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Why We Desperately Need C.S. Lewis’ “Newspaper Rule”

Why We Desperately Need C.S. Lewis’ “Newspaper Rule”

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Aaron Earls
Dec 13, 2022
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Why We Desperately Need C.S. Lewis’ “Newspaper Rule”
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You cannot actually know someone without spending time with them face-to-face, yet we often make significant judgments about others with no experience and very little evidence.

We should learn to follow C.S. Lewis’ newspaper rule.

In an April 30, 1951 letter to Mary Van Deusen, a regular correspondent of his, Lewis responded to questions she had about wor…

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