Comparing The Self-Contradictions Of The Supernaturalist

In contrast, the Supernaturalist believes in a hierarchy of order and being, an “open universe” which may sanction for authenticity to encompass all manner of surprises, mysteries, and discontinuities–including the intervention of a Divine Being seeking to accomplish his purposes. Whereas the Naturalist believes in “One Thing,” i.e., Nature and its components within a Total System, the Supernaturalist believes in One Self-existent Thing and a class of items derived from that “One Thing” that bear distinct personal relationships to it, thus making room for a Engenderer God, and an engenderment that reflects his image and is subject to his will.
In his controversial third chapter, entitled, “The Self-Contradiction of the Naturalist,” Lewis boldly