dangerous idea: Two Jacks and an Aldous

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Two Jacks and an Aldous

A redated post.

I have one minute to get in my commemoration of the lives of Two Jacks and an Aldous, who passed away on November 22, 1963.

Labels: C. S. Lewis

24 Comments:

At November 23, 2010 3:11 PM , Bilbo said...

Thanks for the reminder. I forgot all about it. Who was it that wrote a book about the three of them meeting in limbo in the afterlife?
At November 23, 2010 4:14 PM , Athanasius said...

@Bilbo, Peter Kreeft
At November 24, 2010 5:51 AM , Anonymous said...

Bob Prokop writing:

A meeting like that (I've never read the book) would make a great stage play!
At November 24, 2010 2:13 PM , Bilbo said...

I skimmed the book in the bookstore a long time ago. If I remember, the major part of the discussion involved Lewis's Trilemma argument. I don't think the book came to a definite conclusion as to the argument's strength.
At November 24, 2010 3:09 PM , Athanasius said...

@Bilbo, you remember correctly. Now if I remember correctly, Kreeft defends the Trilemma as sound.

Anyway, the name of the book is "Between Heaven and Hell".
At November 26, 2010 8:44 PM , Gregory said...

May God grant mercy, peace and a blessed repose, in Christ, to all three of them.
At November 22, 2011 11:37 PM , Anonymous said...

I see TruthOverFaith has been utterly embarrassed by VoxDay's post, to the point that he's changed his name. LOL. ;)
At November 23, 2011 1:52 AM , Steve Lovell said...

If I remember correctly Kreeft not only defended the argument but presented an interesting alternative formulation.

Two distinctions:

(1) Those who have claimed to be God vs those who have not.
(2) Those who are widely recognised as sages vs those who are not.

Cross apply those two distinctions to get four groups of people. Now ask yourself how many people (past and present) are in each group.

I'll leave the reader to join up the dots.
At November 23, 2011 5:27 AM , B. Prokop said...

Happy Thanksgiving to all! (Signing off until Monday)

Take 5 minutes this weekend to listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDAbNaF6EYQ&feature=related

It ought to be our national anthem!
At November 23, 2011 7:02 AM , J said...

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At November 23, 2011 7:02 AM , J said...

The Klan (and...Dallas PD) ..were, far more than likely than not-- involved in JFKs assassination (another shooter, along with LHO--most likely mafia patsy). Posters of JFK had circulated in Texas days before the shooting--and what do Klansmen think of "Marians" ? Look at pics of JFK's autopsy for hints
At November 23, 2011 8:37 AM , parbouj said...

J are you mentally ill? Seriously.
At November 23, 2011 9:14 AM , J said...

(Note Ad hominem VR, this trolls fave tactic). Are you mentally ill, or just too stupid to read, parbouj?

In fact the Dallas PD theory is a fairly accepted theory among JFK conspiracy buffs--but it's a bit complex, so don't worry yr head about it, h**o de p*ta.
At November 23, 2011 12:12 PM , parbouj said...

J: it just isn't worth the effort it would take to reign in your mania with reason. Ad dementis is more like it.

Victor's blog truly attracts an interesting following!
At November 23, 2011 1:13 PM , J said...

Mania is you, parboo. You're the irrationalist and peasant here, not to say stalker--perhaps upset to hear someone claim that Dallas PD whiteys were involved in JFK's killing? yeah (and...most likely a LDS troll, ex-druggie, theatre qu**er, etc, yeah, you, bubba)
At November 23, 2011 1:14 PM , BenYachov said...

So J is making a "Your no True Atheist/skeptic/Agnostic/non-believer" attack on parbouj?

Typical.
At November 23, 2011 2:08 PM , J said...

Typical is you defending wingnut rightists, Yakkie.

Did you hear, Yak., the LA RC Diocese itself even opposes Feser's wingnut "catholicism?" Maybe go back to the neo-con right, where you came from--with EF the Randian, until, what, 18 months ago.
At November 23, 2011 3:23 PM , BenYachov said...

Ilion says I'm a liberal and J says I am a Neo-Con.

Awesome!
At November 23, 2011 5:15 PM , J said...

Awesome Yak? That will be ...well, wait n' see. Heh heh.

You're a right-winger, though obviously not a christian (including "Catholic")in any meaningful sense. Maybe we find yr comments on Feser's pro-torture threads.
At November 23, 2011 8:32 PM , BenYachov said...

Two questions for ya J.

What kind of drug are you on &
where can I score some?

Cause it must be some heavy s**t!
At November 23, 2011 11:11 PM , TruthOverfaith said...

Our Savior is speaking to us!!! Please google "Jesus appears on a dogs ass" for an important message from Christ our Savior!!!

And perhaps all Christians should inspect the assholes of their pets, just in case Jesus is "asshole hopping".

Praise our Savior!!!!!!!
At November 23, 2011 11:12 PM , Anonymous said...

See? ToF is back to his old name, since the previous one was transparently obvious. He's bad at hiding.
At November 24, 2011 6:33 AM , J said...

No drugs Yakstein.

Anyway, a Nixonite such as yrself surely feels no regret over JFK's death.

And Aldous Huxley! Why, ....pagan infidel there, right, Y.
At November 24, 2011 1:17 PM , BenYachov said...

>No drugs Yakstein.

Then you are without excuse.