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Miracles

By: C. S. Lewis
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"The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this." This is the key statement of Miracles, in which C.S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in His creation. Using his characteristic lucidity and wit to develop his argument, Lewis challenges the rationalists, agnostics, and deists on their own grounds and makes out an impressive case for the irrationality of their assumptions by positing: "Those who assume that miracles cannot happen are merely wasting their time by looking into the texts: we know in advance what results they will find for they have begun by begging the question." - from Miracles©1947 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. (P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks Philosophy Sermons Theology Inspiring Agnostic
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Lewis is a difficult reading, but this helps!

Lewis is a difficult writer to read as he is so logical-coherent and is so good at argumentations. Yet this audio book has made my journey with <miracle> becomes easier and amusing! Thank you for the audio book!

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Thought provoking

This book is one of the most influential books that I have read. I listened to this one many times without tiring of the message. This book has depth.

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Amazing book! Sometimes too deep & for my brain.

I loved what I could understand, and longed to grasp the rest, sensing that it was deep truth. I need to reread this. Over and over!

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Great book

This is another great book by C S Lewis. It is not as easy to understand as Mere Christianity but is a great read.

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Deeper and more philosophical than other Lewis

I have worked my way through a number of works by Lewis this month. This work begins with quite abstract philosophical reasoning. That makes it somewhat tough going compared to other works by Lewis. I found the resort to insistent logical reasoning somewhat tedious, to be honest. The use of binaries early on (e.g. you are either "naturalist" or "supernaturalist") rather annoying and unnecessary, but maybe that just suggests the datedness of the work, or my own predispositions. On the whole, it offers a strong argument in favour of the incarnation, resurrection and ascension. As such, it sets up the challenge of miracles as a central issue for accepting or rejecting the Christian faith. Lewis does (as elsewhere) make the alternative perspectives seem most unreasonable, even foolish, in such a way that is hard to deny.

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Brilliant but challenging

I am a fan of CS Lewis, and this book is excellent remedy worthwhile. However, it is requires concentration to follow his arguments because this is a highly analytical treatise that relies on rigorous logic which, in turn, requires some basic background in logical analysis and terminology. Consequently, this book does not lend itself to being in audio book form. Simon Vance does an admirable job, but his erudite tone probably does not help making the material more approachable.
If you are a fanboy/girl like me, none of this will matter because, well, it's Lewis. But a less avid reader would be better off with the written form of the book.

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The logical argument that miracles are real 

This may be something that I have to revisit again just because of the complexity of the way Lewis argues the logic of Hugot is, and that he chooses to do miracles, or do things that we consider miracles.

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Tough to digest in some sections, but full of nuggets (especially in Ch. 14)

When I was younger, I would have put this book down and dismissed it due to various complexities. Glad I have more patience now!

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Almost scholastic in its logical approach

As usual the author plays with logic to show us many of the falacies of our modern day approach to Christianity. The reader has very clear diction and superb pronunciation of non-English words and expressions, but his reading is declamatory and not conducive to a better undestanding of the book's content.

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Lewis, man… Wow!

Incredible and worth the listen. A gem of a book by one of the greatest authors of all time. Must listen a few times and take notes to get the full breadth of it.

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