Tag: Mere Christianity

^{Type
post

Author
John G. West

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Algernon Sidney, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Cicero, College of Philadelphia, conscience, Declaration of Independence, Founders, George Washington, gravity, James Wilson, John Adams, John Calvin, John Locke, Martin Luther, Mere Christianity, Moral Law, Nature, reason, Richard Hooker, Romans, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments, The Abolition of Man, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Two Treatises of Government, U.S. Constitution}

The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God

_{John G. West
March 9, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science

4}

The “Laws of Nature” are those truths about reality that all well-formed human beings have access to through observation, reason, and conscience. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, appendix, atoms, C.S. Lewis, Creative Evolution, Darwinism, faith and science, George Wald, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Life-Force, Mere Christianity, mind, Mind and Cosmos, monotheism, morality, panpsychism, philosophers, religion, super-intellect, Thomas Nagel, universe, Wald-Nagelanity}

C. S. Lewis on “Creative Evolution,” or the “Life-Force”

_{Thomas E. Woodward
January 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

"The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you." Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
John G. West

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, egg, English literature, human life, intelligent design, materialism, Mere Christianity, poetry, The Magician's Twin, theism, theology}

Remembering C. S. Lewis on Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 22, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

Lewis died on this day, November 22, sixty year ago in 1963. He frequently examined the impact of modern science on human life. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Granville Sewell

Date
November 23, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, corruption, crime, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, drug addiction, drunk driving, free will, Inquisition, jesus, Mere Christianity, Nazi Germany, parents, problem of pain, Racism, war}

Intelligent Design and Man’s Free Will

_{Granville Sewell
November 23, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

Why do a husband and wife decide to have a child? A toy doll requires much less work. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
John G. West

Date
November 18, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, eggs, embryos, human beings, intelligent design, Mere Christianity, nature, The Magician's Twin, theism, theology, World War II}

An Argument from C. S. Lewis for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 18, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

According to Lewis, “universal evolutionism” has schooled us to think complicated functional things naturally arise from cruder and less complicated things. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
John G. West

Date
October 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brown University, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, evolution, faith, Henri Bergson, Holy Spirit, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Kenneth Miller, Mere Christianity, Nobel Prize, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution}

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

_{John G. West
October 28, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design. Read More ›

Selective focus on a tall, dark lamp post during a snow storm in the pacific northwest woodland

^{Type
post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", ABC News, apes, beauty, C. S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creator, evolution, Germans, intelligent design, lions, Mere Christianity, Milky Way, morality, natural selection, natural world, naturalism, random mutation, World War I}

C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions

_{Ann Gauger
April 23, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

10}

Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for? Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Bernard Acworth, BioLogos, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Christians, Darwinism, evolution, Greg Cootsona, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, Marvin Olasky, Matti Leisola, Mere Christianity, miracles, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Mere Manipulation — Using C.S. Lewis to Pitch Evolution to Christians

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Faith & Science

5}

Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, wryly observes that Lewis “should have trademarked ‘mere.’” Read More ›