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From:\u00a0The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949<\/i><\/a>, edited by Walter Hooper, HarperSanFrancisco, 2004:<\/div>\n
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(I assumed last night that I was talking to those who already believed). If I\u2019d been speaking to those who didn\u2019t, of course everything I\u2019d said would be different. (To Patricia Thomson, 8 December 1941, pp. 499-500)<\/div>\n
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Many laymen who believe the Christian doctrines desire to hear them supported and expounded from the pulpit, and are disappointed when they hear only moral exhortation. I do not think this desire is confined to educated laymen . . . (To the Editor of The Spectator<\/em>, 11 December 1942, p. 540)<\/div>\n
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I am primarily an arguer not an exhorter and my target\u00a0 is the frankly irreligious audience: nor do I ever speak my best in a very large hall with an atmosphere of enthusiasm in it. (To Thomas Wilkinson Riddle, 16 July 1946, p. 718)<\/div>\n
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I think it possible that what is keeping you from belief in Christ\u2019s Divinity is your apparently strong desire to believe. If you don\u2019t think it true why do you want<\/em> to believe it? . . . You believe in God and trust Him. Well, you can trust Him about this. If you go on steadily praying and attempting to obey the best light He had given you, can you not rely on Him to guide you into any further truth He wishes you to know? . . . \u2018He who does<\/em> the will of the Father shall know of the doctrine\u2019. [Jn 7:17]<\/div>\n
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As for books, the very best popular defence of the full Christian position I know is G. K. Chesterton The Everlasting Man<\/em>. . . .<\/div>\n
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Conversions happen in all sorts of different ways: some sharp & catastrophic (like St Paul, St Augustine, or Bunyan) some very gradual and intellectual (like my own). No good predicting how God will deal with one: He has His own way with each of us. So don\u2019t worry. Continue all your efforts. You are being steered<\/em> by Another: you\u2019ve only got to row . . . (To Rhona Bodle, 31 December 1947, pp. 823-824)<\/div>\n
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The route you are following at present seems to be the right one. Adding to Pascal\u2019s \u2018if you had not found me you would not seek me\u2019 (a sentence I have long loved), the very obvious further step \u2018And if I had not drawn you, you would not have found me,\u2019 and seeing both in the light of Our Lord\u2019s words \u2018No man cometh to me unless the Father have drawn him\u2019 [Jn 14:6] \u2014 well, it is pretty clear that you are being conducted.\u00a0(To Rhona Bodle, 10 February 1949)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
From:\u00a0The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. III: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950-1963<\/i><\/a>, edited by Walter Hooper, HarperSanFrancisco, 2007:<\/div>\n
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I do not think there is a demonstrative<\/em> proof (like Euclid) of Christianity, nor of the existence of matter, nor of the good will & honesty of my best & oldest friends. I think all three are (except perhaps the second)\u00a0 far more probable than the alternatives. The case for Christianity in general is well given by Chesterton: and I tried to do something in my Broadcast Talks<\/em> [part of what later became his book, Mere Christianity<\/em>].<\/div>\n
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As to why <\/em>God doesn\u2019t make it demonstratively clear: are we sure that He is even interested in the kind of Theism which would be a compelled logical assent to a conclusive argument? Are we <\/em>interested in it in personal matters? I demand from my friend a trust in my good faith which is certain<\/em> without demonstrative proof. It wouldn\u2019t be confidence at all if he waited for rigorous proof. . . .<\/div>\n
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But I think you are already in the meshes of the net! The Holy Spirit is after you. I doubt if you\u2019ll get away! (To Sheldon Vanauken, 23 December 1950, pp. 75-76)<\/div>\n
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Think of me as a fellow-patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier, cold give some advice.\u00a0(To Sheldon Vanauken, 22 April 1953, p. 325)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Unfortunately, Money Trees Do Not Exist<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0If you have been aided in any way by my work, or think it is valuable and worthwhile, please strongly consider financially supporting it (even $10 \/ month \u2014 a mere 33 cents a day \u2014 would be very helpful). I have been a full-time Catholic apologist since Dec. 2001, and have been writing Christian apologetics since 1981 (see\u00a0my Resume<\/a>). My work has been proven (by God\u2019s grace alone) to be fruitful, in terms of changing lives (see the tangible evidences\u00a0from unsolicited \u201ctestimonies\u201d<\/a>). I have to pay my bills like all of you: and have a (homeschooling) wife and three children still at home to provide for, and a mortgage to pay.<\/div>\n
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My book royalties from\u00a0three bestsellers in the field<\/a>\u00a0(published in 2003-2007) have been decreasing, as has my overall income, making it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.\u00a0 I provide over 2500 free articles here, for the purpose of your edification and education, and have\u00a0written 50 books<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019ll literally be a struggle to survive financially until Dec. 2020, when both my wife and I will start receiving Social Security. If you cannot contribute, I ask for your prayers. Thanks! See my\u00a0information on how to donate<\/a>\u00a0(including 100% tax-deductible donations). It\u2019s very simple to contribute to my apostolate via PayPal, if a tax deduction is not needed (my \u201cbusiness name\u201d there is called \u201cCatholic Used Book Service,\u201d from my old bookselling days 17 or so years ago). May God abundantly bless you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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