Welcome to Every Thought Captive. I’m Phil Steiger.
Much is often made of the worldview conflict between Christianity and Naturalism. From time to time people try to downplay the importance of worldviews and their consequences, but this quote from a new book written by Naturalists confronting the idea of Intelligent Design should highlight the crucial nature of their differences: Our starting assumption as scientists ought to be that…consciousness has to be an illusion. In case you missed it, this leading scientist is claiming that his awareness of his own consciousness is an illusion.
An absolutely absurd conclusion to be sure, but one logically necessitated by Naturalism. If Naturalism is true, then not only does God not exist, but your mind doesn’t either and your own awareness of reality is an illusion. Simple logic and the Christian worldview say differently. If you can say, “I am not conscious,” then it follows that you are conscious.
This has been Every Thought Captive. I’m Phil Steiger pastor at Quail Lake Community Church and Director for Dayspring Center for Christian Studies. For more information, please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.
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