“Even atheists rebel and express, like Hardy and Housman, their rage against God although (or because) He does not, on their view, exist…”

— Clive Staples Lewis, book The Problem of Pain

The Problem of Pain (1940)
Variant: "Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist."

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