David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis's views on liberty, natural law and statism.
The presentation was the keynote talk at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held at St. Edwards University in San Antonio, TX, August 2, 2014.
For further discussion, see the following:
"C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism," by David J. Theroux
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/a...
"Secular Theocracy: The Foundations and Folly of Modern Tyranny," by David J. Theroux
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/a...
My 1st C.S. Lewis book was 'IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE' - its a good one. the parallels between then and now - damn scary!
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DeleteIn the end it may. Thanks.
In a great many ways, it
ReplyDeletealready has and it is entrenched.
Damn it!
We have to go dig them out.
It's gonna hurt and it's gonna cost.
It's gonna hurt and it's gonna cost.
DeleteOh, yes.
I love CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. Unfortunately at this time I cant read either of their writings as it causes me uncontrollable weeping due to their message.
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