... Last Sunday the gospel reading in church was the so-called parable of the "Good Samaritan" (interesting bit of racial stereotyping, that). But actually it...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Nov 17, 2010 6:14 am
... Steve wrote: But that is the paradox of Christianity and the point of it. Christians took the symbol of a shameful and painful death, and made it a symbol...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 17, 2010 1:19 pm
One of the things that I find quite interesting is the tendency among some people to develop religions based on fictional characters. Sometimes it is at least...
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Richard Lyman
charles_wms_soc
Nov 17, 2010 1:36 pm
I had chapter XIX ("the White Leech")in mind. The word "vampire" is not found, but the idea of the bloodsucker certainly is. Richard Sturch....
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 18, 2010 3:35 am
... I've forgotten much of the story, so perhaps I'm misremembering, but I thought Lilith was not human. A vampire is essentially a revenant, a human corpse...
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Richard Lyman
charles_wms_soc
Nov 18, 2010 1:36 pm
Sorry, Stver, you're quite right.Lith in "Lilith" is not human, She takes (normally has) human form, married a human, and has a human daughter. she is...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 21, 2010 4:53 pm
Can a novel about a fictional cult of a real creature tell you about real cults of fictional creatures? My response to reading China Miéville's "Kraken" is on...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 23, 2010 3:39 pm
Call for Papers 14th Annual C.S. Lewis and Inklings Conference Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK April 1–2, 2011 The Face of Myth in a World of Reason ...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 23, 2010 6:04 pm
Call for Papers Mythopoeic Society Conference 42 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM July 15–18, 2011 Monsters, Marvels, and Minstrels: The Rise of...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Nov 25, 2010 7:48 am
Narnia Invaded How the New Films Subvert Lewis’s Hierarchical World by Steven D. Boyer As everyone knows, two Hollywood productions of recent years bear the...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Dec 1, 2010 6:37 am
According to a report in today’s New York Times Arts Beat Blog, a casting agent for the upcoming Hobbit films recently posted an advertisement looking for...
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eldil@yahoogroups.com
Dec 1, 2010 9:18 am
The following eldil poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Do you blog? CHOICES AND RESULTS - Yes, and mostly about the Inklings, 0...
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AnnA
ann_ahnemann
Dec 1, 2010 1:18 pm
I left SpareOom, the moderated C. S. Lewis Yahoo group, yesterday. Currently the moderator and another member are mired in a discussion about who is closer to...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Dec 1, 2010 5:49 pm
... Welcome... Things have been very quiet around here, so perhaps you can help to liven them up. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: shayes@... Web:...
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Andrew Beussink
virtusthetyrant
Dec 2, 2010 4:09 am
I ended up leaving SpareOom as well. This is more like coinherence, but quieter, of course, since there are fewer people. Recently I started rereading the...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Dec 2, 2010 5:43 am
I read The Lord of the Rings trilogy a before the films came out. To be honest much of it seemed like walk up hill and down, fight, walk up hill and down. As...
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Andrew Beussink
virtusthetyrant
Dec 2, 2010 1:47 pm
Overall, I do agree that the films were done very well. The extended editions are better, I think. The only issue I can think of is Faramir bringing Frodo...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Dec 2, 2010 2:55 pm
Thanks for the link to Colin Rudd, Andrew. Lovely; made my day. Here's a playlist for Colin Rudd: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C3C26014FA098A76 ...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Dec 2, 2010 6:07 pm
DRAT! Today I can't get into Eldil!! Ann So here's what I posted (or would have had Eldil Yahoo Group been accessed): You may have seen reported on the news...
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AnnA
ann_ahnemann
Dec 2, 2010 7:51 pm
The myths in the books I've mentioned and many others have been seated in my psyche, my soul. C. S. Lewis' thouoght about myth for me is brilliant. Myth is...
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Steve Hayes
hayesstw
Dec 3, 2010 12:22 am
... I am reminded of what Nicolas Berdyaev said about myth: "Myth is a reality immeasurably greater than concept. It is high time that we stopped identifying...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Dec 3, 2010 2:13 am
This is a great quote about something important. What do you all get from myth? Start with Lord of the Rings, for instance. How does it resonate with you? I...
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Robert
coimbreira
Dec 3, 2010 12:34 pm
There is so much I want to say here. I'll do a post on this on my blog http://asinusspinasmasticans.wordpress.com </shameless plug> Thanks for the message...
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Ann Ahnemann
ann_ahnemann
Dec 3, 2010 3:01 pm
Hi Robert, Please post at least some of what you want to say here. It's more immediate, for one thing. And it does bolster the group. But thanks. And I'm...
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Robert
coimbreira
Dec 3, 2010 4:59 pm
If there is one thing I have taken away from the epistemological wars I have been involved in on the internet, it is that TRVTH is something of a fluid...
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Richard Lyman
charles_wms_soc
Dec 3, 2010 5:48 pm
I enjoyed the LOTR films enormously - in particuoar, they matched the places and scenery superbly. But trhe real weaknes was the stonishing change in Frodo. In...
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Andrew Beussink
virtusthetyrant
Dec 3, 2010 6:43 pm
Somewhat related... I wonder how the movies for the Hobbit will turn out. I worry that he will make them far more like LotR -- darker, deeper -- than The...
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Robert Lubbers
coimbreira
Dec 3, 2010 6:46 pm
The Hobbit is dark enough, actually. ________________________________ De: Andrew Beussink <elimas26@...> Para: eldil@yahoogroups.com Enviado: vie,...
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Andrew Beussink
virtusthetyrant
Dec 3, 2010 6:49 pm
People I've run into always say they like Perelandra the best. I don't really know which one would be my favorite; they're all so different, and I appreciate...
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Andrew Beussink
virtusthetyrant
Dec 3, 2010 6:50 pm
Following this line of reasoning, then, I guess an "atom" would also be a myth? Then it is not that we no longer make myths, but we are not conscious of our...
