PONDERING THE WORLD THROUGH TWO RADICALLY DIFFERENT LENSES; NATURALISM VERSUS THEISM
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I frequently ponder the stunning complexity of the world through two radically different lenses. Sometimes I view the world through the naturalistic eyes of a good friend and brilliant philosopher who sincerely believes science urges us to conclude that nothing exists except a blind, materialistic, evolutionary process “governed” by random mutations. Sometimes, far more often, I view the world through my theistic eyes, which discern a gloriously intricate, purposely designed world created by a loving God. Those two fundamentally contradictory views stand side by side in today’s world. The first dominates our great universities, although substantial minorities of today’s best philosophers, physicists, and other scholars embrace the second. The second has been the view of both Christian laity and generations of brilliant Christian scholars for two millennia.
PONDERING THE WORLD THROUGH TWO RADICALLY DIFFERENT LENSES; NATURALISM VERSUS THEISM
PONDERING THE WORLD THROUGH TWO RADICALLY…
PONDERING THE WORLD THROUGH TWO RADICALLY DIFFERENT LENSES; NATURALISM VERSUS THEISM
I frequently ponder the stunning complexity of the world through two radically different lenses. Sometimes I view the world through the naturalistic eyes of a good friend and brilliant philosopher who sincerely believes science urges us to conclude that nothing exists except a blind, materialistic, evolutionary process “governed” by random mutations. Sometimes, far more often, I view the world through my theistic eyes, which discern a gloriously intricate, purposely designed world created by a loving God. Those two fundamentally contradictory views stand side by side in today’s world. The first dominates our great universities, although substantial minorities of today’s best philosophers, physicists, and other scholars embrace the second. The second has been the view of both Christian laity and generations of brilliant Christian scholars for two millennia.