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05-09-2006, 03:42 PM | #42 |
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CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITY for CS Lewis fans:
http://www.cslewis.org/programs/inst...summer2006.htm Held this side of the Pond for the first time ever!
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05-11-2006, 06:56 PM | #43 |
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I've been thinking a lot about that chapter on friendship in The Four Loves, and I think I understand what he was saying now. A very good book.
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05-12-2006, 04:35 AM | #44 |
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If you don't mind me asking, what did you have problems with the first time you read it? Personally I don't like The Four Loves as much as other Lewis books (though it's very well-written and well-argued, of course), and I'd be interested to hear someone else's thoughts
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05-13-2006, 10:39 AM | #45 |
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I was confused, I didn't understand what he was trying to say. I kept thinking about it and now I get it. It's a slightly different way of looking at friendship then how I used to look at it. More selective I guess. You can't call just anybody a real friend.
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05-14-2006, 10:57 PM | #46 |
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Well, here's a lovely replay of Screwtape which really makes one recall the original:
http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.co...inci-code.html Reprise: Screwtape and the Da Vinci Code enjoy, fellow Lewis readers!
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05-15-2006, 03:47 PM | #47 | |
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Of course, he also doubts whether women can be friends in this way, so maybe I'm just too female to understand
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