Unbelievable?

In the first of two episodes, we ask the question "is pornography harmful?" This week focusses on the effect upon users of pornography. Peter Watts is from Living Waters, a Christian ministry helping those affected by sexual issues. He argues that pornography is a form of false intimacy which negatively rewires the brain and damages relationships. Steve Miller is an atheist with a background in psychology.  He says that pornography in the context of consenting adults is not harmful and the church is too hung up on issues of sexuality. TC Ryan, author of "Ashamed No More" joins the conversation.  A former pastor, his secret addiction to porn brought an end to his ministry. Premier's Safetynet campaign http://www.safetynet.org.uk/ Struggling with porn? Living Waters resources http://www.living-waters-uk.org/content/recovery-sexual-addictions-resources For TC Ryan "Ashamed No More"http://tc-ryan.com/ashamed-no-more/ Watch the video promo for Unbelievable? the Conference 2012 DVD http://youtu.be/6g-5jTMeZew Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 22 May 2010 - Sex outside Marriage debate - "Is sex outside marriage wrong?"Christian Faith Forster vs. Atheist Susan Meyer Unbelievable? 20 Feb 2010 - "Is Christianity good for us?" Michael Shermer vs. David Robertson Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Alex Preston is the author of "The Revelations", a novel about faith, doubt, guilt, sex and secrets. The 4 main characters are leaders on "The Course" an evangelism programme similar to the Alpha Course. Alex, a former banker who sees himself as a "spiritual seeker", describes his experience of attending the Alpha Course and the motivation for writing the book. Tom Price is a tutor at the Oxford Centre For Christian Apologetics.  He talks to Alex about conversion, hope, certainty, sexuality and evangelical Christianity. For Alex Preston and The Revelations http://alexhmpreston.com/the-revelations/ For Tom Price at OCCA http://www.theocca.org/bios/tom-price Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: The Young Atheists Handbook - Alom Shaha & Tom Price - Unbelievable?The Young Atheists Handbook - Alom Shaha & Tom Price Unbelievable? 30 Jun 2007 - Is evangelical Christianity exclusivist? Are evangelical Christians too exclusive? Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

In this one-on-one edition of the show, Justin Brierley speaks to New Testament Historian Bart Ehrman about his recent book "Did Jesus Exist?" which argues for the historical fact of Jesus of Nazareth. Ehrman, whose books are more usually at odds with evangelicals, was this time attacked by atheist proponents of "mythicism" - the view that Jesus never existed. He responds to the criticisms, including mythicists Bob Price and Richard Carrier and answers questions sent in by Unbelievable? listeners. For Did Jesus Exist? http://www.bartdehrman.com/books/did_jesus_exist.htm Bart's blog http://ehrmanblog.org/ Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 16th April 2011 - Biblical evidence for the Resurrection Bart Ehrman & Mike Licona Unbelievable? 3 Jan 2009 "Misquoting Jesus" Ehrman & Williams Bart Ehrman & Peter Williams - "Misquoting Jesus: Do we have the original writings of the New Testament?" Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Alom Shaha grew up in a Muslim background in London but became an atheist in his teens. Now a science teacher he has written about that journey in his book "The Young Atheist's Handbook". He chats with Tom Price of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics about Love, God, Narnia, Hope and much more... For The Young Atheists Handbook http://alomshaha.com/buy-the-book.html For Alom Shaha http://alomshaha.com For Tom Price http://www.theocca.org/bios/tom-price Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy:  Unbelievable? 22 Aug 2009 - Does religion make people unhappy? "Does religion make people unhappy?" - Christian Apologist Tom Price & Atheist Barry Duke Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - a skeptic and Christian discuss - Michael Ward & Laura Miller Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Robert Spencer runs Jihad Watch in the USA. His controversial new book "Did Muhammad Exist?" claims that the prophet of Islam owes more to fiction than fact, and has led to death threats against him. Adnan Rashid, a Muslim speaker from the Islamic Education and Research Academy, responds to Spencer's claims in a heated exchange. Get "Did Muhammad Exist?" http://amzn.to/NS44JA For Robert Spencer http://www.jihadwatch.org/ For Adnan Rashid http://www.iera.org.uk/speakers_ar.html Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 18 Dec 2010 - Islam & Dhimmitude Mark Durie vs Adnan Rashid Unbelievable? 6 Mar 2010 - Which is more trustworthy - The Bible or Koran? Christian James White debates Muslim Adnan Rashid Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

