Quote (CS Lewis?)about, "When somebody argues against faith, I ask who are they sleeping with?"

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Anybody recognize this quote (only paraphrased above, not exact quote). Not sure if it’s CS Lewis.
 
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i can edit it for you, what do you want me to make the topic line?
I don’t know the quote though.
 
Thanks, can you make the title the text in the quotes:

Quote (CS Lewis?) about when somebody argues against faith, I ask who are they sleeping with?
 
Tell us what you really think. 🙂

Obviously there is context, which neither you nor I know, and which I am interested in learning. I also may be badly mangling the quote, so there’s that too.
 
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Doesn’t sound like Lewis to me. A case for @GKMotley, I think.
 
Yeah, that’s the only thing I found, but I’m pretty certain it was a British author (but not sure enough!).
 
Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

I think he said it in the context of a conversation with a young man who came to him and told the Bishop all his arguments for not being Catholic, and Sheen said, “Who’s the girl?”
 
Not necessarily. He said it much better than I did, and the impression I had was of that over-enthusiasm of a young person trying to convince themselves, iyswim.

And there is certainly a lot to be said for the principle: I have seen many people “convert” because they met someone they liked.
 
As noted, not attributed to Lewis directly. Which is good, since, AFAIK, he never said/wrote it. From the linked article, the mention of Lewis appears to be referring to book III, chapter 5, of MERE CHRISTIANITY, an expansion of his second book based on his BBC war-time broadcasts, CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR, chap. V.
 
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Anybody recognize this quote (only paraphrased above, not exact quote). Not sure if it’s CS Lewis.
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Timothy Keller (the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, New York) said that phrase was one: “that an old college pastor associate of his used when catching up with college students who were home from school.” and that it was almost too cruel to use.
 
Most moral and spiritual problems in the lives of everyday people come down to three things: money (the world), the flesh, or pride (the devil). For instance, when there is a divorce, you will see one or more of these factors at play. At least that’s my two cents’ worth.

The perfect cure for these three factors are the evangelical counsels: poverty, chastity, and obedience.
 
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

I think he said it in the context of a conversation with a young man who came to him and told the Bishop all his arguments for not being Catholic, and Sheen said, “Who’s the girl?”
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Hmm, I suppose that could be it (though it got very mangled in the retelling or in my mind). Thanks.
 
And to be clear, poverty refers as much to your spending as it does to your income. Borrowing money to spend on luxuries is profligacy, not poverty. It will reduce you to poverty, yes, but there is no virtue in having poverty forced on you by your own vices.
 
Annie said:
Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

I think he said it in the context of a conversation with a young man who came to him and told the Bishop all his arguments for not being Catholic, and Sheen said, “Who’s the girl?”
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I’ve heard this story that @Annie mentions, only the way I heard it Ven. Fulton Sheen asked the young man, “What color are her eyes?” And this man was not just a young man, but a priest.
 
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