XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:31:06 GMT, Paul S. Person   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:41:20 +0300, Morgil    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
      
   In that he was merely echoing St John of Damascu, who said the same thing, and   
   lived under Muslim rule, so was probably in a good position to know.   
      
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