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Well, I've only read his Chronicles of Narnia That roughly sums up the attitude of most people to Lewis, which basically means they've read... nothing. Narnia for Lewis was a ...

A starting point for debating his theology?

Genius. Mere Christianity is one of the most inspiring books I've had the pleasure to have read, and Till We Have Faces - though a little more difficult to grasp ...

Within 200 years of Christ's death, over 200 copies of the Bible were made. Among those copies, the only differences were minor word changes and grammatical differences, and it's remained ...

On the issue of uniforms, I think you're forgetting the entire purpose of school as an institution - it's not to make you more intelligent, it's not even really to ...

It was my dad's, it's an ancient old thing now - I love its history. So practical, too, so many good pockets; I always carry anything I could ever possibly ...

The council that gets to call me 'sir' next term. Pwned. We're going to call ourselves Trent. Adventuring in Ikea! Usually I don't have to pretend to be disabled. Wheelchairs ...

Watch it Bob. While I respect your right to free speech, you're dangerously close to offensive. Remember, the holocaust was not just the murder of Jews, but of Jews, Russians, ...

With Sab - Holocaust denial serves one purpose and one purpose alone, and that's the test the limits of free speech. If you can get away with it, your country ...

How much is a Big Mac in the US? Funny you should say that, actually - 'Burgernomics' or 'the Big Mac Index' is a very neat way of quickly figuring ...

True! They only asked the Jews and not the Armenians, Russians, Chinese, Rwandans, Vietnamese, Pakistani, Cambodians, Sudanese or Congolese. It's wonderful how unrepresentative the vocal minority can

It interests me that the Holocaust should have specific place of remembrance, and seems rather inappropriate - while the Holocaust was a horrific event, it is by no means the ...

I believe that it should be legal. Here's two reasons why. 1.) This is the woman's choice. Why? Do we allow murders the choice to murder? To put it even ...

What is Hell, anyway? Seperation from God. It would be absolute torture to live eternally in God's presence if you hated Him. And if you hated Him, it would be ...

Also, it is important to understand that Hell is not a punishment inflicted by God. Hell, quite literally, is the absence of God. People "in" Hell have chosen by their ...