2024-04-08T12:39:00
Researcher Jana Harmon shares how neuroscientist Dr Rich Suplita found his New Atheism wanting, prompting him to look for answers in Christianity
We are all susceptible to rationalising what we want to be true, even if it’s not. Of course, our desires and objective truth may line up, but sometimes it’s good to be sceptical of our own beliefs, to look more deeply at why we believe what we believe. Dr Rich Suplita was compelled to examine his own beliefs, first as a Christian, and he found his beliefs wanting. Then, as a militant atheist, he became sceptical of his own scepticism.
As a neuroscientist who was a deeply introspective, contemplative thinker, he became willing to look at… (Register to read the rest of the article)
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2025-10-30T17:00:00Z
Premier Unbelievable guest-hosted by Dr Sam McKee heads to John Colet School in Wendover, UK for a lively debate on science, religion and reality with Oxford atomic & laser physicist Prof Paul Ewart (Christian; former Faraday Institute director, ex-president of Christians in Science) and UCL biophysics & imaging expert Prof Simon Walker-Samuel (trustee, Humanists UK).
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