The C.S. Lewis you never knew

[neo-x]

A different view of the man The C.S. Lewis you never knew

Honestly, after reading all that, my respect for the man has grown even more.

[Silvertusk]

A different view of the man The C.S. Lewis you never knew

Honestly, after reading all that, my respect for the man has grown even more.

Generally a good article - although the author seemed to want to ridicule Lewis but couldn't quite manage. But your right - Lewis failings makes him all the more impressive considering what he has done.

One of the greatest apologist of all time there is no doubt.

[Silvertusk]

A different view of the man The C.S. Lewis you never knew

Honestly, after reading all that, my respect for the man has grown even more.

Generally a good article - although the author seemed to want to ridicule Lewis but couldn't quite manage. But your right - Lewis failings makes him all the more impressive considering what he has done.

One of the greatest apologist of all time there is no doubt.

In fact it was one of his pages from the "Problem of pain" book that allowed me to reconcile my faith with evolution and save me a lot soul searching.

[1over137]

I love his book The four loves

[PaulSacramento]

CS Lewis helped me to understand the Trinity doctrine.
His book 'Mere Christianity" was one of the books that helped me in my journey to re-discover Our Lord.
Words don't suffice so I will simply say, "Thank you".

[1over137]

I am looking forward to reading all of his books.

[Kurieuo]

I love his book The four loves

This one perhaps saved my marriage.

[1over137]

I love his book The four loves

This one perhaps saved my marriage.

Uh.
Am glad you two are together.

[1over137]

I love his book The four loves

This one perhaps saved my marriage.

It may save friendships too.
I hope.

[Danieltwotwenty]

Just finished the article and I agree with Neo, my respect for him has grown. He is not some holier than thou type, he is just like you and me, broken and saved by grace.

[1over137]

The article seems to be unbalanced though.

[Kurieuo]

I think it's easy for "jest" and "sarcasm" to be lost in translation when re-told. Especially by those who don't get it.

Much of the oddities in the article I'm sure were foolhardy jokes amongst mates. There is no real context presented, for example, thing whipping thing. I can understand it if a few mates had a few drinks and cracked some jokes... but in all seriousness as the article presents it just seems odd.

At the end of the day CS Lewis was just human. No doubt, had many problems. But his works are definitely above the best of many I read today. So that, is really all I know about him for sure.

[PeteSinCA]

This impressed me:

But Lewis never got rich from his Christian classics, says Michael Maudlin, executive editor at HarperOne.

“His books left him poor,” Maudlin said. “He had all of this money coming in, but he didn’t take those royalties.”

Lewis vowed to donate all the money he made from his books on Christianity, Maudlin says. He got big tax bills for his Christian books but struggled to pay them because he had given the money away.

Lewis refused to renounce his vow even though his money worries persisted throughout his life, Maudlin says.

His generosity, integrity and his lack of a swollen estimate of what he wrote. Not to mention what seems to have been (and may yet be) a tax system that punishes success and personal generosity.

As for the part about Lewis' "horrible" personal life, it's a really jumbled attempt to make a lot of not very much: some genuine personal stuff; some unsubstantiated stuff that may have little more basis than some one else's personal animosity or jealousy or need to contemn; some personal stuff that arose from Lewis caring for others (E.G., how does Warnie's alcoholism reflect on C. S. Lewis? Other than as an example of brotherly love and loyalty?); some comments linked things that were far apart in time and Lewis' personal and spiritual growth. Whatever the author's intent, it certainly shows Lewis as well acquainted with ordinary trials of life - far from a dweller in an ivory tower.

The author projects kind of an, "I'm above this," tone.