Stories about miraculous events (Lewis)

January 27th, 2008  |  Published in Morality, Truth, Quotes, Religion  |  2 Comments

Most stories about miraculous events are probably false: if it comes to that, most stories about natural events are false. Lies, exaggerations, misunderstandings and hearsay make up perhaps more than half of all that is said and written in the world.

–C. S. Lewis, Miracles (1947, revised in 1960), p. 159.

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  1. Steve says:

    January 27th, 2008 at 10:09 pm (#)

    If Lewis is right, it is a fearful thing. How are we to know reality?

  2. Josh Sowin says:

    January 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am (#)

    If by reality you mean absolute historical truth, perhaps we can’t know.

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