Even Islam makes more sense when we grasp Christ. I've found Christ helps me see the jist of what most useful religious thought is trying to tell us as He adds that living spark to it all somehow.

Agnosticism and even atheism to me, seem better starting points for exploring God's spirit than being born in to a believing family (generally speaking) as you're gonna have better chances of asking better more honest questions rather than just accepting a repetition of tradition with its cultural blindspots which may have more to do with that human culture than too with what actual God is actually perhaps trying to say to YOU, and it becomes becomes living daily relationship with your God rather than merely following religious traditions just because "that's what people do". Live it rather than the same old same old mechanical repetition which all mere religions are fully guilty of. They an become as an idol blocking out the light of the one they are meant to shine out for us.

I am so thankful for His work in you!!!

God bless you

@@deejannemeiurffnicht1791to that the best author of the Bible is the Bible.

Did he? Since he was just a man who knew he was a god pretending he had to perform some task as a man in order to appease his god self, doesn't that kind of take away some of the beauty. I mean he "died" (which he actually didn't) knowing full well that actually wasn't going to die at all. While on the cross he cried out to himself.....None of this makes any sense at all. You Christians sure don't think very hard.

I remember reading that in Mere Christianity. It had a lasting effect on me.

In order for him to escape death, there must be no accusation against Him in hell. They couldn't hold Him longer than 3 days. He wasn't pretending anything, btw, everything He did was real and had significant meaning. Crying out to Himself is perhaps not the accurate way to understand the trinity. God could be as many as he infinitely wanted to but chose 3 for His own perfect reasons. These 3 persons are 1 because they disagree on nothing since their will is of a single mind. Each person represents a role in the redemption of humanity. Each person has a role in the relationship to man. Yet each of those persons love unconditionally because God loves you unconditionally.

That line really hit home for me, too. "You are as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He ever created" was a close second. What a mind-blowing thought, that the Creator of the universe would pay such attention to each of us specifically.

@Angus Adolphus It's interesting that you claim Christians don't think very hard after creating multiple straw man arguments and defeating arguments that are augmented. It's pretty uncharitable to misconstrue someone's argument and then act like you have actually proved their humiliation... It is pretty cool that Christianity claims Christ died for you as well, even while you are misrepresenting Him and His message.

Me too only I am 64, wonderful to hear that old warrior.Thank you.

I am 18, and the little I've have heard from him is very inspiring.

I am 31 and feel blessed to hear him in his own words. It is word for word when he wrote.

@@joelwiens9153 , stay with him. You might look into the brilliant book, A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken, for a portrait of Lewis by a friend.

I had this thought this evening, what if I could hear an interview, and thus hear C.S. Lewis' voice. I'm 59 from the state of Michigan in United States 🇺🇸 I thought it would be nice to hear the country where each of you lives. This is amazing, like a new connection with Lewis. My late husband had almost all of Lewis' books.

To not2tees: So ... "the sweetness of God is ... irresistible" for you. Really. Is the God that you believe in the same "sweet" God who allows natural disasters to cause massive death, destruction, misery, and sorrow? And is that the same "sweet" God who allows babies to be born with every kind of physical and mental affliction you can think of? ... and allows all the life-long suffering that goes with that? Notice that I use examples of suffering that do not involve any free will. Thus, I prevent you from dredging up the old argument about people having free will to do good or evil. Enough of the superstitious nonsense. If your God exists, he is an evil monster.

citygeorge You must be a person who assumes he knows everything there is to know just from intellectual concepts. The "God" you portray is like a scientist conducting some experiment. This is an imaginary and unworthy god. I'm not anxious to save you from your own ignorance, if it is ignorance - maybe you're far more perceptive than I am. I'm agnostic about other people. But making the acquaintance of God, I do believe in.

not2tees: I don't have to "portray" the Christian God. The Bible does that, remember? It's fortunate for the vast majority of Christians that they have not read the Bible, because if they did read it, they would know that it is filled with weird stories about a God who massacred countless innocent people, including children, and did it several times. Don't take my word for it, just read the Bible. I agree with you that the Christian God is "imaginary and unworthy". So is every other God in every other religion. You don't believe in the many Hindu gods because there's no evidence that those gods exist, but you believe in the Christian God even though there is no evidence to support that either. As for me using my intellect to assess the truth of things, I certainly do. Yes, we non-believers do use reason and evidence-based knowledge to draw conclusions about all kinds of things, including religious beliefs. If you have a problem with that approach, I'm not surprised, because religious belief isn't based on evidence, it's based on blind faith. I don't object to people having religious faith. I just ask that they admit that their faith is blind, based on no evidence. Will you admit that? If not, I ask this simple question: How you know that God exists?

