All Unbelievable? articles – Page 52
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ShowsShould people suffering from terminal illness or in terrible pain be allowed to take their own life?
Unbelievable takes on the debate around assisted dying and euthanasia. Should people suffering from terminal illness or in terrible pain be allowed to take their own life? Should doctors help them?
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Unbelievable? - An evangelical vs. liberal view of the Resurrection
The resurrection of Christ is fundamental to the Christian faith. However, not all Christians agree on how it should be interpreted.
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Unbelievable? - Presuppositional apologetic proof of God
“Arguing against God’s existence is on a par with arguing against air, breathing it all the while”. So says the website of Sye TenBrugencatte who believes that Christians need to rediscover the power of ‘presuppositional apologetics’.
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Unbelievable? - Psychology of religion
s belief in the supernatural inherent from birth? Is Christianity a psychological crutch or a path to emotional wholeness? Is God belief simply a result of evolution? Would it make belief untrue if it were?
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Unbelievable? - Wired for God? The Biology of Spiritual Experience
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.
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Unbelievable? - Was Saint Paul mentally ill & the proponent of a hoax religion?
‘B Strong’ is a former Christian who lost his faith after examining the claims of the Bible. His booklet “Jesus is a hoax” claims, among many things, that the Apostle Paul was mentally ill due to his fanatical pre and post-conversion behaviour. It also claims Jesus is one of the greatest hoaxes of history. John Tancock (JT) is a Welsh church leader and apologist. He engages the sceptical arguments on Paul and Jesus. He believes Jesus is one of the best attested historical character of antiquity and that the Apostle Paul one of his most reliable (and perfectly sane) witnesses.
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Unbelievable? - Is God a failed hypothesis? Pr 2 - Victor Stenger vs. David Bartholomew
Can we use science to ascertain whether prayer works? Data from a series of prayer experiments is part of the evidence that US atheist scientist Victor Stenger uses to build the case against God in his best-selling book “God: The failed hypothesis”.
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Unbelievable? - Is God a Failed hypothesis? pr 1 - Victor Stenger vs. Steve Fuller
he first of two shows featuring atheist US physicist Victor Stenger, author of NY Times bestseller “God: The failed Hypothesis”.
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Unbelievable? - Does the Bible condone slavery?
The Bible is often criticised for either supporting or not condemning the institution of slavery. So how should we treat portions of Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments that relate to slavery? Why does the Old Testament contain laws regarding the treatment of slaves? Does Paul condemn or affirm the institution?
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Unbelievable? - The Jesus Discovery
Dr Adam Bradford believes he has discovered a significant new insight into Jesus Christ. In “The Jesus Discovery” he explains why he believes that Jesus was not an unschooled peasant preacher, as many depict him. Instead, he claims that Jesus came from a middle class family and would have been schooled in Jerusalem’s top school of Rabbis. This, he says, explains how the religious authorities treated him before and after his trial.
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Unbelievable? - Homosexuality and the church
In response to listener requests Justin hosts two shows dealing with Homosexuality and Christian faith.
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Unbelievable? - Homosexuality and the Bible
In response to listener requests Justin hosts two shows dealing with Homosexuality and Christian faith.
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Unbelievable? - Sex outside Marriage debate
Evangelical Christians hold that sexual relations outside of marriage are against Biblical mandate and have negative moral and social consequences.
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Unbelievable? Peter Hitchens “The Rage Against God”
Peter Hitchens is a writer and regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday. Unlike his atheist brother Christopher, Peter is a committed Christian having himself been an atheist in younger years.
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Unbelievable? - Philip Pullman on the historical Jesus
“The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ” is the latest book from the pen of prominent atheist author Philip Pullman. It re-imagines the story of Jesus as the story of two twins - one called Jesus, the other Christ. It is the twin Christ who writes the history of Jesus, turning him into the God-man of the Gospels.
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Unbelievable? - God & Science - Denis Alexander & Stephen Law
Test of Faith is an initiative aimed at showing that Christian faith and good science are perfectly compatible. As the Tour reaches london on 19th May we ask “Do we need God, now that we have science?”
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Unbelievable? - Atheists Grill A Christian
We mix things up a bit this week with a different format. Four atheist listeners of the show get their chance to air their objections to Christian faith. Taking their questions and criticisms is Church pastor David Robertson, author of “The Dawkins Letters”.
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Unbelievable? - Are we alone in the universe? Paul Davies & John Lennox
What does it take for life to get going in our universe? Is there intelligence in the stars or right under our nose? Renowned astrophysicist Paul Davies chats to Oxford Professor of Mathematics John Lennox.
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Unbelievable? - Seventh Day Adventism
An Inter-Christian discussion on the beliefs and doctrines that are distinctive of Seventh Day Adventists. Why do they hold to Saturday as the “true” day for worship and rest? Are they too legalistic? What about the failed prophecy of Christ’s return that they grew out of? What should we make of founder Ellen White’s teaching on “Investigative Judgement”?
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Unbelievable? - The Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon & Easter
The Unification church of Revd Sun Myung Moon (aka The Moonies) is often regarded as a cult. But what do they actually believe about Jesus and his death and resurrection?
