"darylgene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
> serg271 wrote:
> > Tim Bruening wrote:
> > >
> > > Tirian swung one Dwarf out of the Dwarf circle, but he darted back
to
> > > the circle, rubbing his nose as if he had bumped into the stable
wall.
> > > What would have happened if Tirian had tried to take a Dwarf outside
the
> > > imaginary stable? Would the Dwarf have gotten crushed on the stable
> > > wall?
> >
> > The obvious answer is that Lewis didn't think about that. Retconing
> > this issue, there could be several conflict resolution protocols:
Dwarf
> > brain lose synchronisation - contradicing event is not processed by
> > cortex, but primitive brain functions still working. Another - dwarf
> > perception of event edited by some external power or internal
> > subroutine, so event does not contradict his reality.
>
> Curious. I found that something of the sort actually happened in my
> life. As an atheist I was literaly unable to wrap my mind around the
> concept of God, I could not concieve of any possible mode of existence,
> or imagine any way He could act in the world. When I became a Christian
> again I could see His hand EVERYWHERE. I don't think it is just tied to
> adopting a set of beliefs though, sensitivity to the Holy Spirit is not
> that common, I have found, even among Christians. John Wesley, for
> example, had been a minister for some time before it came to him. For
> me it was much like the stable analogy, I wonder if Lewis was relating
> the same sort of experience?
71 days ago, I saw God's hand in bringing a co-worker back home to his
wife! He
said that God had filled his heart with love!
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