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C. S. Lewis' War Against Scientism and Naturalism: A Detailed Examination of His Views
It is commonly assumed that C S Lewis was a theistic evolutionist. In fact, he was one of the most effective anti-evolutionist of the last century. He did not make his case against evolution from biology, but rather from logic, reason, and history. This book is another reason to appreciate the life and work of Lewis and his contribution to Christian thought.
414 pages, Paperback
Published October 15, 2023
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Jerry Bergman
60 books19 followersPh.D. in Human Biology, Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California
Ph.D. in measurement and evaluation, minor in psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit
M.S. in Biomedical Science, Medical College of Ohio
Jerry Bergman has taught biology, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, anthropology, geology, and microbiology at Northwest State College in Archbold OH for over 17 years. Now completing his 9th degree, Dr. Bergman has over 600 publications in 12 languages and 20 books and monographs. He has also taught at the Medical College of Ohio where was a research associate in the department of experimental pathology, and he also taught 6 years at the University of Toledo, and 7 years at Bowling Green State University.
Dr. Bergman has presented over one hundred scientific papers at professional and community meetings in the United States, Canada, and Europe. To discuss his research, he has been a featured speaker on many college campuses throughout the United States and Europe, and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs. His research has made the front page in newspapers throughout the country, has been featured by the Paul Harvey Show several times, and has been discussed by David Brinkley, Chuck Colson, and other nationally known commentators on national television.
His other work experience includes over ten years experience at various Mental Health/Psychology clinics as a licensed professional clinical counselor and three years full time corrections research for a large county circuit court in Michigan and inside the walls of Jackson Prison (SPSM), the largest walled prison in the world. He has also served as a consultant for CBS News, ABC News, Reader’s Digest, Amnesty International, several government agencies and for two Nobel Prize winners, including the inventor of the transistor. In the past decade he has consulted or has testified as an expert witness or consultant in almost one-hundred court cases. A Fellow of the American Scientific Association, member of The National Association for the Advancement of Science, and many other professional associations, he is listed in Who’s Who in America.
Ph.D. in measurement and evaluation, minor in psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit
M.S. in Biomedical Science, Medical College of Ohio
Jerry Bergman has taught biology, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, anthropology, geology, and microbiology at Northwest State College in Archbold OH for over 17 years. Now completing his 9th degree, Dr. Bergman has over 600 publications in 12 languages and 20 books and monographs. He has also taught at the Medical College of Ohio where was a research associate in the department of experimental pathology, and he also taught 6 years at the University of Toledo, and 7 years at Bowling Green State University.
Dr. Bergman has presented over one hundred scientific papers at professional and community meetings in the United States, Canada, and Europe. To discuss his research, he has been a featured speaker on many college campuses throughout the United States and Europe, and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs. His research has made the front page in newspapers throughout the country, has been featured by the Paul Harvey Show several times, and has been discussed by David Brinkley, Chuck Colson, and other nationally known commentators on national television.
His other work experience includes over ten years experience at various Mental Health/Psychology clinics as a licensed professional clinical counselor and three years full time corrections research for a large county circuit court in Michigan and inside the walls of Jackson Prison (SPSM), the largest walled prison in the world. He has also served as a consultant for CBS News, ABC News, Reader’s Digest, Amnesty International, several government agencies and for two Nobel Prize winners, including the inventor of the transistor. In the past decade he has consulted or has testified as an expert witness or consultant in almost one-hundred court cases. A Fellow of the American Scientific Association, member of The National Association for the Advancement of Science, and many other professional associations, he is listed in Who’s Who in America.
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March 12, 2024
C. S. Lewis was brought up as a nominal Christian, but professed atheism when he was fifteen years old. This occurred after his mother’s death.
Although he had doubts all along, after Lewis became a Christian, he began to really question evolution.
Rather than anti-science, Lewis was anti-scientism.
Using his skills as a writer and thinker, Lewis attacked scientism and naturalism.
Lewis was restrained in his public attacks on evolution because he did not have scientific credentials and because it would hamper his main ministry of Christian apologetics. Like scholars today (especially scientists) Lewis worked in a hostile environment.
With common sense logic Lewis pointed out that evolution is a radical lie.
Lewis used a great term, “biolatry,” to aptly describe what True Believers in Evolutionism do when they make evolution into an intelligent force.
Lewis was correct when he said, “I dread government in the name of science. That is how tyrannies come in.”
Lewis’s feared “what man might do to mankind” because of the view “that morality is relative and that moral standards have grown from mere impulses, from chemical reactions and responses which are in turn simply part of the irrational, blind development of organic life from the inorganic.”
Dr. Bergman robustly rebuts those who claim that C. S. Lewis believed in evolution.
Although he had doubts all along, after Lewis became a Christian, he began to really question evolution.
Rather than anti-science, Lewis was anti-scientism.
Using his skills as a writer and thinker, Lewis attacked scientism and naturalism.
Lewis was restrained in his public attacks on evolution because he did not have scientific credentials and because it would hamper his main ministry of Christian apologetics. Like scholars today (especially scientists) Lewis worked in a hostile environment.
With common sense logic Lewis pointed out that evolution is a radical lie.
Lewis used a great term, “biolatry,” to aptly describe what True Believers in Evolutionism do when they make evolution into an intelligent force.
Lewis was correct when he said, “I dread government in the name of science. That is how tyrannies come in.”
Lewis’s feared “what man might do to mankind” because of the view “that morality is relative and that moral standards have grown from mere impulses, from chemical reactions and responses which are in turn simply part of the irrational, blind development of organic life from the inorganic.”
Dr. Bergman robustly rebuts those who claim that C. S. Lewis believed in evolution.
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