by rusmeister » February 7th, 2006, 4:01 am
Just to hijack this thread back to its original topic, I think that all of the Ms. Moore being "lovers" with Lewis to be a nasty rumor. Maybe true, maybe not. But its prime purpose is to distract from the truth that Lewis wrote. The net effect being akin to a report that Paul was really a cover name for "Saul Tarsison", a lunatic stalker of those pursuing religious freedom, and therefore you should take his books with a grain of salt.
Looking for Lewis' dirty laundry is, well, unbecoming of a Christian. We should acknowledge that all have sinned, everybody stumbles, and that we should also get back up, repent and keep striving to please God. A lot of people will simply use those stories to discredit a clearly good and thoughtful man, and can amount to gossip (I suppose it depends as to why you're peeking into the subject - prurient interest or a desire to defend the Faith). It certainly doesn't serve the purpose Lewis worked toward (almost) all his adult life.
When people ask us, I think some kind of answer along these lines to be appropriate.
*Sigh* I suppose I'll have to wander over to those other threads to say it again...
(Awaiting the rotten eggs and tomatoes...)