All Unbelievable? articles – Page 17
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ArticleWhy doesn’t God stop Coronavirus and mend the world?
It’s the most natural question in the world: If God is good and all powerful, then why doesn’t he just stop bad things happening? It’s something that individuals often ask at times of personal tragedy. As the Coronavirus sweeps across the world Justin Brierley offers an answer to the questions being asked by people all over the globe.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Coronavirus: How will it change the church and the world? AJ Roberts, Mark Sayers and mystery guest
In a special edition of the show, recorded from home, Justin looks at the present Coronavirus crisis, how the pandemic will change global society and how the church can respond. He chats with Reasons To Believe virologist AJ Roberts, church and culture theologian Mark Sayers and ...
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ShowsUnbelievable? Antinatalism - should we let humans go extinct? David Benatar vs Bruce Blackshaw
David Benatar is the world’s leading ‘antinatalist’ philosopher. His controversial book ‘Better Never To Have Been’ argues that the suffering of existence always outweighs any potential good and that it is morally wrong to bring new human beings into the world. A small but growing community of Antinatalists believe that we should stop reproducing and allow humanity to go extinct.
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ArticleSaving babies in the ICU (and other things evolution can’t explain)
Neonatal doctor Erik Strandess responds to a new debate on Adam, Eve and evolution
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ArticleAre science and theology in conflict with same-sex relationships?
Erik Strandness responds to a recent debate between ‘Side A and B’ gay Christians
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ShowsUnbelievable? The Genealogical Adam and Eve – Joshua Swamidass and Nathan Lents
Joshua Swamidass is the author of ‘The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The surprising science of universal ancestry’. He says that the book could end the war between evolution and creation as it reveals the scientific basis for why everybody on earth could be descendants of a single human couple within the last several thousand years.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Origins of Life Debate Round 2 - James Tour vs Lee Cronin
Prof of Nanotechnology James (Jim) Tour & Glasgow biology Prof Lee Cronin debate contemporary Origins of Life research and whether Lee’s laboratory is on the way to discovering it.
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ArticleThe Buddha can’t make sense of suffering. Jesus does.
Erik Strandness’ work at an addiction treatment center showed him the difference between the path of Buddhism and Christianity.
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ShowsUnbelievable? God, Gay Christians and the Church - Brandan Robertson and David Bennett
Two gay Christians on either side of the ‘Side A and Side B’ view, join Justin to talk about their stories and why they take different views on sexuality and the gospel.
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ArticleHeidi Crowter, Matt Dillahunty, Down syndrome… and the disturbing consequences of getting rid of God
Following his debate with a leading atheist, Glen Scrivener explains why rejecting Christianity can result in chilling moral consequences
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ShowsUnbelievable? 2 views on the God of Love and the Problem of Evil - Thomas Jay Oord and John C Peckham (+ Greg Koukl)
If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Two Christian thinkers with different solutions to this age-old question join Justin.
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ShowsUnbelievable? The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: John Mark Comer and Rachel Holmes
Portland pastor John Mark Comer joins Justin to talk about slowing down our lives in our high-tech, anxiety-prone world.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Hinduism, conversion and religious freedom
Tensions between Hindus and other religious groups in India have been growing in recent years as the BJP Government and Hindu nationalists have advocated for anti-conversion laws.
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ArticleWhat has Christianity ever done for us?
That was the challenge levelled at historian Tom Holland on The Big Conversation by AC Grayling, one of Britain’s leading atheist philosophers. The answer, it turns out is: quite a lot
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ShowsUnbelievable? The argument from reason - Cosmic Skeptic and Max Baker-Hytch
Can we make sense of our rational capabilities on an atheist naturalist worldview?
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ArticleWhat has Christianity ever done for us?
That was the challenge levelled at historian Tom Holland by AC Grayling, one of Britain’s leading atheist philosophers. The answer, it turns out is: quite a lot
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ShowsUnbelievable? Controversies in Jesus studies – John Dickson, Lydia McGrew and Jonathan McLatchie
In the first part of the show Australian Bible scholar John Dickson talks to Justin about his new book ‘Is Jesus History?’ They discuss Jesus mythicism and Bart Ehrman’s views on oral tradition.
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ArticleDouglas Murray cherishes Christianity. What would it take for him to believe?
George Brahm examines why the Christian atheist’s dialogue with Esther O’Reilly was so important
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ShowsUnbelievable? Glen Scrivener vs Matt Dillahunty - Can atheism deliver a better world?
In the 6th and final episode of The Big Conversation series Season 2, Justin is joined by Matt Dillahunty of The Atheist Experience and Glen Scrivener of Speak Life.
