Dan Mizell: A Mechanical Engineer’s Journey Back to Christian Faith

The story

In this interview, mechanical engineer Dan Mizell describes leaving Christian belief for atheism and later reconsidering his naturalistic worldview. He reflects on questions about what we can know, how we ground morality, and what gives life meaning, alongside personal experiences that shaped his return to Christian belief. C.S. Lewis Institute

Read and reflect

Listen to or read Dan Mizell’s interview with the C.S. Lewis Institute

What assumptions about knowledge and morality shape the way you evaluate a worldview? As you read, notice what changed in Mizell’s thinking and what remained part of his engineering practice.

A testimony invites attention to one person’s experience; it does not require every scientist or Christian to reach the same conclusions.