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|    Siwel Naph to Huan    |
|    Re: The Lion, the Which and the Wardrobe    |
|    02 Oct 05 21:36:25    |
      XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis       From: toomuchspam@spammer.org              Huan wrote:              >> But... would anyone be AS apprehensive about going thru wardrobe two,       >> into the land where everyone practised "Mere Buddhism"? Would anyone       >> be apprehensive at ALL? (Maybe this is my realtive ignorance of       >> Buddhism speaking here.)       > [snip]       > Yes, I'd be apprehensive. I would be more apprehensive than I was       > before visiting a Buddhist monastery three years ago.              Could you say more? What did you dislike there?              > If everyone past wardrobe one practised "Mere Christianity" I would       > not be apprehensive.              You appear wearing strange clothes, speaking a strange language, with a       strange "living" device on your wrist... and you'd expect a warm welcome in       ANY land practising Mere Christianity?              What if a war is under way between two or more COMPETING versions of M.C.?              What if you're a minority denomination, a homosexual, a Jew, a black, a       Muslim, a woman, etc?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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