I can’t believe I’ve never reviewed this before, as I’ve read it so many times… it’s been one of my favorites since probably my early teen years.
C.S. Lewis was so brilliant, and this is him at his best. He had a way of getting straight to the heart of a subject in as few words as possible, and putting it so succinctly that I at once say as I listen, “Ah ha! That’s exactly it!” He had a way with analogies too, and always seemed to choose just the perfect one to illustrate a concept. I don’t remember how old I was when I read this the first time, but I think I had studied apologetics from a scientific viewpoint already. I believe I wasn’t aware before this book that it was possible to leave scientific evidence aside entirely, and using only pure reason and philosophy, still arrive squarely at the conclusion that not only must there be a God, but He must be the God of the Bible, too. If any rebuttals to his reasoning exist, I’ve never read them.
Lewis is one of the people I’m looking forward to meeting in heaven. I’d like to have tea and the sort of breakfast with him that he describes in thorough detail in “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe,” sitting before a roaring fire.
My rating: *****
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