S5E43 – Apologetics Month: “C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists” – After Hours with Peter S. Williams

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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At the beginning of "Apologetics Month" we looked at science and scientism. Today with apologist Peter S. Williams we consider the related ideas of "Logical Positivism" and "Verificationism" which were popular in Lewis' day and which are still alive and well today.

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0:00.0	The very essence of our life as conscious beings consists of something which cannot be communicated
0:06.6	except by hints, similes, metaphors and the use of those emotions.
0:13.4	This is Pinesper Jack, Season 5, Episode 43, C.S. Lewis versus the new atheists.
0:20.4	After Hours with Peter S.S. Lewis versus the new atheists. After Hours with Peter S. Williams.
0:27.3	Good morning, everyone.
0:28.8	Pants for Jack is your favourite weekly C.S. Lois podcast, where Andrew, Matt and myself
0:33.2	break down and discuss the works of C.S. Lewis.
0:36.0	This season, we've been talking about love, and we worked our way through C.S. Lewis's book, Before loves. And after that, we had
0:41.6	ecumenism month, where we spoke to people from diverse religious backgrounds who all love
0:45.5	Lewis. And we're now in Apologetics Month, where we're examining some of Lewis's
0:50.2	favorite arguments for common sense, theism and Christianity.
0:57.4	And today we're talking about a topic which isn't so often addressed.
0:59.8	It's called anti-verificationism.
1:04.8	And I have with me today our guide through this topic, someone whose work I've enjoyed ever since this podcast began, Mr. Peter S. Williams.
1:09.2	Peter S. Williams is a Christian philosopher and apologist based in
1:12.1	Southampton, England. He is assistant professor in communication and worldviews at NLA University
1:16.8	College in Christian Sand, Norway. Peter is also a trustee of the Christian Evidence Society.
1:23.5	He's a Montgomery Trust lecturer and both a mentor and traveling speaker for the European Leadership Forum.
1:29.7	And he's authored many books, including apologetics in 3D, outgrowing God, a faithful guide to philosophy, getting at Jesus, understanding Jesus, and a skeptics guide to atheism, as well as the book, which he'll no doubt be referencing today, C.S. Lewis versus the new
1:45.4	atheists, where he discusses this idea of anti-verificationism. Peter S. Williams, welcome to Pires for
1:52.1	Jack. Thank you very much for having me, David. It's great to be with you. And you definitely
1:58.2	win the prize for most technical difficulties in getting an interview to happen.
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