XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   Paul S. Person wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:41:20 +0300, Morgil    
   > wrote:   
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   >> nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
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   >>> No-one who knows anything about Lewis' religious thought would   
   >>> consider this plausible.  He believed his religion was right and the   
   >>> Islamic religion (therefore) wrong to the extent in conflict.  But he   
   >>> was perfectly well aware of the common ground between them.   
   >> Well, that depends what you (and Lewis) would mean by "wrong".   
   >   
   > IIRC, Lewis, at some point in his writings, characterized Islam as   
   > "Christianity's most successful heresy". The specific form of heresy,   
   > of course, was Arianism.   
      
   I don't think that was quite the wording, but, yes, he does say   
   something along those lines. "Arianism", however, is not quite correct.   
   Arius taught that the Son was somehow-or-other divine, but not properly   
   God. Islam, considered as a Christian heresy, is psilanthropist.   
      
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