Quote by C.S. Lewis

Perhaps we feel inclined to disagree with Him. But there's a difficulty about disagreeing with God. He is the source from which all your reasoning power comes: you couldn't be right and He wrong any more than a stream can rise higher than its own source. When you are arguing against Him you're arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it's like cutting off the branch you're sitting on.

Perhaps we feel inclined to disagree with Him. But there's a

Summary

This quote suggests that it is futile and illogical to disagree with God because He is the ultimate source of our reasoning ability. Arguing against God means arguing against the very foundation that allows us to engage in rationality and debate. It compares this act to cutting off the branch one is sitting on, implying that it is self-destructive and contradictory to go against the very source of our existence and cognition.

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By C.S. Lewis

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