In the second show examining the beliefs of Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) Bobby Gilpin and Charles Dayton return to talk about Mormon doctrines. Bobby runs UK Parternships for Christ, an outreach to Mormons and JWs. Charles is a lifelong Mormon and Western Artist in Wyoming. They discuss Mormon beliefs about whether God was "once a man", whether we are potential gods ourselves, and what happens to Christians and Mormons when they die.  Is Mormonism a religion of works or grace? For Bobby Gilpin http://www.upfc.org.uk For the Mormon Church http://mormon.org/ For Charles Dayton's art http://www.wilcoxgallery.com/G_CharlesDayton.htm Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 8 Sep 2007 - Mormonism Mormonism and Christianity Unbelievable? 31 Jan 2009 Christadelphianism Christadelphianism - what it is and how it differs from mainstream Christian faith. Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

As Mitt Romney prepares to challenge Barack Obama for the American Presidency, we look at the Mormon religion (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) he is part of. Bobby Gilpin runs UK Parternerships for Christ - a Christian ministry to Mormons and JWs. Charles Dayton is a lifelong Mormon in Wyoming.   They discuss the origins of Mormonism and whether its founder Joseph Smith really did receive "another testament" of Christ visiting the Americas. For Bobby Gilpin http://www.upfc.org.uk For the Mormon Church http://mormon.org/ Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Jehovahs Witnesses dialogue Pt 1- Unbelievable? Prophecies, blood & 144,000 - Robert King & Tony Brown Unbelievable? 28 Feb 2009 Mormon & Christian Dialogue Mormon & Christian dialogue - Robert Millet & Greg Johnson Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

When Leah Libresco recently became a Catholic her story was featured on CNN.  Why?  Because up to that point she had been an atheist blogger. Her story was soon being shared on Christian and atheist blogs.  She talks to atheist blogger Hemant Mehta (aka The Friendly Atheist) about why the moral argument helped her in the journey and he quizzes her over why she chose Catholicism. Listener questions are also included. Leah's blog post on becoming a Christian http://bit.ly/LVz2SN Hemant Mehta's blog post on Leah http://bit.ly/MPKH6m Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 24 Nov 2007 - The atheist who sold his soul on ebay "I Sold My Soul on eBay" - HEmant Mehta & Tom Price Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

In the first of two programmes Justin Brierley talks to Jehovah's Witness Robert King (aka e-watchman) and former JW Tony Brown. Robert is disfellowshipped but still holds to Jehovah's Witness doctrine.  He does not speak in any offical capacity for the Watchtower Society. Tony Brown is now a Christian pastor with a ministry to Jehovah's Witnesses, he describes how he joined and left the organisation. They discuss the failed end-time prophecies of the organisation, their controversial blood doctrines and the belief in the 144,000 in heaven. Next week they tackle why JWs reject the deity of Christ. For Tony Brown's minstry to JWs see http://www.upfc.org.uk/ For Robert King's website http://e-watchman.com/ Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 10 Apr 2010 - The Seventh Day Adventist Church - a friendly dialogue. Unbelievable? 3 Apr 2010 - The death and resurrection of Jesus & The Unification church of Sun Myung Moon Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

In the second programme examining the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses, Robert King and Tony Brown discuss whether Christ claims to be God. Robert is a disfellowshiped JW but still holds to Watchtower doctrine. Tony is a former JW, now a Christian pastor.  They talk about whether JWs rely upon a works-based salvation, return to the 144,000 and discuss whether Jesus is the Archangel Michael and not the son of God, as Robert claims. For Tony Brown's minstry to JWs see http://www.upfc.org.uk/ For Robert King's website http://e-watchman.com/ Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Jehovahs Witnesses dialogue Pt 1- Unbelievable? Prophecies, blood & 144,000 - Robert King & Tony Brown Unbelievable? 10 Oct 2009 - Jesus and the God of Israel Is the divinity of Jesus at odds with Jewish Monotheism? Richard Bauckham & James Crossley. Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter