XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: Gotta_lose@this_spam.com   
      
   Siwel Naph wrote:   
      
   > This is what interests me. Why do people so easily misinterpret messages   
   > that seem so plain? Then turn around and accuse US of the same thing? It   
   > happens elsewhere, of course: with Nietzsche, for example.   
      
   What messages would those be then?   
      
   And, while you're at it, who is 'US'? Who is accusing 'US',   
   and just what are they accusing 'US' of?   
      
   And what on earth does Nietzsche have to do with any of   
   this?   
      
   > Why do you think these quarters are so obtuse?   
      
   What?   
      
   It's the 'reverence' that is obtuse, not the 'quarters'.   
      
   The word quarters, used in this context, is intended to be   
   deliberately ambiguous so as not to implicate any particular   
   person or group. The remark is probably most pertinent to   
   sincere Christians who are prone to fall into the trap of   
   swapping the Gospel for favorite extra biblical texts and   
   least applicable to newsgroup trolls.   
      
   The heart of Christianity is the Gospel message. This message   
   is recorded in scripture. Reverence of secular texts is   
   idolatry, whether the intent of the writer is to be faithful   
   to the Gospel or not. C.S. Lewis was a very sincere and   
   devout Christian and nobody would have been more sensitive   
   to the error of such a propensity than him. All of this is   
   starkly obvious and all one needs to do is read his books   
   to see it. To ignore it anyway and/or pretend that the   
   author's real intent was in support of some feeble later day   
   popular agenda is obtuse.   
      
   >>I certainly don't think he   
   >>would have been very enamored by the drift of this thread.   
   >   
   > In what ways, exactly?   
      
   Please rephrase this question.   
      
   Yours in Christ   
      
   John   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)