Topic: I'm about to do a slight dip into the works of C.S. Lewis!

Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #113,410

I'm going to look for a copy of Mere Christianity soon.

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 9 minutes later[^] [v] #1,256,077

Skip it and go directly to The Problem of Pain. Aside from a startlingly badly-argued chapter on animal pain, it's the only one of his non-fiction theological books worth reading.

His masterpiece is his short book A Grief Observed, written after the death of his wife. Not so much theology as a meditation on 'the silence of God'.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,256,083

@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
He wrote it while his wife was dying, not after.

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,256,086

@previous (C)

> He wrote it while his wife was dying, not after.

Legit lol'd (if you'd read the book you'd know why what you wrote is blackly humorous).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grief_Observed

Actual date of Helen's death aside, the famous opening paragraph of the book establishes she's as dead as a Norwegian Blue parrot.

Anonymous C replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,256,093

@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grief_Observed
> .m.
Didn't click.

> Actual date of Helen's death aside
It isn't an aside. It was written before her death. That's the only thing we're discussing here.

> Norwegian Blue parrot
Not funny.

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U replied with this 2 years ago, 5 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,256,105

@previous (C)
:)

boof joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 3 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,256,107

beautiful plumage

Minichan