Posted by giveawayboy on July 23, 2004 at 14:44:21:
In Reply to: Re: J-JJJJ-JJJ-J-J-J posted by cav, formerly j mc, to avoid confusion with j on July 23, 2004 at 09:58:58:
: Lewis & Tolkien, these two are obvious
: John Bunyan- who wrote the Pilgrim's Progress which has been translated to more languages than any other book second only to the Bible
: Aldo Leopold- who started the conservation movement which was the foundation for much of our American ethic toward the environment (as small as it is.)
: Thoreau- his writings began the creation of western mindset
: John Muir- followed Thoreau in a more wild setting
: Alexander Solzhenitsyn- who revealed to the world the horrors of Stalin's gulags and how faith can make us strong.
: The list continues
: Of course we could add Ghandi, Mandela, MLK, Black Elk, Francis, Luther, on, and on.
: All of these people operated, or operate, in a firm faith. All of these people have made significant contributions to the world or Western Culture. Some have even become part of the mythos and paradigm of our society. We don't know where the ideas come from but we hold them to be true... and it was these guys who started it.
Wow! Thanks John, I really appreciate your inclusion of Aldo Leopold (who I will now research because of you) and also Solzhenitsyn. Thanks so much. I can't wait to learn more about Leopold.