C.S Lewis's surviving BBC radio address

The lone surviving reel of audio with Lewis's voice on it. He deals with prayer and evolution (Evolution on the second installment). Recorded during WW ll these talks eventually became "Mere Christianity"

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[MrToonkill]

imagine liam neeson reading this to you in aslans voice

[studentofthegospel]

It's good to put a voice to all the writings.

[xpaderom]

@borecleaner1 I've got a PhD in religion and science from a top U.S. university. None of my profs believed in God (and I didn't either), but they nevertheless regarded Dawkins as the poster boy for how NOT to engage religion. His biology texts were acknowledged as helpful, but his ideas about religion were thought not worth wasting time on. My assessment is similar (except lower). Your daughter is probably just rebelling against her father; if she keeps thinking, she'll drop Dawkins eventually.

[borecleaner1]

@TheOrthodoxSteven Interesting that you mention your assertion that Dawkins is a little bit behind the power curve on philosophical reasoning. My daughter who idolizes this man, graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors Degree in Religion and Philosophy with a minor in New Testament Greek....I am clueless as to what attracts her to this mans ideas and worldview..I think that it's not that he ''cannot'' believe in design,he refuses to be intellectually honest and open minded

[borecleaner1]

@TheOrthodoxSteven Excellent Point...Well Taken and well met !!!. I have somewhat of an ongoing dialogue with my daughter about Richard Dawkins. She thinks he hung the moon...I had heard once that Dawkins had stated ''I don't believe that Good and Evil exist..We are merely ''dancing to our DNA''...I wonder of professor Dawkins possesses the requisite genitalia to utter that crass absurdity to the grieving parents of a murdered child ?

[TheOrthodoxSteven]

@borecleaner1 If Lewis was going to debate someone, it should be someone of at least modest philosophical and theological sophistication with a full grasp of both the Christian tradition and the full implications of what it means to reject it and embrace atheism. And while Dawkins might be a respected biologist, his grasp of the very basics of philosophical reasoning are below that of an average college freshman.

[borecleaner1]

I would love to hear, were C.S. LEWIS to return to the earth, a debate between himself and Richard Dawkins about why they believe what they do. Ah, that would be sweet.....

[5tonyvvvv]

This man was brilliant! Life from non life is IMPOSSIBLE!

[dcrawf260]

There is also the recording of Lewis reading his talk on the Four Loves. It can be purchased on audio c.d. now.

[yurismir1]

@SolitudeNaSkellig Yes. You wouldn't know it by his accent though :)