Lewis went on to say that if the doubts arise because of some new evidence, or some new fact, that you should stop and use your reason to evaluate the evidence. He said that in his own experience, doubts didn't usually arise because of his reason, but because of his emotions and his imagination. Imagine if you went in for surgery, and the anesthetic was administered by placing a mask over your face. Reason tells you that you need the surgery, and that you wouldn't want the surgery without the anesthetic, but your emotion and imagination may move you to a point of near panic.

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