In the face of all this pointlessness, Lewis explains to his readers that he initially concluded, “Either there is no spirit behind the universe, or else a spirit indifferent to good and evil, or else an evil spirit.”[108] Yet doubts began to arise in his mind. Is it really that straightforward? “If the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator?” Pain is only a “problem” from a Christian perspective. If the universe is meaningless, no explanation need be offered. Pain is meaningless, like
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