Still No Evidence of Anything Beyond Nature (Our Universe)
Kevin R. Henke
October 14, 2022
The title of Henke (2022ax) is: “Lundahl (2022j) and Lewis (1960) Continue to Fail to Demonstrate that There is Anything Beyond Nature (Our Universe).” Lundahl (2022s) then complains about how nature and the Universe are equated in this title:
“The equation of "nature" with "our universe" neither follows from what we observe in our environment, nor from the context given in the meaning of my own or Lewis' texts. It is a very gigantic conclusion of logic applied to observations. I am not denying that the logic is misapplied here. But Henke is. So, Henke is proposing we can apply logic beyond our environment.”
In Henke (2022aw) and Henke (2022hp), I’ve already explained that Mr. Lundahl’s definition of “environment” or our immediate surroundings is insufficient for our debate. There’s far more in the Universe than Mr. Lundahl’s or my immediate surroundings at any given moment, and the entire known Universe must be recognized in this debate if Lewis (1960) and Mr. Lundahl are ever going to claim that there is “anything beyond.”
I don’t see Lewis (1960) defining universe and nature differently. On page 77, Lewis (1960) quite clearly describes the universe as immense and including the Earth, Solar System and anything physically beyond that. However, he also uses the term “Nature” in that section, but makes no attempt to distinguish Nature from the Universe. Lewis (1960) also makes no distinction between the terms Nature and universe and Nature and environment on pages 262-263. Again, on page 166, Lewis (1960) uses Nature and the universe interchangeably and makes no attempt to distinguish them. In another example, Lewis (1960, p. 219) uses the terms Nature and universe in the same description and makes no attempt to distinguish them. In yet another example, Lewis (1960, pp. 243-244) mentions a “new Nature” and a “new universe” without telling his readers if there is any difference. So, Mr. Lundahl either needs to point out in Lewis (1960) where Mr. Lewis clearly distinguishes the concepts of universe, Nature, environment and surroundings, or admit that C.S. Lewis is not a good writer and that even he has difficulty in determining what Lewis (1960) is actually saying.
Reference:
Lewis, C.S. 1960. Miracles, 2nd ed., printed 1974: Harper One: HarperCollinsPublishers, 294pp.