Unbelievable?

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Did Jesus Exist? Richard Carrier vs Mark Goodacre - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Richard Carrier is the world's foremost proponent of the "mythicist" view of Jesus - that he never actually existed as a historical person.

He explains his theory that St. Paul only ever spoke of Jesus in the spiritual realm and that the Gospels are "extended parables".

Mark Goodacre is NT professor at Duke University. He contends that Carrier's mythicist view is extrememly far fetched and the evidence for the historical Jesus is beyond reasonable doubt.

For Richard Carrier http://www.richardcarrier.info/

For Mark Goodacre http://podacre.blogspot.co.uk/

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Unbelievable? 18 August 2012 Did Jesus Exist? Bart Ehrman Q&A

Unbelievable? 29 Aug 2009 - Richard Bauckham on the Gospels - pt 1 Jesus and the Eyewitnesses part 1 : Richard Bauckham and James Crossley.

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Does Christianity make emotional sense? Francis Spufford & Philip Pullman - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Francis Spufford is a prize-winning author who returned to faith as an adult after years as an atheist. His latest book is "Unapologetic: Why despite everything Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense".

He says he didn't write it to try to give an objective argument for Christianity, but to show why its concepts, doctrines and beliefs help those who believe it make emotional sense of the world.

He chats with renowned author Philip Pullman who is an atheist. They talk about new atheism, the atheist bus campaign, the concept of sin, the person of Jesus and more.

For Unapologetic http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unapologetic-everything-Christianity-surprising-emotional/dp/0571225217

For Philip Pullman http://www.philip-pullman.com/

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Unbelievable? 8 May 2010 - "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" This is the latest book from the pen of prominent atheist author Philip Pullman. With Christian journalist Martin Saunders and Bible Scholar Anthony McRoy.

Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music & God Christian David Robertson and atheist musician Gordon Livesey discuss whether music can have soul if you don't believe in the soul.

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Good without God - Can atheism account for morality? Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Were the concentration camps of the Holocaust absolutely evil, or simply something that goes against people's tastes today?

Canon Angus Ritchie is the author of "From Morality to Metaphysics" in which he argues that God is the best explanation of moral realism (that there are objective moral facts).

Kile Jones is an atheist studying for a PhD. He argues that God is an unecessary entity when it comes to explaining why there may be a realm of objective morality.

For Angus Ritchie www.theology-centre.org.uk

For Kile Jones http://claremontlincoln.academia.edu/KileJones

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Unbelievable? 13 Jun 2009 The Moral Argument for God The Moral Argument For God - Atheist Paul Orton & Christian David Robertson

Unbelievable? 16 Oct 2010 - The Moral argument for God Philosophers Arif Ahmed and Glenn People debate

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Britain and secularism debate - Peter Hitchens vs Alex Gabriel - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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A podcast special airing the Student-Alumni debate that took place at Christ Church, Oxford University in November.

The Proposition: Peter Hitchens, columnist for The Mail on Sunday, foreign correspondent and author. The Opposition: Alex Gabriel, former president of Oxford Atheists, Secularists and Humanists Society (OxASH) and writer for The Heresy Club.

For Premier's Extending Hope appeal www.premier.org.uk/extendinghope

For Peter Hitchens http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/

For Alex Gabriel http://heresyclub.com/

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Is God Worth Believing In? Unbelievable? Jeff Cook & Alex Gabriel

Unbelievable? 15 May 2010 - Peter Hitchens "The Rage Against God" He debates with atheist Adam Rutherford

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The Atheist Prayer Experiment Results Show - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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In the first of two shows Justin is joined by Tim Mawson, the Oxford philosopher whose paper "Praying to Stop Being an Atheist" inspired the Atheist Prayer Experiment.

71 atheists and agnostics signed up to the experiment, comitting to pray for God to reveal himself to them over 40 days. Did anyone end up believing in God?

We reveal the results and hear from a variety of people who took part, including Andrew, Kendra, Laura, Cang & Freki as well as exploring questions that arose.

Was this really an 'experiment'? What does an atheist pray? Does it matter which god is being prayed to? Do the results have any bearing on the question of God's existence?

For the results and full interviews with some participants www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment

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Unbelievable? 24th March 2012 - Miracles today: Do they happen?Craig Keener & Geoff Lillis

Unbelievable? 3 Jul 2010 - Is God a Failed hypothesis? Part 2Atheist Victor Stenger vs. Christian David Bartholomew

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The Atheist Prayer Experiment Show 2 - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Were the concentration camps of the Holocaust absolutely evil, or simply something that goes against people's tastes today?

