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. What was I
comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad
and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part
of the show, find myself in such a violent reaction against it?... Of course I
could have given up my idea of justice by saying it was nothing but a private
idea of my own. But if i did that, then my argument against God collapsed
too--for the argument depended on saying the world was really unjust, not
simply that it did not happen to please my fancies. – C. S. Lewis
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