I would say that I do not have religious faith, and I'm not against anyone using their reason for whatever purpose. KZfaq comments are too minimal for real communication, unless you already agree with someone, but . . . where to find an experience of God, which experience causes me to speak of God's sweetness, you have to observe your own life and develop some skills at introspection. It's quite far from faith and from indoctrination into any belief.

not2tees Wouldn't this leave you in hallway of Lewis's Mere Christianity? Didn't he insist that we must choose a door for it is within the doors where we find fires and chairs (the deeper stuff of Mere Christianity)? Blessings

His reach crosses nations and all walks of life not least the formative years of many a childhood. He is immortal.

@GodBlessHipHop you may have forgotten you even made this comment, however I would ask if you would repent and capitalize the "S" in God's Spirit?

​@@c1audiuseternal life in Christ perhaps, but I think C.S. Lewis would disagree with the term, "immortal" because he was mortal and died. He will be raised on the last day to face God, as we all are to come to the white throne of judgment after death.

@@Cameron-ns3tv forgive me oh puffed up one, i am unworthy of your self righteous correction. i repent to thee..

@@GodBlessHipHop my only righteousness is in Jesus Christ through faith that produces righteousness when God looks for His servants and in what He has given me to practice as apposed to what I was practicing earlier in life. Now, while I can see the cause for accusation due to nitpicking, and I worried about that when I wrote my comment to you; however, when dealing with the name of the Holy Spirit it is dangerous to disrespect Him in any regard as words spoken against Him will not be forgiven according to the account in Matthew chapter 12. I say this hoping it was a mistake on my part as I understand that the word "Spirit" that the Holy Spirit has chosen to use to express Himself to our limited minds could have another meaning. A meaning that has to do with the character of the individual spoken of instead of the unique case that is made when talking about God's Spirit. If this was the case, though I do not expect you to remember the intentions you had when writing this comment 11 years ago, I apologize, not giving defence, but a genuine I am sorry for this accusation against you that would be false. Thank you for your time, and good day to you.

I can't be more agree with you!!

God; I think the same thing.

His voice was annoying. Aristocratic and probably never had to fight a day on his life.

@@JT-kk5pu Do you typically comment out of ignorance or was this a special occasion? Lewis enlisted in the army during WW1 and was injured on the front line 4/15/1918 at the battle of Arras. His roommate was KIA and it had a deep impact on Mr. Lewis. So are you going to admit your speculation was ungenerous and in complete objective error, or remain silent so that your words will no longer betray the dearth of knowledge in your mind?

@@JT-kk5pu he actually fought in ww1 you douchecanoe

Haha I was expecting more of an Irish accent

​@@georgealderson4424Me too! Sadly it seems he gave it up under pressure as a boy. Hearing John Lennox is perhaps the Lewis voice that might have been

@@cmcapps1963 Yes! I believe the BBC had a lot to do with trying to make people lose their regional accents and therefore the "music" of their individuality! As a result, some people are so "posh" that they can hardly be understood!

Jesus Didnt Exist, No Proof, Look It Up Proof to me that abraham lincoln existed

@Jesus Didnt Exist, No Proof, Look It Up And you would be laughed out of liberal academia with such a stupid and transparent allegation of Jesus never existing....even arch liberals and anti Christians like John Dominic Crossan and Bart Ehrman would laugh in your face and mock you for such a ignorant assertion....through out every accredited Bibilical studies and Classic departments you will not barely find a handful of Profs who would agree with you....and those would be people on the fringe ......

God bless you too man, may we appreciate the passion of christ this good friday

​@americadeserved9-11covid6people say Jesus didnt resurrect, i say okay. People say Jesus didnt die, I say well... people say He didnt exist, I say are you actually stupid?? Do you not know how much evidence we have about His life? But you do believe Julius Caesar lived right? There are about 300 early manuscripts about him. Guess how many are there that we have about Christ? More than 5000, as is five thousand. We can say for a fact He lived, and even that He died, and that the disciples (and others, about 500 ppl) believed He resurrected and saw Him risen.

@Julio Martins Yes, sir. Alive and well.

Indeed, and it is no surprise that England and many Western nations are imploding as they turn from God.

