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I’ve been a fan of this fellow since the early 80s…

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DrWatson · 70-79, M
C.S. Lewis wrote that when he was an atheist, this sort of thing kept him from believing in God.

And then something occurred to him: no religion that he knew of actually started with the premise that the world is a wonderful place.

The way I see it is this: Each of us has to ask ourselves how to find meaning in a world that often sucks. Some of us have experienced God as being the key to that. And we can still weep over bone cancer in children.