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   From: Gotta_lose@this_spam.com   
      
   AJA wrote:   
      
   > Pacifism for Lewis was "peace at all cost".  And of course, he, being a   
   > realist, says that peace costs _someone_ a great deal.   
   > You will have to read the essay to get more.   
   > I can't comment on what Lewis would have said about Quakers, and others   
   > who don't fight out of religious belief.   
   > Except a letter 23 april, '51 where he mentions having fallen into a new   
   > type: "bigoted & proselytizing Quakers."  ??  And 1 april, '52   
   > "atrocious bigots whose religion seems to consist almost entirely in   
   > attacking other people's religions."  Discussing what the word   
   > 'Christian' means in a letter 8 september 1959 "..it seems to be more   
   > useful not to classify Quakers as Christians..."   
   > Lewis must have had a bad run-in with Quakers, no?  :))   
   > Just an aside, my experience of same, having attending a Quaker college   
   > for my undergrad work (during the Vietnam War) was distinctly different   
   > than the above.  Not that that means anything.   
   > Thanks for the rest of your thoughtful post, John.   
      
   Your welcome. And thank 'you' for all this keen info.   
      
   So Lewis didn't like Quakers, eh? Well that's just downright   
   narrow, if you ask me. They make fabulous oatmeal.   
      
   Yours in Christ   
      
   John   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)