CS Lewis on Suffering…
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Miscella — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 11:06 PM)
I don't necessarily agree with everything he wrote, but what always impresses me about Jack is, as the article linked above put it, he "possessed the rare gift of being able to examine his own beliefs critically.'
For anyone who doesn't know CS Lewis as anything more than an author of children's books (which are themselves much more than that), but wants to, I would recommend
A Grief Observed
to start. It's a very short read, but demonstrates the aforementioned 'rare gift' beautifully in an honest, heartbreaking, open examination of his experience in dealing with the death of his beloved wife, "H". -
aaahmemories — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 06:36 PM)
For anyone who doesn't know CS Lewis
I've read The Screwtape Letters, the Cosmic Trilogy, Mere Christianity, and The Four Loves. He's a good writer, just a poor apologist.
BTW, it's always a mistake to assume ignorance.
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aaahmemories — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 11:06 PM)
I didn't assume anything
Do you even proof your posts? You made the tacit assumption I knew nothing about Lewis except his children's stories because I referenced Narnia.
You really aren't nearly as good at this as you congratulate yourself for being.
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aaahmemories — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 06:21 AM)
I assumed nothing of the sort.
You really aren't very good at this. No wonder you feel "bullied." You just keep tripping over your own shoelaces while crying, "THEY did it to me!"
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aaahmemories — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 07:27 PM)
But did you read what was linked?
If it can't be paraphrased in a post, it wasn't intended to be a board contribution thus doesn't merit reading separately.
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smithjgs — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 05:20 AM)
That's irrelevant.
If you die at all, you suffer.
I don't like little pithy quotes like this though.
Humans need to forgo the notion that they deserve or earned the right to have a suffer free life. It's there.
It's going to happen and the goal should be to avoid as much suffering as possible and deal with it when it does happen.
I understand how that accurate notion is not exactly Hallmark card material.
If I were you, I'd wanna be me too.