All God articles – Page 22
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini
Following atheist Stephen Fry’s viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does Humanism need God? Angus Ritchie vs Stephen Law
The term ‘Humanism’ is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a recent Theos report titled: ‘The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians should be Humanists and Humanists should be Christians’ claims to show that atheism is ill-equipped to support the fundamental tenets of Humanism.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does mathematics point to God? William Lane Craig vs Daniel Came
In 1960 physicist Eugene Wigner wrote a paper on the ‘unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’. Christian philosopher William (Bill) Lane Craig has recently been developing arguments concerning the ‘applicability’ of mathematics as evidence for God as part of his wider research on abstract objects.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Keith Ward and Michael Ruse debate the evidence for God
Keith Ward is the former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. His new book The Evidence for God picks up on various aspects of human experience as proof of a spiritual realm.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Scientific evidence versus religious belief – Jonathan McLatchie & Elliot George debate
Elliot George is a retired science teacher whose new book “Godbuster: Exorcises all known gods” claims that science is about evidence whereas religion is about ‘belief’(and should therefore be rejected).
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ShowsUnbelievable? Has defending scripture made us unable to read it? Peter Enns & David Instone-Brewer
Bible scholar Peter Enns was fired from his position at Westminster Theological Seminary after his views on scripture were deemed to be too liberal. He has continued to question evangelical views of scripture in his book ‘The Bible Tells Me So: Why defending Scripture has made us unable to read it’.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Animal suffering and God - Michael Murray vs Phil Harper
Christian Philosopher Michael Murray wrote a book in 2008 making a defence of God in the face of millennia of animal suffering. He presents his arguments to atheist Phil Harper (aka Skydivephil).
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ShowsUnbelievable? Is atheism a fool’s bet? Rethinking Pascal’s Wager
Blaise Pascal was a 17th century Christian philosopher and mathematician who said that we all bet our life on the existence of God. So, you are better off believing in God because you’ve everything to gain if it’s true and little to lose if it’s not. But you’ve plenty to lose if you bet on God not existing and it turns out that He does.
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ShowsUnbelievable?: Is our universe more likely on atheism or theism? Calum Miller vs James Croft
Two young, intelligent thinkers join Justin to debate whether atheism or theism makes best sense of the universe.
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Unbelievable: The Flying Spaghetti Monster & New Atheism - Graham Veale & Rory Fenton
Graham Veale is the author of “New Atheism: A Survival Guide” which looks at some of the popular objections of new atheism, including the ‘Flying Spaghetti Monster’ parody of God.
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ShowsA French atheist-turned-theologian discusses his conversion
Guillaume Bignon was a French man living a happy and godless life until recently when a series of events led him on an intellectual journey towards Christianity. Today he is a theologian. He discusses his story with Wade Padgett, who went in the other direction, becoming an atheist after years as a Christian. What role does evidence and experience play in conversion, and is belief in God ‘properly basic’ as Guillaume claims?
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ArticleThe Sceptic: Why I've given up God for a year
Former pastor Ryan J Bell is becoming an atheist…for a year. Justin Brierley finds out what led to his unusual experiment.
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ArticleThe Apologist: Can atheism be 'tried on' for size?
Amy Orr-Ewing assesses whether belief can be treated like a pair of trousers that no longer fit – and what to do when doubt strikes.
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ShowsOs Guinness & the ex-Christian
Os Guinness is an international Christian speaker, author and social critic. He is a keynote speaker at Unbelievable? The Conference 2014.
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ShowsWhy does God allow Evil? Clay Jones vs Richard Norman
Clay Jones is Associate Professor of Christian Apologetics at Biola university and former host of the Contend for Truth national call-in radio show. He is speaking at Unbelievable? the Conference 2014 on why God allows suffering.
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ShowsBible Debate #2 : Steve Chalke & Andrew Wilson
The second of 4 podcast specials in which Oasis church leader Steve Chalke debates his view of Scripture with Andrew Wilson of New Frontiers.
