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Fairy tales are more than true: not because
they tell us that dragons exist, but because
they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
-- G. K. Chesterton
I found this particularly interesting because I wonder what it might say about Chesterton's Christianity. I have taken him to be a full-blooded believer, not blanching before the most astounding calls for supernaturalism. Could I be mistaken in that? Could it be that he believes Christianity is true because of the hope it gives to believers?
they tell us that dragons exist, but because
they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
-- G. K. Chesterton
I found this particularly interesting because I wonder what it might say about Chesterton's Christianity. I have taken him to be a full-blooded believer, not blanching before the most astounding calls for supernaturalism. Could I be mistaken in that? Could it be that he believes Christianity is true because of the hope it gives to believers?
