{"id":39363,"date":"2021-01-29T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=39363"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:01:49","slug":"1409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1409\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Witt Discusses A Meaningful World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This&nbsp;<strong>ID the Future<\/strong>&nbsp;from the vault spotlights <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830827994\/sr=1-1\/qid=1153875866\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/002-7133443-2714446?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\" target=\"_blank\">A&nbsp;Meaningful&nbsp;World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;The late Phillip Johnson called the book from Intervarsity Press \u201ca wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism.\u201d The work challenges the philosophy of materialism by exploring the fine tuning of the laws of physics, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the drama of scientific enterprise itself. In contrast to contemporary claims that the&nbsp;world&nbsp;is ultimately meaningless, author Jonathan Witt and co-author Benjamin Wiker&nbsp;reveal a cosmos charged with meaning, purpose, and even genius. Get your copy&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830827994\/sr=1-1\/qid=1153875866\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/002-7133443-2714446?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This&nbsp;ID the Future&nbsp;from the vault spotlights A&nbsp;Meaningful&nbsp;World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature.&nbsp;The late Phillip Johnson called the book from Intervarsity Press \u201ca wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism.\u201d The work challenges the philosophy of materialism by exploring the fine tuning of the laws of physics, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the drama of scientific enterprise itself. In contrast to contemporary claims that the&nbsp;world&nbsp;is ultimately meaningless, author Jonathan Witt and co-author Benjamin Wiker&nbsp;reveal a cosmos charged with meaning, purpose, and even genius. 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