What on earth do you mean by that?

James T Awwwww

A better word would be "We should all be like him."

Well said. Atheists hate the idea of God because they view God as a parent that refuses to take all pain and suffering away, make life perfect.

I have to warn you, this book of Lewis’ bears almost no similarity to Jesus. This Aslan character is almost completely patterned after a different god/mighty one, namely, Apollo.

@@nattybumppo4151 Probably yes, but Aslan is a character in a tale. If you want the real Jesus Christ, take the Gospels. The point is that Lewis's tales and novels are stories from which one can learn A LOT about God, as Oscar says.

@@pepehaydn7039 Aslan per Lewis himself, Christ-type character. Why then give him characteristics of a false deity? This is dangerous and potentially harmful to children if you ask me. Just my opinion.

@@nattybumppo4151 Lewis would have said that Apollo was a false deity, but his characteristics are not false at all. The problem at issue here is the old iconoclasm, which you revitalize on false assumptions.

@@pepehaydn7039 Oh Aslan’s characteristics aren’t false they just aren’t the characteristics of my Messiah. Iconoclasm was supported by my God when he told the Israelites to tear down the high places they held so dearly. Iconoclasm was supported by the apostle Paul when he said we destroy strongholds. The christ figure in Narnia is not Jesus of scripture. It is a false deity that is ok with demonic entities like Pan and Bacchus. So we I’ve torn down the stronghold of CS Lewis in my life based on his ideas that are at complete odds with the set apart scriptures.

Hallelujah Amen!!

Same here.

He was a lay person, not a theologian.

@@melindalemmon2149 lay person?

@@melindalemmon2149 he is a lay theologian according to google

@@melindalemmon2149 He was not a pastor, but he dealt with theology a lot, and on a professional level. So he can be called an "amateur" theologian. He wrote good arguments in defence of Christian faith.

citygeorge after you meet God, George, a lot of these fun little discussions delight you the way frosting adds so much to cake, but its not the cake itself. And that's the claim I and so many others make, that not only is God real, but also accessible. These arguments comprising lofty thoughts and comprising words are meaningless after you've met Him. You might as well try and convince me my mother never existed. So to answer your question, I know He exists because I've met Him. And so can you. Anytime you want.

lol. Grown ups are talking, Manny.

Grammar In the Old Testament God showed himself many times to people, but still did not change for the better. God doesn’t want to force people to worship them, he wants them to worship out of pure love. Not mindless machines or feared subjects, “ the fear of God “ is a strong expression to to say you love the Lord with everything, the early Christians and Lewis are proof of why we need God.

O Jehovah ... Before the mountains were bornOr you brought forth the earth and the productive land,From everlasting to everlasting, you are God. - Psalm 90:1,2

Rocky Severino is it grown up to believe in a doctrine that was written by men thousands of years ago who still lived in caves? I mean, you can put your faith in anything you desire, no problem it’s a free world. But being religious doesn’t mean you take some sort of moral or intellectual high ground, quite the opposite actually. It’s more rational and grown up to put your beliefs, faiths, ideals, thinking into things based on truth and reason. Personally, I think this world is nothing more than an accident of science and nature, an incredible accident. Religion was conceived by humans trying to understand their surroundings in a time where they had nothing to go by. Civilisations such as the Romans went on to exploit religion as a means of mass control, and it worked. The universe is vast beyond all understanding, we are a tiny spec in an infinite space. I’d love to be religious, for it all to be true but unfortunately nah we live we die the end.

He worked hard to rid himself of his Northern Irish accent!!!!

@@colors6692 Only because the English resented and despised it; he most certainly did not.

and one day I so hope to listen to him again!

Yesssss

Me too. Smile

How english.

I notice a couple of things - the second “d” disappearing in “good deal” and pronouncing “learnéd” (men) as one syllable, like the last tense of “learn”

He has the 'lot-cloth' split. So 'lot' and 'hot' but 'clawth'/'awfen'/'lawst'. This distinction has been lost in British English but survives in new York English. Also he uses a schwa sound at the end of 'there' and 'here'- 'hee-er'/'thei-er'. 'a' sound in words like 'bad' is raised to 'e' so 'bed'.

We shall hear their voices once we are summoned to the Great Palace. I look forward to the day

Don't forget Saint Patrick he done amazing things

@@alexrastall1868I don’t think you’ll find Luther there

​@@slimmachado5405 bruh hes gonna be there fs

@@jub7345 yeah and I’m sure Mohammed and Charles Manson are up there too then

It's such a life changer

So True! It makes me regret not having read it year ago.

