“…For my part I believe we ought to work not only at spreading the Gospel (that certainly) but also at a certain preparation for the Gospel. It is necessary to recall many to the law of nature before we talk about God. For Christ promises forgiveness of sins: but what is that to those who, since they do not know the law of nature, do not know that they have sinned? Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of a disease? Moral relativity is the enemy we have to overcome before we tackle Atheism. I would almost dare to say ‘First let us make the younger generation good pagans and afterwards let us make them Christians.’” C. S. Lewis Magdalen College Oxford 15 September 1953 (from a letter to Don Giovanni Calabria) For a related comment – see: “Pope Francis, You Had Me at hello, and Lost Me at Sinner” huffingtonpost/rea-nolan-martin/pope-francis-sin_b_4132333.html
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