“todos estamos recibiendo caridad. Hay algo en cada uno de nosotros que, de modo natural, no puede ser amado; no es culpa de nadie que eso no sea amado, porque sólo lo que es amable puede ser amado naturalmente; pretender lo contrario sería lo mismo que pedirle a la gente que le guste el sabor a pan rancio o el ruido de un taladro mecánico. Podemos ser perdonados, compadecidos y amados a pesar de todo, con caridad; pero no de otra manera. Todos los que tienen buenos padres, esposas, maridos o hijos pueden estar seguros de que a veces—y quizá siempre, respecto a algún rasgo o hábito en concreto—están recibiendo caridad, que no son amados porque son amables, sino porque el Amor en sí mismo está en quienes los aman.”
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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.