First Line Friday #22: Miracles by C. S. Lewis

 

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Title:  Miracles
Author:  C. S. Lewis
Genre:  Religion/Christianity

  〰First Line〰

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In all my life I have met only one person who claims to have seen a ghost. And the interesting thing about the story is that that person disbelieved in the immortal soul before she saw the ghost and still disbelieves after seeing it. She says that what she saw must have been an illusion or a trick of the nerves. And obviously she may be right. Seeing is not believing.

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Synopsis:  (From Amazon) 

In Miracles, C.S. Lewis argues that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in his creation. Using his charismatic warmth, lucidity, and wit, Lewis challenges the rationalists and cynics who are mired in their lack of imagination and provides a poetic and joyous affirmation that miracles really do occur in everyday lives.

 〰First Thoughts〰

One of the books I'm reading this year is A Year With C. S. Lewis.  Along with other Lewis works, this book presents many quotes from the book Miracles.  So far I've been fascinated by the excerpts presented in the anthology. So, I decided to read the volume in its entirety.  As a practicing Christian, I have seen and experienced many events that I would interpret as miraculous, so I already believe in the intervention of the supernatural.  However, knowing how Lewis puts things and how he explains things by logic and intellectual pursuit, rather than by the purely emotional, sparked my curiosity to know his take on the subject.

So, what's the first line of the book you're currently reading?