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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Read it, even for the last chapter alone!</strong><br/><br/>Most people have no idea about what Christianity is. That is the reason that CS Lewis' book exists. <br/><br/>If you are looking for a book that will convince you to take the leap of faith and become a Christian (like so many 1-star reviewers wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8031037">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Note: I am reviewing the &quot;Anniversary Edition pub. 1981&quot;<br/><br/>C.S Lewis comes from a long line of Christian apologists that have relied upon emotion and hope to justify a metaphyscial existence of God.  In other words the argument is: I feel that God exists, and so because I have thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16993573">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Taking a quick glance over the reviews offered for this book, I see a lot of people expressing the idea that it convinced them that a Christian could be intelligent and still be a Christian, or that C.S. Lewis offers &quot;logical&quot; arguments for the Christian faith.  I won't deny that C.S. Lewi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1356784">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mere Christianity is such a classic work, and having been read by millions over the past sixty years plus years, it is difficult to say anything new about it. As the years have rolled on though, a different society, with different needs and expectations has arisen that sees the world a little differ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19998082">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lewis is brilliant! Here's a quote from the book that's never left my head:<br/><br/>&quot;I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17704962">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What an astounding, impressive, fulfilling read. I am not normally a non-fiction reader unless it is a good historical piece or biography ... those I will lap up. But a book on religion? As a pretty dedicated church goer myself, I must candidly say that unless the book is actual scripture itself, it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14716004">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>un om care s-a schimbat de la a avea bios [viata biologica] la a avea zoe [viata spirituala] inseamna ca trece printr-o schimbare la fel de mare ca si statuia care a fost schimbata din piatra cioplita in om real.<br/>tocmai aceasta este esenta crestinismului. lumea aceasta este atelierul unui mare s...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32467222">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Man!<br/><br/>I really didn't like this book.<br/><br/>I've been going through an atheistic reading phase (Richard Dawkins mainly) and I made the mistake last month of trying to delve into the good book for the Unification Church that goes by the title The Divine Principle.  (The Unification Chu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24375388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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