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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2020

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
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, "Science Says", Against the Tide, atheism, C.S. Lewis, culture, Darwinists, doubt, faith, john lennox, Kevin Sorbo, materialists, mathematician, Oxford University, science, scientists, social media}

Oxford’s John Lennox: Battle Cry of the “Believing Scientist”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2020

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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Many religiously affiliated people, including clergy, would prefer to let their faith float free of challenging questions about objective evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
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, atheism, atoms, beauty, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, debates, faith, God’s Not Dead, human consciousness, Internet, J.R.R. Tolkien, john lennox, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kevin Sorbo, mathematician, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, science, theaters, theism}

Why Something Instead of Nothing? November 19, Oxford’s John Lennox Goes “Against the Tide”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 30, 2020

Faith & Science

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Trumpeters for atheism are not being truthful when they say things like “Religion teaches us to be satisfied with not really understanding.” Read More ›

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Date
September 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arthur Koestler, atheism, atoms, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chromosomes, Daniel Dennett, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, genes, glands, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, probability, puppet, Richard Dawkins, The World of Life, theistic evolution, theists}

Alfred Russel Wallace: Shedding Light on Darwin’s Shadow

_{Science and Culture
September 3, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Nature’s prophet and Darwin's challenger, Wallace's effort was to restore nature to the “space-spirit hierarchy” it once knew. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
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, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

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August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

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According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
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, Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Jay Richards, John West, magic, Michael Aeschliman, science fiction, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

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August 29, 2020

Faith & Science

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Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 26, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
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, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, Judeo-Christian tradition, magic, morality, prophecy, Science, scientists, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Conditioners, theism, twins}

Science and Scientism: The Prophetic Vision of C. S. Lewis

_{James A. Herrick
August 26, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics

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This essay has argued that Lewis was prophetic as regards the advent of techniques powerful enough to bring about the effects he feared. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Big Brother, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, genetic engineering, George Bernard Shaw, history, J. D. Bernal, J.B.S. Haldane, Olaf Stapledon, regenerative medicine, Silicon Valley, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism}

C. S. Lewis and Critical Reactions to Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 25, 2020

Bioethics

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I will briefly review two prominent voices in the opposition camp who reflect concerns at the heart of C. S. Lewis’s own case. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Internet, magic, mysticism, Nick Bostrom, noosphere, Olaf Stapledon, Ray Kurzweil, Ronald Bailey, Science, Teilhard de Chardin, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Singularity is Near, transhumanism, University of Oxford}

C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 24, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Back to Methuselah, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, J.B.S. Haldane, Olaf Stapledon, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, Possible Worlds, science fiction, scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The World}

C. S. Lewis, Science, and Science Fiction

_{James A. Herrick
August 23, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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Was C. S. Lewis an enemy of science? The apparent answer to this question is no. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
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, biotechnology, C.S. Lewis, education, experimentation, human race, Men without Chests, Nature, propaganda, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Conditioners}

Why C. S. Lewis Wrote The Abolition of Man

_{James A. Herrick
August 22, 2020

Bioethics

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Lewis’s deep suspicion of modernist educational projects, subjectivism about morality, and progressive scientific planning animates these lectures. Read More ›