Tag: Answers to Questions on Christianity

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/24

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY: Perelandra which was released in the UK in April, 1943; was first available in the US a year later or 4/11/44. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. It if means the desire to get ahead of other people—which is what …

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C.S. Lewis Said What? YES, He Really Did!

William OFlaherty Special Feature

I’ve been working on a short talk for the 2014 Taylor Colloquium (9th Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends) about quotes falsely attributed to Lewis. Along the way I’ve come across some lesser known quotations that some might have a difficult time believing he DID say. While a collection of quotes of this nature could contain a variety of categories, I’ve chosen to share sayings that are generally humorous (however, some may be more ironic, than funny).

“A good toe-nail is not an unsuccessful attempt at a brain: and if it were conscious it wd. delight in being simply a good toe-nail.”

(Letter to Hugh Kilmer from April 5, 1961 in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)

“If you think you are a poached egg, when you are looking for a piece of toast to suit you, you may be sane, but if you think you are God, there is no chance for you.”

(Essay – What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? in God in the Dock)

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

There are characters named in Narnia for every letter in the alphabet except for “x.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The more a man was in the Devil’s power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he’s drunk.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the talk that Lewis gave in the early fifties before all the Narnia stories were published where he spoke of different ways of writing for children?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Perelandra which was released in the UK in April, 1943; was first available in the US a year later or 4/11/44.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. It if means the desire to get ahead of other people—which is what I think it does mean—then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What are the first words Aslan says to Jill in The Silver Chair?
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RETROSPECT: April 20th – 30th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of April (20th – 30th) include: Publication of Perelandra, a talk “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” and Lewis’s first marriage to Joy Davidman.

Before Lewis gain fame from a series of books about a place called Narnia, he had written a trilogy that had a science fiction theme. The second of those books, Perelandra, came out on the 20th in 1943. In it we take a trip to Venus with the main character, Ransom and follow his quest to save that world from impending corruption. In the U.S. it wasn’t released until a year later on the 11th. In 1953 a paperback version came out under the title Voyage to Venus. On some occasions in his life Lewis considered this novel to be his best (this was also said of Till We Have Faces). Perelandra was dedicated “To Some Ladies at Wantage,” as in Wantage,