tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post9044888472593183654..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Does God Exist? A Modern DebateNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-26512586028251592042009-04-19T13:44:00.000-05:002009-04-19T13:44:00.000-05:00Thanks you two.. This happened a few years ago whe...Thanks you two.. This happened a few years ago when I was in college and I've been devouring his works ever since. The Christmas after that happened, I received nothing but The Complete Works for gifts. I was amazed when I read about the Chesterton Academy, because I'm always telling my wife that the Works of Chesterton are a complete education. If our kids can get through his works and read more about stuff they don't understand right away and get the background, we need not worry about them being well-read or well-educated.davymax3https://www.blogger.com/profile/04920344947294561651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-38911238545120068792009-04-19T11:08:00.000-05:002009-04-19T11:08:00.000-05:00Thanks for this important news, Davymax3 - we shal...Thanks for this important news, Davymax3 - we shall indeed pray for you, and for Mr. Hitchens. He ought to read <I>Orthodoxy</I> too! Next up on your reading list ought to be <I>The Everlasting Man</I>, which will tell you lots more about that curious creature called Man - and about the very curious Man called Jesus... To assist in your warfare with the Enemy, I'd also recommend GKC's twin biographies, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Thomas Aquinas.<br /><br />Also I must compliment our blogg-mistress on her excellent Chestertonian reply in debate - it sounded familiar, and I had to go hunting: "In truth there are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it." [GKC <I>Fancies versus Fads</I> 86] In fact, the rest of that essay might be GKC's reply to Hitchens. I am guessing that her other allusion is to GKC's book on Aquinas: "A brilliant Victorian scientist delighted in declaring that the child does not see any grass at all; but only a sort of green mist reflected in a tiny mirror of the human eye. This piece of rationalism has always struck me as almost insanely irrational. If he is not sure of the existence of the grass, which he sees through the glass of a window, how on earth can he be sure of the existence of the retina, which he sees through the glass of a microscope? If sight deceives, why can it not go on deceiving?" [CW2:528] <br /><br />On the larger issues of evolution and creation, GKC has that answered too; for starters, see the chapter "Critic of Evolutionism" in Jaki's <I>Chesterton a Seer of Science</I>.Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-75013921165522139492009-04-18T19:06:00.000-05:002009-04-18T19:06:00.000-05:00Davy,
Thanks for sharing this story, how good our ...Davy,<br />Thanks for sharing this story, how good our Loving God is!<br /><br />I will pray for you, and ask Gilbert to continue to watch over you. God bless you!Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-42818281465383183842009-04-18T19:02:00.000-05:002009-04-18T19:02:00.000-05:00I have been a faithful Catholic for my whole life ...I have been a faithful Catholic for my whole life minus 2 days. I read one of his books and I was put into severe doubt and despair. It was the worst feeling I ever had in my life. I went to the bookstore and started looking for something from the Christian side that made any sense. I saw a book named "Orthodoxy" and maybe because of it's somewhat awkward yet inviting and intriguing title. I picked it up and sat down and figured I would read a couple of pages. Suffice it to say, I read the whole thing and since then I've felt a debt to Chesterton and the Holy Spirit for having spoken to me through him, that I can never hope to come close to repaying. So, thank you Gilbert and please pray for me..davymax3https://www.blogger.com/profile/04920344947294561651noreply@blogger.com