"God in the dock" C.S.Lewis

I recently came across a quote from CS Lewis from God in the Dock, which I think helps those when dealing with opposition to the Christian worldview, especially coming from obscure places or philosophies.  I can not take credit for this discovery, it was brought to my attention from a podcast I am subscribed to of Greg Koukl's Stand to Reason.  I think however, it makes a good point.

 C.S. Lewis stated in his book, God in the Dock, “You must show that a man is wrong before you start explaining why he is wrong. “ (C.S.Lewis)  


      You will find in college or through your encounter with the internet that many young adults are exposed to movies such as "Zeitgeist," that there are many opponents to the Christian religion, claiming among them that even the historical account of our savior Jesus Christ life was stolen from ancient egyptian belief or greek thought, this dates back to the myths of Horus and even Mithra.  And one can spend tons of time researching each claim and debunking them, feeling as though it's our responsibility because they introduced the idea, we must vet these claims on our own.  But here Lewis gives us a clever response.  


   It is not our responsibility to explain away every little coincidence, if there are any, Jesus was a real person, who performed miracles and was resurrected from the dead. These are historical facts and most atheist don't discredit this. So in redneck laymen's terms when someone presents one of these new ideas simply say "so," prove to me He never existed first then we can discuss the similarities.


Again, I am no apologetics savant, just came across this and thought it might be helpful.


Soli Deo Gloria,