tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410615559824660051.post4902067745318851305..comments2023-10-18T05:31:21.249-07:00Comments on Peregrinations: The Law of NatureRick Gerhardthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10478878021692544533noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410615559824660051.post-9243444253835967982007-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:002007-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00Hi Jack-Yes, Lewis called it the tao, and has list...Hi Jack-<BR/><BR/>Yes, Lewis called it the tao, and has lists in his brilliant work, The Abolition of Man, that show the commonality of ethics across cultural boundaries.<BR/><BR/>-Mike CabaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410615559824660051.post-43886220489943230482007-03-01T20:32:00.000-08:002007-03-01T20:32:00.000-08:00Great post, Rick. The Law of Nature (Lewis gives i...Great post, Rick. <BR/><BR/>The Law of Nature (Lewis gives it a zen-ish name that I've forgotten, maybe "tao") comes back to us just when we least expect it, and this is as true for agnostics as it is for committed Christians. James Sire suggests a scenario: we all know the atheist at the cocktail party, the one who wears a tweed jacket and Reeboks, who leans languorously on the fireplace mantel with a glass of merlot while holding forth on the certainty of uncertainty (to change a line of T. S. Eliot). Well, suggests Sire, next time you have a chance to get a word in, quietly tell this character that his fly is open. See then how quickly he becomes certain of something with a moral component.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com