Meet the Creator of Narnia, C.S. Lewis Time magazine called him “the young atheist poet who became one of the 20th century’s most imaginative theologians.” Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. When he was just four years old, the precocious young lad announced to the family that his name was “Jacksie” – and he refused to answer to anything else. “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.” Lewis fought hard to hold on to his atheistic worldview. He engaged in heated intellectual debates with other professors who were devout Christians, most notably fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien. Over time, in spite of himself, Lewis began to see that there were answers – logical, intelligent answers – to his most critical questions. Finally, at the age of 31, Jack could not hide behind his flawed and empty arguments any more. “I gave in and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed; perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.”
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