"I was at this time living, like so many Atheists or Anti-theists, in
a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did not exist. I was also
very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with Him for creating
a world."
CS Lewis: Surprised by Joy. (1955; p. 115)
"If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then
the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the
whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present
thoughts are mere accidents (the accidental by-product of the movement of
atoms) and this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers
as well as for anyone else’s. But if their thoughts (i.e., of Materialism
and Astronomy) are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them
to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should
be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents...
It’s like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you
upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made
and why it was upset."
C.S. Lewis, in God in the Dock (p52-53 Answers to Questions on Christianity)
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