From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!cbosgd!npois!houxi!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!aka779 Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: C.S. Lewis Trilogy Article-I.D.: inuxd.158 Posted: Fri Sep 17 15:03:09 1982 Received: Wed Sep 22 08:07:06 1982 References: burdvax.162 It always comes as a surprise to me that organizaed religion has any-- repeat, any--influence on life today, especially in the enjoyment of speculative literature. Have we not outgrown the childishness that requires us to accept the hoary stories from the past as literal truth? If there were a Christ today, he'd be spinning SF tales and rejecting the old, outworn dogmas of thousands of years ago, in the same manner as the Christ told stories to illustrate his radical new beliefs. He als rejected the accepted religions of his day and preached a new way of life. Why not take that attitude, and then speculate on new religions that will follow those failures of today--such a failure as Marxism, for example, that must be a religion, since it has no basis otherwise. --Arlan Andrews, BTL--Indy.