National Institute for Coordinated Experiments, or N.I.C.E.Walter Hooper reports (on Socrates in the City) that while Lewis thought his best book was Perelandra, his favorite was That Hideous Strength.
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posted on
10/31/2019 3:43:29 PM PDT
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Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: Hebrews 11:6
I remember literally quivering with anticipation as I opened That Hideous Strength for the first time in high school. It remained my favorite book for years.
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posted on
10/31/2019 4:00:58 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
I re-read it five years ago after 25 years and found the first 60 pages to be excruciating. Having just finished OOtSP and Perelandra, I’m raring to go.
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posted on
10/31/2019 4:32:46 PM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: Hebrews 11:6
Re-read the foreword, you’ll find out why it was excruciating.
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posted on
10/31/2019 4:38:17 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
10/31/2019 4:39:08 PM PDT
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Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: Hebrews 11:6
i liked both books- probably gonna have to reread them now- was a long time ago-
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posted on
10/31/2019 8:31:17 PM PDT
by
Bob434
To: KC Burke
[[The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality.]]
That is exactly right, something i tried to say in my diatribe lol- you can’t have civilized without an objective moral code- noone will ever obey the greatest commandment on their own- and chaos and anarchy will result-
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posted on
10/31/2019 8:34:02 PM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Bob434
Genesis 3 includes about 100 words of dialogue describing Satan's temptation of Eve. Somehow CS Lewis invented 20 PAGES detailing Satan's temptation of the woman in Perelandra, thereby making it the best book I've ever read by far. Enjoy!
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10/31/2019 8:47:00 PM PDT
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Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
To: Bob434
“ok, enough thinking for one year!”
I’ll tune in again next year for your 2020 recital. This 2019 rendition was pretty good!
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posted on
10/31/2019 9:06:35 PM PDT
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steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: steve86
thanks Steve- just some thoughts as i read through the article- and view what’s going on in the world today- handwriting is on the wall it seems-
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posted on
10/31/2019 11:43:25 PM PDT
by
Bob434
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posted on
11/01/2019 2:43:51 AM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: cuban leaf
Thank you! What a great find.
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posted on
11/01/2019 5:35:25 AM PDT
by
SisterK
(its a spiritual war)
To: Heartlander
...what we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. Not a bad description of the supposed "global warming" emergency...
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posted on
11/01/2019 8:25:57 AM PDT
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Who is John Galt?
("He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike.")
To: Heartlander
Just to pass along the info. Last year I bought and read The Fellowship The Literary Lives of the INKLINGS JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams by Philip and Carol Zaleski.
Its a very detailed history on how their writings fueled their fellowship.
There are some authors speculative opinions about the subjects personal lives that intrude a little but such is expected in scholarly studies where the authors have spent a lifetime studying such interior figures.
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posted on
11/01/2019 10:18:31 AM PDT
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KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: Bob434; cuban leaf; jonrick46
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posted on
11/01/2019 10:20:30 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: KC Burke; null and void; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal
[The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality.”]
Yes, that’s what the Democrats think they’re going to accomplish.
Spirit of antichrist from the secular world. They developed their own rules. Regardless of what God has said.
(I traveled back in time, briefly, LOL)
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11/13/2019 10:55:22 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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