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"Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important."

"Man's conquest of Nature turns out, in the moment of its consummation, to be Nature's conquest of Man."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere--'Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,' as Herbert says, 'fine nets and stratagems.' God is, if I may say it, very
         unscrupulous."

"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."

"Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it."

"Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it."

"Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself."

"Then he [Aslan, the Lion] isn't safe?" said Lucy.
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver;"don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good."

"If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e., of Materialism and Astronomy - are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset."

And the #1 quote is...

"Man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

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Responses to Narnia Roars!

Narnia was an amazing movie! To the critics I say, you simply do not understand. I applaud the boldness it took to introduce such a strong display of the Christian message right along side the filth Hollywood pawns off on our families. Truly a movie for the family! My children loved it! It displayed the truth of sacrifice and in many ways was a greater impact than The Passion (even for me!). We need more movies of this caliber!! - R. H.

We must be able to give a reason for the hope that is in us at a moments notice. If we are not studying our bibles and leaving the television alone we will be deceived. I use to be deceived until I read my bible. Half of what I was taught was a lie. Now I can prove almost any doctrine straight out of my bible because I have studied it and chained my bible by subject. We must teach our children to do the same or they too will be deceived and lost at last. What you believe directly affects your character! This is true for the bible and God also. By beholding we are changed. What are our teens looking at? This must change first and foremost. - D. S.

WOW DUDE! I must have sincerely missed the point of this whole Narnia trip. Like I thought the coolest thing about this septology is the parabolic humor (poignant to the sobby tears level) that dispays the truth in the area of LOVE with a capital "L". That'd be Jesus for you folks in Rio Linda. False doctrine? This is about God laying down his life to redeem a selfish little Son Of Adam against whom the Realm of love is locked. My last sermon was entitled the like, epic battle between light and darkness is not defined in subtle shades of grey, or (The difference between Tash and Aslan) as cryptically painted in "The Last Battle". Keep your sense of humor, dude. - P. G.
Interesting comments you have received on the film "Narnia." I had an entirely different "take" on the film. I thought the acting was wonderful, especially the child who played the part of Lucy. I attended the film with two teenaged grandchildren, and they were as fascinated as I was. The hype before the film gave us expectations, and having read the books before we saw the film we were not disappointed. I hope those who are complaining about the violence in the film are monitoring the TV/movie viewing of their children and censoring the books they read. They have much more to fear than this film. At least we knew how the story ended. And it does have a happy ending. We are looking forward to the next one. - D. I.

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