Canon Angus Ritchie is the author of "From Morality to Metaphysics" in which he argues that God is the best explanation of moral realism (that there are objective moral facts).

Kile Jones is an atheist studying for a PhD. He argues that God is an unecessary entity when it comes to explaining why there may be a realm of objective morality.

For Angus Ritchie www.theology-centre.org.uk

For Kile Jones http://claremontlincoln.academia.edu/KileJones

For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 13 Jun 2009 The Moral Argument for God The Moral Argument For God - Atheist Paul Orton & Christian David Robertson

Unbelievable? 16 Oct 2010 - The Moral argument for God Philosophers Arif Ahmed and Glenn People debate

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Comedy & Christianity - Marcus Brigstocke & David Robertson - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Marcus Brigstocke is a well known comedian on UK radio and TV. An atheist, last year he wrote the book "God Collar" about his problems with religion, but also why he wants to believe in God.

He chats with David Robertson of Solas, the Centre for Public Christianity. They talk about UK comedy's atheist leanings, Marcus' ciriticisms of both religion and new atheism, the problem of evil, the Old Testament and more besides.

For Marcus Brigstocke http://www.marcusbrigstocke.com/

For David Robertson http://solas-cpc.org/

Watch the video promo for Unbelievable? the Conference 2012 DVD http://youtu.be/6g-5jTMeZew Order it at http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

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Unbelievable? 13 Dec 2008 Atheist Christmas Comedy - Robin Ince & James Cary

Unbelievable? 8 Oct 2011 - Old Testament Grill-a-Christian with Peter J Williams

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Is God Worth Believing In? Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Jeff Cook is a Christian philosopher who tells his story of losing and returning to faith in his book 'Everything New'. Jeff has critiqued contemporary apologetics for sometimes failing to present a God that people would want to exist.

Alex Gabriel is a student and atheist activist. He engages with Jeff on what it would take for a sceptic to change their perspective - is evidence and argument enough?

For Jeff Cook and 'Everything New' http://everythingnew.org/

Alex Gabriel writes at http://heresyclub.com/

Watch the video promo for Unbelievable? the Conference 2012 DVD http://youtu.be/6g-5jTMeZew Order it at http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 20 Nov 2010 - "What Good is God?" Philip Yancey speaking to atheist Paul Thompson

Unbelievable? 14 Apr 2012 - What's wrong with the world? Christian Andrew Wilson & atheist Geoff Lillis

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Is the Catholic church the one true church? - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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Some of the key differences between Catholic and Protestant doctrine are explored in a friendly dialogue. Roman Catholic Peter D Williams and Protestant pastor David Robertson debate The Pope, Sola Scriptura and justification by faith.

For Premier's Coverage of the "Year of Faith" visit http://www.premier.org.uk/yearoffaith

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For Peter D Williams & the Abortion Debate http://bit.ly/TX3Tjh

Watch the video promo for Unbelievable? the Conference 2012 DVD http://youtu.be/6g-5jTMeZew Order it at http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment

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Unbelievable? 18 Sep 2010 - Roman Catholicism - Is the Papacy Biblical?

Unbelievable? 11 Sep 2010 - Is the Catholic church a force for good or evil?

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Atheism's New Clothes - David Glass & James Croft - Unbelievable? Jun 23, 2014

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David Glass is a University lecturer in Northern Ireland. His book "Atheism's New Clothes" critiques the arguments of Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens and Dennett. He says that, on the balance of probabilities, theism offers a better explanation of life and the Universe than atheism.

James Croft works with the Harvard humanist community. He contests David's use of probability theory. They discuss whether God is a good explanation for the fine tuning of the universe.

For David & Atheism's New Clothes http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/books/atheisms-new-clothes/

For James Croft http://harvardhumanist.org/authors/

Watch the video promo for Unbelievable? the Conference 2012 DVD http://youtu.be/6g-5jTMeZew Order it at http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

Info on The Atheist Prayer Experiment http://www.premier.org.uk/atheistprayerexperiment

For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 12 Dec 2009 - Dawkins Debate on Atheist fundemantalism review with interviews

Unbelievable? 18 February 2012 - Is apologetics a waste of time? Chris Sinkinson & James Croft

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