So we left off with my dare to God, which in essence said that I would give God one last chance to convince me that He is or I would abandon my faith once again. I borrowed "Out of the Silent Planet" from the corner library as the last chance. I loved the book, the genre of pulp science fiction was always a favorite of mine so I was at home in this kind of story. What got to me was how Lewis turned every sci-fi cliche on its heels. Instead of space being an dark empty void, it was golden and gorgeous, "the heavens". Instead of bad aliens the aliens were noble and good and innocent. Instead of brave space explorers, it was corrupt humans unable to comprehend the truth in front of them. I never saw it that way before. I saw how foolish our modern assumptions were. The novel ended with a hint that this story may be more than fictional, of course it is all just a story but it rang true to me.
To say the least God won the dare.
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