All Unbelievable? articles – Page 50

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    Unbelievable? - Understanding Jesus - listener Q&A

    2011-09-24T00:00:00Z

     Peter S Williams is a Christian philosopher and apologist. His latest book Understanding Jesus brings together lines of evidence for a philosophical, historical and theological understanding of Jesus.

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    Unbelievable? - Can an atheist believe in meaning?

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

     Geoff Crocker is a former Christian, now atheist. However, he says he still believes in Spirituality even as an atheist and that believing the universe is Godless does not mean there is no meaning to be grasped. His book “An Enlightened Philosophy” asks if atheism may be able to borrow from Religion “reintrepreted as myth”. Peter S Williams is a Christian Philosopher and apologist. He says that Atheism does not allow for objective meaning, value or purpose, only theism can provide those.

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig Q&A & Tour preview

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

     William Lane Craig is coming to the UK from October 17-26 2011 for a series of debates and lectures countering atheism and presenting strong rational grounds for belief in God.

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    Unbelievable? - Islam, conversion & apostasy

    2011-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Today’s show: Patrick Sookhdeo converted from Islam to Christianity as a young man. He has since gone on to represent the rights of persecuted Christians all over the world via the Barnabas Fund.

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    Unbelievable? - Bart Ehrman on his loss of faith

    2011-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Bart Ehrman is James A Gray Distingushed Prof of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is well known as a Bible scholar who has thrown doubt upon the reliability of Scripture with bestselling books “Misquoting Jesus” & “Forged”.

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    Unbelievable? - Dialogue with an ex-Christian

    2011-08-20T00:00:00Z

     Rebekah Bennetch lives in Saskatoon, Canada. She grew up in a Christian family. Her dad is a pastor, and other family members are involved in Christian ministries. She professed faith from a young age, went to Bible college, atteneded church and went on mission trips. But in 2007 she “came out” as an atheist and now describes herself as the “black sheep” of her family. Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster on contemporary spirituality.

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    Unbelievable? - Hitler & Stalin’s regimes

    2011-08-13T00:00:00Z

     Critics of Christianity sometimes make the case that Hitler was a Christian and that it influenced the Nazi regime. Is that true? Critics of atheism sometimes make the case that Stalin’s atheism was a driving motivation for his murderous regime. Is that true? Peter Harris is a historian and Christian apologist. Ed Turner is a solicitor and atheist blogger. They discuss the historical evidence for and against both points of view.

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    Unbelievable? - Bart Ehrman & Darrell Bock on “Forged”

    2011-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Sceptical Bible scholar Bart Ehrman’s latest book “Forged” claims that many of the writings of the New Testament are falsely attributed to apostles such as Peter and Paul. He claims that they were not written by them and that a deliberate deception was taking place.

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    Unbelievable? - Does Religion make people kill?

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

     On Fri 22 July 2011 tragedy struck Norway as Anders Breivik detonated a bomb in Oslo and shot dozens of people on the island of Utoya.

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    Unbelievable? - Is there justification for abortion?

    2011-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Recent statistics on abortion in the UK saw just under 190,000 abortions in 2010. Figures were also released for late abortions carried out because of physical and mental disability.

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    Unbelievable? - Debating Nazi Ideology

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Richard Weikart is a Christian and professor of History at California State University. He has drawn controversial conclusions regarding the role of Darwinism in providing a rationale for Hitler’s Nazi ideology.

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    Unbelievable? Grill a Christian round 4

    2011-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Scottish pastor and apologist David Robertson returns for a show interacting with three UK atheist listeners of the show.

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    Unbelievable? - William Lane Craig vs AC Grayling debate on God & Evil

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    William Lane Craig & AC Grayling debated at the Oxford Union in 2005. Does the existence of evil and suffering in the world preclude the existence of the Christian God?

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    Unbelievable? - Atheist delusions - David Bentley Hart vs Terry Sanderson

    2011-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Many new atheist writers have claimed that a new age of enlightened secular rationalism has rescued Western civilisation from the stranglehold of backwards and archaic Christian influence.

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    Unbelievable? - Is a secular society a more tolerant one?

    2011-06-18T00:00:00Z

    This week we air a debate that recently took place on whether Britain’s increasingly secular society is thereby a more tolerant one. Does secularisation bring a level playing field for everyone, or are Christians now being marginalised for their beliefs?

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    Unbelievable? - Unbelievable? the Conference

    2011-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Justin introduces two elements of the conference. Professor John Lennox, Scientist and Christian apologist gave the opening address “What are we apologising for?”

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    Unbelievable? - Making the resurrection add up

    2011-06-04T00:00:00Z

    “The Easter Challenge” is regularly issued by atheists and sceptics. Can Christians provide a coherent account the events of the resurrection of Jesus that harmonises the apparent differences between the four Gospel accounts?

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    Unbelievable? - Can Christian morality inform secular society?

    2011-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Lord Richard Harries is a life peer in the British House of Lords and the former Bishop of Oxford. His book “The Re-enchantment of Morality” has been shortlisted for this year’s Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing.

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    Unbelievable? - Is the Bible Unbelievable?

    2011-05-21T00:00:00Z

     Former Methodist minister turned atheist Leslie Scrace stopped reading the Bible after he lost his faith. 20 years later he read it again and wrote a book-by-book account of how he views it as an atheist called “An Unbelievers Guide to the Bible”. Leslie criticises parts of the Old Testament that he sees as primitive and immoral while praising other parts of scripture that illustrate humanist values.

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    Unbelievable? - Should women be church leaders?

    2011-05-14T00:00:00Z

    In 1995 the Church of England allowed the ordination of Women priests. But the question of whether the Bible forbids female authority in the church remains.