A new film that premiered this week on YouTube reveals how the late Christian apologist C. S. Lewis was a prophetic writer when it came to his warnings about science.
Lewis, most known for his works The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity, was not opposed to science itself, even encouraging Christians to study it. But what he was a critic of was "scientism." Scientism, according to PBS, sees science as the absolute and only justifiable access to the truth.
"He never, so far as I know, attacked science itself. What he attacked was scientism – this idea that the method or the methods really of natural science should be the bar by which every other intellectual discipline must be held," said Jay Richards, co-author of Indivisible, in the film "The Magician's Twin."
The 30-minute documentary, written and directed by Dr. John G. West, was released on Monday. West, associate director at the Center for Science and Culture, felt the documentary was so important that he chose to make it available to the public for free on YouTube.
In the film, West and other scholars outline Lewis' thoughts, based on his writings, on how science was being and could be further corrupted. Read more
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