K Potter As a book, it's not as good as Screwtape Letters but it's still awesome

I listened to it entirely on cassette tape. I would have not gotten as much out of it reading the "perfect" English Lewis used.

John Echterhoff I actually do both - Read with a pen in hand (for underlining and pausing for those huge "Whoa" moments), AND listening, usually while driving. It seems like both methods have advantages over the other.

Amen Wiĺliam

i agree, john Cleese doing Screwtape is weird and makes it almost comical due to the social reference.

Dan Nimoy Hmm... I think John Cleese's rendering is brilliant, and anyway - Screwtape IS a very funny book.

I'm surprised nobody has thought to ask the actor Edward Fox to read some of Lewis's books, as his voice is remarkably similar. Maybe they have asked and been refused, but it would be an amazing coup. The only problem might be that C.S. Lewis the speaker doesn't sound like C.S. Lewis the writer (or not how I imagined him).

John Cleese of Monty Python does an excellent reading Screwtape Letters. You can find it on KZfaq.

Isaac David has Edward ever played C.S. Lewis? I think he should, he does resemble a slight resemblance to him...

+John Tatum He was actually from Northern Ireland, and I can hear his Ulster twang beneath his educated and trained broadcasting voice.

Ben Thejrporter my guess is that when he talked to people from there or family, his accent probably did become stronger. If you listen to his non-BBC recordings, it’s a lot more apparent.

It's because he was born in Ireland but spends the rest of his life in England.

You should hear Tolkien talk. He sounds like Jim Broadbent took cocaine.

What about Lewis did you find brilliant if you're still an atheist? ;-)

Ellis Farrow Me too

Ellis Farrow I really hope u find God in ur life and respond to his calling

He doesn't sound like an ent.

EnNuages in the presence of Jesus, CS Lewis will merely not even be relevant my friend. But I get the sentiment. I suspect CS Lewis might tell you the same.

EnNuages How beautifully said 🍁🇨🇦

+beverly greene Well said Beverly.....well said!

The Four Loves: Featuring the Vintage Recordings of the Voice of C. S. Lewis www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1531877524/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_u8sUBbEM5K6BW

He was Welch man

Ciaran Ryan That's what I was thinking too! It sounds to me like an extreme affectation, but I'm sure that in his milieu it was the perfectly normal way of talking.

+Ciaran Ryan It sounds a fair bit like the accent of Rayner Unwin, who was the kid who reviewed The Hobbit when Tolkien sent it to the publisher; he can be heard on the Lord of the Rings extended edition extras CDs.

+Timothy Nelson I actually laughed when I first heard his voice. But that's a good point. Maybe it was a common accent for the well educated at that time. I was partly listening because the Lord of the Rings special features talk about him (maybe) having a booming loud voice. It's hard to tell from this, though.

+Alice Glendarroch I remember the LOTR comment about a booming voice as well. Maybe he had that voice when he lectured to a large university hall?

Yeah, it would make since that he talked differently into a microphone.

Alas, you've adopted the fundamentalist view of scripture, and on the basis of that, rejected the orthodox view of Christianity! A basic error, sir!

Alana yes, I admit Christianity has been defanged by our Godly western enlightenment. The first fang came out during our revolution when we outlawed the biblically endorsed monarchy, You know Jesus' Divine Rights of Kings. We replaced totalitarian monarchy with our limited government democratic republic. The second fang came out with our civil war against the bible belt confederates. We outlawed the biblically endorsed slavery and replaced it with freedom. It took over a million deaths to establish a country based on modernity looking to the sciences to discover the truth that is contained in the complete set of natural laws AKA the mind of God. Yes I am a fundamentalist, I have a personal relationship with God that allows me to be corrected & directed by Divine providence. God does speak through measurable reality itself & that is best discovered by the world's top experts in their fields of expertise. Old out of date hogwash is as far from God's truth as you can get.

ungertron Seems like you've got it all figured out, lol.

***** more like Gods got it all figured out, and I am open to being corrected. See in another 1,000 years everything that I believe and science figured out will be as out of date as the bible is today. Knowledge is a work in progress with God being the revealer. This is why 100% of my faith is in God, not the sciences, and certainly not out of date mystic babble. God being the natural laws & powers that evolve all truth.

You still haven't addressed my original comment.