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   Message 497 of 1,925   
   Tim Bruening to Dan Drake   
   Re: The Lion, the Which and the Wardrobe   
   02 Jan 06 17:10:31   
   
   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, mn.humor, alt.religion   
   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Dan Drake wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:47:09 UTC, Bree  wrote:   
   >   
   > > He used the term 'mere Christianity' to be   
   > > INCLUSIVE, to show he meant ALL Christians, not just one or another group.   
   >   
   > Hmm, now we're back to mere Christians, which someone was just objecting   
   > to. ("Was", relative to the order in which I'm seeing these threaded   
   > posts.)   
   >   
   > My turn to object.  CSL was not referring to all Christians. or to mere   
   > Christians. He was referring to Mere Christianity as the common faith of   
   > all Christians.  I'm beginning to see how wise that was. (Apologies for   
   > the Lewisolatry here.)  If you talk of Mere Christians, then you've got to   
   > figure out who was a Mere Christian and who wasn't, and how the behavior   
   > of each affects the conclusions about Mere Chrisrianity, and -- well,   
   > something like this thread.   
      
   We all believe in the Nicene Creed (God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, all   
   somehow   
   part of the One Diety).   
      
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