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   From: jerry_friedman@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2/16/15 9:06 AM, Catherine Jefferson wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   For sure.  I was just surprised.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   No doubt I don't.   
      
   > 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?   
      
   I've had many happy hours reading and rereading the Narnia books and the   
   Space Trilogy.   
      
   > What about his books do you like best?   
      
   The fantasy and the uncompromisingness, even though I disagree with a   
   lot of his views, starting with Christianity.  And I like his writing.   
   Especially in his non-fiction, he writes so clearly that you can see   
   just where the fallacies are.   
      
   And you?   
      
   --   
   Jerry Friedman   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)