tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post4153843015544514185..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: I went to the dentist and discussed post modernism and C.S. Lewisbuddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-55670220674289181682010-12-15T07:36:47.198-08:002010-12-15T07:36:47.198-08:00Pumice, thanks for the comments.
I'm not reall...Pumice, thanks for the comments.<br />I'm not really that deep a thinker, I just start wondering why and it leads me to things that are interesting. It is surprising that so many people don't take the trouble to go to the next level of thought.<br />I have tried to reread Prelandria and didn't make it. I don't read as much as I used to. I read the other two books sometime around buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-59409037705981183882010-12-14T21:02:04.858-08:002010-12-14T21:02:04.858-08:00I agree most with one of your first statements: P...I agree most with one of your first statements: People don't think deep thoughts. As a history teacher I think about how in 1788 Americans were debating what became the Federalist Papers in the pubs and street corners. Now they argue about sports or tweet in 140 characters or less. <br /><br />I read through the Chronicles of Narnia twice, once for each child. I enjoyed them as children&Pumicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384572020071079433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-86963745329405948632010-12-14T12:36:59.427-08:002010-12-14T12:36:59.427-08:00Well, The Chronicles of Narnia are not the Bible s...Well, The Chronicles of Narnia are not the Bible so what CS Lewis says is not the word of God.<br />In the Last Battle, donkey who was used as the fake Aslan repents and is forgiven and a number of the Calormine soldiers also are in Aslan's country. I don't have the book right here but there is some sort of speech about if you do your best to do the right thing and essentially do things buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-49700518903426696572010-12-14T11:35:25.235-08:002010-12-14T11:35:25.235-08:00I guess God must have been trying prevent somethin...I guess God must have been trying prevent something pretty bad from happening to us. If there was another way to save mankind, would he have let part of himself suffer and die in agony? That leads me to think there is just one way to salvation and that is through Jesus Christ. That is why we try so hard to pass this knowledge on. <br />Being an atheist requires just as much faith as being a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-14791619585680129932010-12-14T06:13:23.570-08:002010-12-14T06:13:23.570-08:00It was a childhood favorite. I will look for Lone ...It was a childhood favorite. I will look for Lone Cowboy at the library. When Will James wrote, he made it sound like he was sitting at the campfire telling the story to you personally. I've read nearly everything Hemingway wrote because I thought it would be good for me. I was wrong.thefrumpyhousewifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-41682050279790159412010-12-13T20:55:21.557-08:002010-12-13T20:55:21.557-08:00Frumpy, you read Smokey the Cowhorse? I am somewha...Frumpy, you read Smokey the Cowhorse? I am somewhat of a Will James fan as I suppose you gathered from my bookself at the bottom of the page. Will James was an amazing fellow. What Hemingway wanted to be... I really liked Lone Cowboy.buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-74458285549305323372010-12-13T20:02:06.808-08:002010-12-13T20:02:06.808-08:00I think we get out of movies and literature what w...I think we get out of movies and literature what we bring into them and what we want to see. If my perspective is that a book is an analogy for Christ, then that is probably what I will find. "Lord of the Rings" and "A Wrinkle in Time" were Christ-analogies for me. I did not find "Huck Finn" rascist--rather quite the opposite--Jim's the hero of the tale. I am notthefrumpyhousewifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-5786736673119297602010-12-13T16:23:43.137-08:002010-12-13T16:23:43.137-08:00The Narnia books are just adventure stories for ch...The Narnia books are just adventure stories for children that teach good character. There are references to the Bible which drive all the clever folks wild. Also the fact that CS Lewis is making fun of the clever folks, who of course don't get it, is the one thing I liked about them as I get older.<br />Random magic and wands and end justifies the means kinds of plots are much more popular buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-33847947746261071872010-12-13T14:37:34.092-08:002010-12-13T14:37:34.092-08:00Budde,I've heard of the comparisons between th...Budde,I've heard of the comparisons between the Narnia stories and the bible. I've only seen one or two of the movies and was not inspired to watch any more. I'm a little out of the loop anyway as I have not even seen a single Harry Potter episode.Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-8810108193701705032010-12-13T13:14:18.936-08:002010-12-13T13:14:18.936-08:00times like this that remind us that we need to be ...times like this that remind us that we need to be humble, doesn't it? :)The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.com