Against the Tide: John Lennox and Stephen Meyer

academia, Against the Tide, Atheism, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Culture & Ethics, Faith & Science, ID The Future, John Lennox, materialism, mathematicians, naturalism, New Atheism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer
Can one person push back against the strong currents of atheism, materialism, and naturalism so evident in academia and the public square today? Source
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When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

causal agents, Christianity, Faith & Science, Greco-Roman world, history, humanity, ID The Future, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, naturalistic causes, nature, origin of life, Podcast, scientism, scientists, supernatural causation, Unbelievable (book), unintelligent causes, universe
Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Source
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C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, Faith & Science, freedom, government, humans, ID The Future, intolerance, John West, lockdowns, moral relativism, natural world, physical science, planned society, Podcast, privacy, scientific progress, scientism, scientists, technocracy, Willing Slaves of the Welfare State
As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Source
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Accounts from “After Death” Defeat Materialist Contentions About the Soul

After Death, Andrew McDiarmid, Angel Studios, autoscopy, death, documentary, Evidence of the Afterlife, Faith & Science, Heaven, Hell, ID The Future, illusion, Jeffrey Long, life, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, Podcast, resuscitation, soul, theatrical release, tickets
Ahead of the Friday theatrical release, our colleague Andrew McDiarmid talked with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a cancer doctor who appears in the film. Source
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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

death toll, determinism, droughts, earthquakes, Evolution, human bodies, Hurricanes, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, molecules, moral responsibility, mountainsides, natural disasters, natural forces, naturalism, Robert Sapolsky, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, Suffering, theism, tragedies
First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Source
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