Atheist C. S. Lewis experienced what Jesus Christ called being "born again" and became a believer in 1931. Because of his influential writing and speaking, he's now called the greatest Christian apologist of the 20th century. That does not mean he apologized for Christianity, but rather that he explained why it is true.
As an Oxford professor in the UK, he also served as president of the Oxford Socratic Club from 1942 until 1954. The Club's inspiration was Socrates' principle to bravely follow an argument or a claim wherever the evidence leads, even though it may point to an idea you don't like.
Why would someone do that? Because they want to know the truth, even if it doesn't confirm their own opinion. The Club applied that principle, pursue the truth bravely, to Christianity.
from God in the Dock, pp. 126-128
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