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Looking for a quote

Postby Charis » April 15th, 2006, 10:15 pm

Where did Lewis write about how he admired God for not letting humanity know too soon about eternal life?

IIRC he said something like he appreciated a suitor wooing a suitee (best I can do ;) ) by not revealing he had riches to give. And that it would spoil the relationship because it would something akin to enticement. I know I'm mangling this but I bet one of you intelligent folks can sort it out...

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Postby A#minor » April 15th, 2006, 10:40 pm

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Postby Sven » April 15th, 2006, 11:05 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Postby Karen » April 16th, 2006, 1:24 am

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges
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Postby A#minor » April 16th, 2006, 2:56 am

Ah, yes. Now that sounds like Lewis. ;)
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Postby Charis » April 16th, 2006, 8:12 pm

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Postby A#minor » April 17th, 2006, 2:32 am

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Postby Charis » April 17th, 2006, 10:52 am

One thing I associate with this site is that ignorant posts receive little heat.

I frequent another theological message board and they're often unforgiving when you post something you haven't quite thought through yet: someone will point it out in short order.

That approach has its merits and reminds me of Kirkpatrick.

It's likely somewhere between the two extremes lies an acceptable compromise.
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Postby john » April 17th, 2006, 11:01 am

You'll find some here that are more apt to do something like what you describe, but generally-speaking, I think we have a pretty good bunch.

Oh, and by the way...this isn't a "theological message board." :)
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Postby jo » April 17th, 2006, 12:04 pm

*beams at Charis*
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Postby Theo » April 17th, 2006, 12:28 pm

Of course, there's never reason to be rude to people (well, almost never ;)), but I think it's very good for you ("you" in the generic sense) to get called on stupid or ignorant things you say. Otherwise, how will you realize they are that?

That said, it's not fun to be corrected in public, and it should always if possible be done tactfully.

But yeah, this forum is a whole lot more forgiving in that sense than a couple of other ones I've spent time on (also international but largely American ones).
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Postby Stanley Anderson » April 17th, 2006, 12:33 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Postby Charis » April 17th, 2006, 3:27 pm

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Postby jo » April 17th, 2006, 3:29 pm

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