All Philosophy articles – Page 10
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ShowsUnbelievable? 10 Dec 2011 - Revisiting the evil God challenge - Law vs Peoples
Stephen Law is senior lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop College, London and director of the Centre For Inquiry UK. He joins Justin to reflect on his debate with William Lane Craig during the UK Reasonable Faith Tour where he defended atheism. Glenn Peoples is a Christian Philosopher ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 24 Sep 2011 - Understanding Jesus - listener Q&A
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. He takes listener calls on questions such as “How can Jesus be both God and man?” “Is there any ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 17 Sep 2011 - Can an atheist believe in meaning?
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 ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 10 Sep 2011 - William Lane Craig Q&A & Tour preview
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. William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, California. As ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 19 Feb 2011 - Are there many paths to God?
In an age of religious pluralism it can seem arrogant for Christians to claim they have “the truth” or the only means to salvation. So when Jesus said “no-one comes to the Father except through me” what did he mean? And what about those who have not ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Alvin Plantinga vs Stephen Law on the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
Richard Dawkins has said that “the theory of evolution made it possible to be an intellecually fulfilled atheist”. But what if belief in evolution becomes irrational on atheist naturalism? Alvin Plantinga is one of the foremost Christian philosophers in the world and is leading a resurgence of ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 16 Oct 2010 - Philosophers Debate The Moral Argument for God
Torturing children for fun - is that absolutely wrong? The Moral Argument for God states that there are such things as objective moral facts, and that objective moral facts must have an immaterial source - namely God. Therefore God Exists… Simple right? However, atheist Cambridge Philosopher Arif ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 04 Sep 2010 - Christian Physicalism: Do we have a soul?
Christians have traditionally held that humans comprise two things - a body and a soul. Christian Philosophers have written in defence of the soul against a reductive atheism that claims we are material beings alone. But a new movement in Christian philosophy claims that the atheists are ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 1 May 2010 - 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?” Denis Alexander is a biologist from the Faraday Insititute in ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 17 Apr 2010 - 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. A popular science author, Davies is also the Chair of the SETI ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 10 Jan 2009 The problem of suffering - Ehrman & Swinburne
Bart Ehrman lost his faith altogether when he confronted the problem of how a loving, powerful God can allow suffering. In his new book “God’s Problem” he states that the Bible contains different and unconvincing explanations to the issue. Richard Swinburne is a reknowned Christian philosopher. He ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? 23 Aug 2008 Why there IS a God - Keith Ward
Former Regius professor of Divinity at Oxford University Keith Ward has written a response book to The God Delusion on why Dawkins’ philosophical arguments against God are wrong. Atheist scientist Robert Stovold defends Dawkins “naturalism” view.
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ShowsUnbelievable? 26 Jul 2008 Alvin Plantinga - American Masters of Apologetics pt 3
Justin is joined by seasoned Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga as they explore the problem of Evil and why Dawkins should have stuck to biology.
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ShowsUnbelievable? 19 Jul 2008 William Lane Craig - American Masters of Apologetics pt 2
Justin continues his chats across the pond during July as he interviews William Lane Craig, one of the wrold’s foremost Christian aoplogists and philosophers. His book “Reasonable Faith” now in its 3rd edition is a staple part of any Apologetics library.
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ShowsUnbelievable? 19 Apr 2008 Philosophical problems with God
Justin is joined by Atheist philosopher Peter Cave as they discuss chapters from his book “Can a Robot be Human?” that ask difficult questions of Christian belief. Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams defends faith in God.
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ShowsUnbelievable? 13 Oct 2007 - John Lennox debates science & God
Fresh from a US TV debate with Richard Dawkins, Oxford Professor Dr. John Lennox engages with atheist scientist Robert Stovold. Lennox, who is a Christian, asserts in his book “God’s Undertaker - Has science buried God?” that science and philosophy show evidence of a divine designer. Robert ...
