
Unbelievable?
Unbelievable? offers a weekly podcast, blog, and video series hosted by Ruth Jackson and a team of thinkers and Christian apologists.
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Jul 2, 2021 • 1h 23min
Premillennial vs Amillennial debate on Christ's return - Daniel Goepfrich & Chris Date
Debate has raged over the timeline of Christ's return. Daniel Goepfrich holds to 'premillennialism' - that Christ will return before a 1000 year reign of peace, Chris Date holds to 'amillennialism' - that there will be no literal 1000 year reign.
For Chris Date https://rethinkinghell.com/
For Daniel Goepfrich https://www.theologyisforeveryone.com/
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Jun 29, 2021 • 1h 3min
Classic Replay: Are we wired for God?
First broadcast July 2010. From shamanism, hallucenogenic drugs, out-of-body experiences, to being "filled with the Spirit". Christian author and barrister Charles Foster draws on these and many more to examine the biological evidence of what happens when people claim supernatural experiences.
He debates atheist psychologist Susan Blackmore on these issues, consciousness and religious experience.
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Jun 25, 2021 • 1h 31min
Paul Davies and Jeremy England - The Origin of Life: Do we need a new theory for how life began?
The Big Conversation - Episode 5 | Season 3
Two leading voices in Origins of Life research, Paul Davies and Jeremy England, discuss whether a new understanding of physics could be the key to unlocking the mystery of how life first emerged. But where does this leave the concept of God as creator?
England, who is an orthodox Rabbi, and Davies, who describes himself as agnostic, talk about the implications for religious belief.
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For Paul Davies: https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Machine-Information-Finally-Solving/dp/024130959X
For Jeremy England: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Life-Fire-Thermodynamics-Explains/dp/1541699017
The Big Conversation is a video series from Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with John Templeton Foundation.
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Jun 23, 2021 • 55min
Classic Replay: Does the Bible condone slavery?
First broadcast in June 2010, Ex-Christian Bob Price and New Testament scholar David Instone-Brewer debate slavery in the Old and New Testament.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 1h 25min
Gunter Bechly vs Joshua Swamidass – For and Against Intelligent Design
Dr Gunter Bechly is a palaeontologist who became convinced that Darwinian evolution cannot explain the fossil record. He debates Intelligent Design with computational biologist Dr Joshua Swamidass who affirms an evolutionary account.
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For Joshua Swamidass http://www.peacefulscience.org
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Jun 15, 2021 • 53min
Classic Replay: Sex outside marriage debate
First broadcast in May 2010. Faith Forster of Ichthus Christian Fellowship and Sue Meyer who describes herself as an "Atheist freethinking feminist” debate whether the traditional Christian view of keeping sex within marriage is good or bad for men and women.
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Jun 11, 2021 • 1h 26min
Stephen C Meyer and Brian Keating - The Return of the God Hypothesis
Stephen C Meyer of the Discovery Institute says that 3 key scientific advances in cosmology and biology have reignited the case for God. He discusses the claims in his new book 'The Return of the God Hypothesis' with Brian Keating, Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego.
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Jun 4, 2021 • 1h 26min
Sabine Hossenfelder and Luke Barnes - The fine-tuning of the Universe: Was the cosmos made for us?
The Big Conversation - Episode 4 | Season 3. Many physicists have pointed out the extraordinary ‘fine tuning’ of the physical laws of the universe that have allowed life to develop within the cosmos.
Luke Barnes believes it gives evidence for a designer behind the cosmos, whereas Sabine Hossenfelder disagrees, questioning whether we can even speak of ‘fine tuning’ as a phenomenon.
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https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/staff_profiles/uws_profiles/doctor_luke_barnes
The Big Conversation is a video series from Unbelievable? featuring world-class thinkers across the religious and non-religious community. Exploring science, faith, philosophy and what it means to be human. The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with John Templeton Foundation
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May 28, 2021 • 1h 39min
Should we rethink worship in a Covid age? Tim Hughes, Lucy Brierley, Muyiwa Olarewaju and Graham Nicholls
The pandemic has changed the way churches deliver worship online and in-person. Justin is joined by church and worship leaders Tim Hughes, Muyiwa Olarewaju, Lucy Brierley & Graham Nicholls, to talk about lessons learned and what the future may look like. Originally broadcast as part of Spring Harvest 2021: Unrivalled.
Justin also talks with Jon Yates about his new book ‘Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again’.
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May 25, 2021 • 1h 7min
Classic Replay: Which is more trustworthy - The Bible or Koran? James White vs Adnan Rashid
First broadcast in 2010. James White of Alpha & Omega ministries defends the Bible as historically more reliable than the Koran. Adnan Rashid of the Hittin Institute argues for the Koran and criticises the transmission of Biblical writings.
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