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To: John S Mosby

I beg to differ. He was certainly an influence but he did not convert C.S. Lewis.


44 posted on 03/20/2020 12:17:49 AM PDT by altura
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To: altura; John S Mosby

You are correct. CS Lewis was let to the LORD by a combination of things and people. GK Chesterton and his writing were credited by Lewis as examples of those things. The friendship between Lewis and Tolkien are a little overblown, they were definitely friends. Tolkien did not like the mixing of different mythological characters e.g. Greek characters and North-Western European types in one setting, he was a bit of purest. Hence, he didn’t like Narnia that much.


53 posted on 03/20/2020 5:41:36 AM PDT by fatez (Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
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To: altura

Beg all you want— need some references? They are all at Oxford. C.S.Lewis was an atheist.


61 posted on 03/20/2020 9:07:15 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: altura
I beg to differ. He was certainly an influence but he did not convert C.S. Lewis.

"The Most Reluctant Convert" by David Downing tells the story of Lewis' spiritual walk to the Christian Faith.

It was, indeed, Tolkein on Addison's Walk who sealed the deal.

69 posted on 03/20/2020 3:30:00 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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