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LEWIS’S THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT COSMOLOGY ESSAYS
My purpose here is to show that if today’s Christian students engaged their friends with these three essays, many people would see the truth of Christianity regardless of piles of evidence for or against Genesis, because there is something instinctive that is too solid to dismiss.
1, Two Lectures
The argument is presented in story or anecdotal form, but the contradiction is clear: just where the actual lecturer left off (naturalism without an outside force at work), the dream lecturer presents all the reasons why an outside force had to!
The argument brilliantly ties in the problem of the basis that has been used in naturalistic geology since Hutton and Lyell: ‘The present processes are the key to the past.’
The conclusion is that a type of trick of communication, a slur of speech, a view with one eye shut, has advanced such modern science.
2, Man Or Rabbit
This essay remains in prose form without an extended analogy like the others.
The upshot of this argument is that real men seek the most honest answer about things, and do not want ‘help’ about something if that ‘help’ is based on fraud.
The concision of Lewis is probably at its peak when he puts the dilemma in one line (“If Christianity is untrue, then…”) and it may cause some people to think he was giving up on faith in Genesis, when he was merely giving up on dishonesty.
3, Science And Religion
This piece is a conversation between Lewis and a professor who has swallowed naturalism entirely. Miracles have been entirely abandoned.
The essential analogy is that a drawer in Lewis’ desk keeps gaining a nickel each day. Because of this, a mathematician can tell you exactly when this accumulation began and when it will reach 10,000.
But likewise, a mathematician can not tell you much if there has been a disruption or intervention, only measurements of details. Instead, a psychologist or an intuitive would be needed.
My purpose here is to show that if today’s Christian students engaged their friends with these three essays, many people would see the truth of Christianity regardless of piles of evidence for or against Genesis, because there is something instinctive that is too solid to dismiss.
1, Two Lectures
The argument is presented in story or anecdotal form, but the contradiction is clear: just where the actual lecturer left off (naturalism without an outside force at work), the dream lecturer presents all the reasons why an outside force had to!
The argument brilliantly ties in the problem of the basis that has been used in naturalistic geology since Hutton and Lyell: ‘The present processes are the key to the past.’
The conclusion is that a type of trick of communication, a slur of speech, a view with one eye shut, has advanced such modern science.
2, Man Or Rabbit
This essay remains in prose form without an extended analogy like the others.
The upshot of this argument is that real men seek the most honest answer about things, and do not want ‘help’ about something if that ‘help’ is based on fraud.
The concision of Lewis is probably at its peak when he puts the dilemma in one line (“If Christianity is untrue, then…”) and it may cause some people to think he was giving up on faith in Genesis, when he was merely giving up on dishonesty.
3, Science And Religion
This piece is a conversation between Lewis and a professor who has swallowed naturalism entirely. Miracles have been entirely abandoned.
The essential analogy is that a drawer in Lewis’ desk keeps gaining a nickel each day. Because of this, a mathematician can tell you exactly when this accumulation began and when it will reach 10,000.
But likewise, a mathematician can not tell you much if there has been a disruption or intervention, only measurements of details. Instead, a psychologist or an intuitive would be needed.
