When grave persons express their fear that England is relapsing into Paganism, I am tempted to reply, ‘Would that she were.’ For I do not think it at all likely that we shall ever see Parliament opened by the slaughtering of a garlanded white bull in the House of Lords or Cabinet Ministers leaving sandwiches in Hyde Park as an offering for the Dryads. If such a state of affairs came about, then the Christian apologist would have something to work on. For a Pagan, as history shows, is a man eminently convertible to Christianity. He is, essentially, the pre-Christian, or sub-Christian, religious man. The post Christian man of our own day differs from his as much as a divorcee differs from a virgin. The Christian and the Pagan have much more in common with one another than either has with the writers of the New Statesman; and those writers would of course agree with me.â€? – C.S.Lewis, ‘Is Theism Important? A Reply‘, Socratic Digest (1952)
interesting quote
May 18, 2007 · 1 Comment
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The Dyce // February 17, 2009 at 2:19 am |
I do find that thought intriguing. Thanks for that. Although I do prefer ‘pre’ to ’sub’. Nevertheless, nice to see a really thought provoking, er, thing here as I travel the Blogosphere. I’ll try to visit again.