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BreakPoint Cultural commentary with Prison Fellowship's Chuck Colson http://www.breakpoint.org September 14, 2004 �The Question of God� - The PBS Show It�s hard to imagine two institutions less associated with a classical Christian worldview than Harvard University and the Public Broadcasting System. That�s why it comes as a pleasant surprise that, starting September 15, the two will come together to give Christianity a chance to make its case against the secular alternative. The two-part series, airing September 15 and 22, is called �The Question of God.� It�s based on the book by my good friend Dr. Armand Nicholi, a professor at Harvard Medical School and editor of the Harvard Guide to Psychiatry. The book grew out of one of the most popular courses at Harvard: Dr. Nicholi�s �Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis: Two Contrasting Worldviews.� As we�re told, �arguably, few individuals have influenced the moral fabric of contemporary Western civilization more than Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis.� That�s because Freud and Lewis represent two clear worldview alternatives: secular materialism and theism. * * * * * * * * * * * * ADVERTISEMENT * * * * * * * * * * * Earn your degree online from Grand Canyon University. We emphasize academic excellence in a Christian environment. You�ll receive faithful, personal attention from caring faculty. Grand Canyon University education will engage and enrich your mind, heart and spirit. Contact us today! http://l.salemweb.net/gcu0804/bp/091404/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Freud�s worldview led to moral relativism, while Lewis�s led to a belief grounded in absolute truth. Freud saw traditional ideas about God as illusory and even infantile�that is, that we imagine God, it�s wish-fulfillment in our own minds�while Lewis championed faith grounded in reason. As Nicholi puts it, many of Lewis�s writings can be understood as replies to Freud�s theories, which makes studying them side-by-side especially fruitful. Just as the book made it possible for non-Harvard students to benefit from Nicholi�s work, the PBS special now spreads the benefits even more widely. During these two two-hour segments, viewers watch discussions of questions that everybody asks at some point: �What is happiness? How do we find meaning and purpose in our lives? How do we reconcile conflicting claims of love and sexuality? How do we cope with the problem of suffering and the inevitability of death?� By way of showing that these questions are not just the stuff of abstract philosophizing, the two installments weave Freud�s and Lewis�s personal stories together with the development of their worldviews. The audience comes to see that what these men believed shaped the way they lived their lives, and they see the difference: how much better Lewis lived than Freud. These stories are told using a mixture of �dramatic storytelling . . . visual re-creations . . . interviews with biographers and historians, and lively discussion.� In the end, the audience is left with no doubt as to the difference between with the Christian worldview and the secular alternative. I have always been confident that when the Christian worldview is presented fairly, an open-minded person will see that it does answer life�s most important questions better than any alternative. Any alternative, in fact, is irrational. So, please, I encourage you: Watch �The Question of God� on PBS and get your friends and neighbors to do the same thing. And then start a discussion. Then you should write or e-mail PBS and thank them for putting the program on. There�s a good chance they will rerun a special like this, and the more people who see it the better. Finally, read The Question of God, because it is a �must-read� for thoughtful Christians. I�ve just re-read it and found it to be even more powerful the second time. It teaches us that the faith Lewis championed is not an illusion as Freud taught. On the contrary, it�s faith for those open-minded enough to see the world as it really is. Visit the Breakpoint website at http://www.breakpoint.org ____________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO_______________________ * This newsletter is never sent unsolicited. To unsubscribe from this newsletter immediately, simply click on the link below. If this link is not clickable, simply cut and paste it into the address bar of your browser. http://www.salememail.com/unsub/25/1698058.aspx * Copyright � 2004 Salem Web Network and its Content Providers. 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