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   On 2/16/2015 7:40 AM, Jerry Friedman wrote:   
   >> And I'm pretty sure he didn't approve of C.S. Lewis either.   
   >>   
   >> For what it's worth, he belonged to a denomination called the Church   
   >> of England in South Africa,   
   >   
   > A church called "Church of England..." was Calvinist?   
   >   
   >> and it was quite a while ago. I believe   
   >> they've mellowed a bit since then, but they were the original   
   >> "religious right".   
   >   
   > In South Africa, maybe.   
      
   I don't think that they existed outside of South Africa. :)  Steve was   
   Anglican at some time in the dim past; he definitely knows what the   
   "Church of England" is outside of South Africa.   
      
   Those outside of Calvinist/Reformed churches tend to not understand how   
   complex a system Calvin created, and how many twists and turns it has   
   theologically.  I've been bitten more than once when I thought I knew   
   what some bit of Calvinist dogma meant, only to be corrected   
   emphatically by friends and acquaintances who were Calvinist.  My mind   
   can't easily wrap itself around determinism, be it the Calvinist variety   
   or that of classic Enlightenment era scientific rationalism.   
      
   C. S. Lewis was no determinist, fortunately. I missed the early part of   
   this thread.  Are you a Lewis fan?  What about his books do you like best?   
      
      
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