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Darrin reads the preface and first two chapters of one his favorites and one of Lewis’s most obscure books.

The emphasized quote was first published in 1944's Beyond Personality, but also also appears in Lewis's masterpiece Mere Christianity (1952; based on radio talks of 1941–1944), so it's always worth repeating.

“In other words, Theology is practical: specially (sic) now. In the old days, when there was less education and discussion, perhaps it was possible to get on with a very few simple ideas about God. But it is not so now. Everyone reads, everyone hears things discussed. Consequently, if you do not listen to Theology, that will not mean that you have no ideas about God. It will mean that you have a lot of wrong ones — bad, muddled, out-of-date ideas. For a great many of the ideas about God which are trotted out as novelties to-day are simply the ones which real Theologians tried centuries ago and rejected.”

“No man who cares about originality will ever be original. It's the man who's only thinking about doing a good job or telling the truth who becomes really original -- and doesn't notice it.”

“God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. He doesn't have to take us in the line. You're as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He'd ever created.”