CS Lewis and Me

Before I go on, a couple of things I forgot in my last post...Too good to pass up....I am at the end of the driveway just hanging around. A big boy runs up to me. He is carrying a large stick. "If you don't yell s---, I am going to hit you with this." I look at the boy. I look at the stick. I weigh the alternatives. I throw back my head and yell s--- as loudly as I can. Mom comes running out and she is not happy. the boy has disappeared - not a trace of him...But Mommy, a big boy came and told me if....It didn't work. For some reason she didn't believe me. And I had my mouth washed out with soap...But it was true. Honest!!!

That was the me part...Now for CS Lewis...I found a few pages of notes from some Lewis reading I was doing, who knows when, who knows from which book...But a few quotes. Gold from among the dross - and Lewis certainly had much of each:

There can be a difference between morality and belief about facts. For instance, people who lived centuries ago are criticized for having put "witches" to death. Why would it be wrong to put those to death that you sincerely believe are casting spells to destroy the lives and livlihoods of many?

I am not the landlord of myself, but the tenant.

Christianity is an education in itself.

Pride is the worst of sins. Its only pleasure is rejoicing in being better than others.

Sexual appetite is so affected by sin that one man will have the desire of ten, not the desire of two - as is the case with appetite for food.

All sorts of sins against individuals in a society are justified on the basis of one being sacrificed for the many. But one individual is eternal. Any culture lasts only a few years, in comparison.

One man's temper is responsible for the death of thousands. Another's is just the subject of mockery.