Podcast appearances and mentions of christian denis alexander

Episode 15 – Show Notes We enthusiastically mention the Unbelievable Discussion Group in London fairly often (see link at bottom of the notes). This episode we chat over the first 3 of 2019, which have each been corkers. January - Cambridge scientist & Christian Denis Alexander and his well known work on theistic evolution, such as the book “Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?” (the answer is ‘no’). We see if his theological work convinces us as much as we respect his science. February – A friendly Abortion Debate between our Frances and Christian Bruce Blackshaw who is doing a PhD on the Ethics of Abortion at Birmingham University. How did they do? Listen out for that famous pianist and how humans uniquely have ‘rational substance’. March - James Crossley on Mark’s Gospel. James is an Unbelievable regular, an agnostic and nowadays from St Mary’s University in London. He wrote on Mark (most famously on its dating) and now has developed his thinking somewhat. The talk and Q&A is available here, but sorry, it is poor qualityhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/oe5iu0cgv4mah52/20190304-193514.m4a?dl=0 Is That in The Bible?Enjoy Leviticus 27 v1-7, we also mention Exodus 21 v22-25. Ed was shocked. Doubts Aloud Links: Please leave us a review on iTunes and we will respond to any question asked there with the review. Or give feedback and ask questions using : doubtsaloud@gmail.com Join the Facebook Group discussions:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023280847835278/Meet us all in person at the monthly “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in central London, see:https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London

Episode 15 – Show Notes We enthusiastically mention the Unbelievable Discussion Group in London fairly often (see link at bottom of the notes). This episode we chat over the first 3 of 2019, which have each been corkers. January - Cambridge scientist & Christian Denis Alexander and his well known work on theistic evolution, such as the book “Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?” (the answer is ‘no’). We see if his theological work convinces us as much as we respect his science. February – A friendly Abortion Debate between our Frances and Christian Bruce Blackshaw who is doing a PhD on the Ethics of Abortion at Birmingham University. How did they do? Listen out for that famous pianist and how humans uniquely have ‘rational substance’. March - James Crossley on Mark’s Gospel. James is an Unbelievable regular, an agnostic and nowadays from St Mary’s University in London. He wrote on Mark (most famously on its dating) and now has developed his thinking somewhat. The talk and Q&A is available here, but sorry, it is poor qualityhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/oe5iu0cgv4mah52/20190304-193514.m4a?dl=0 Is That in The Bible?Enjoy Leviticus 27 v1-7, we also mention Exodus 21 v22-25. Ed was shocked. Doubts Aloud Links: Please leave us a review on iTunes and we will respond to any question asked there with the review. Or give feedback and ask questions using : doubtsaloud@gmail.com Join the Facebook Group discussions:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023280847835278/Meet us all in person at the monthly “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in central London, see:https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London

Russell Stannard is emeritus professor of Physics at The Open University. He is a Christian and presenter of the RE Today Services Science & Belief videos Steve Jones is emeritus professor of genetics at University College London. An atheist, he is the author of "The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science". They debate whether the Bible can be seen as scientific, what kinds of questions religion and science answer and more. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Rusell Stannard's Science & Belief videos http://www.retoday.org.uk/scienceandbelief For Steve Jones' book http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Serpents-Promise-Retold-Science/dp/1408702851 Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 1 May 2010 - Test of Faith: Do we need God, now that we have science?Christian Denis Alexander vs Atheist Stephen Law Unbelievable? 19 Dec 2009 - "What does Science Tell us about God?" - Atheist scientist Lewis Wolpert debates believing scientist Russell Cowburn

Edgar Andrews is Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London and the author of "Who Made God?" He returns to support the view that only God explains the ability of science to make sense of the world around us. Lewis Wolpert is Emeritus Professor of Biology at University College London, he is an atheist and Vice President of the British Humanist Association. He argues tht belief in God is purely a result of evolution. They debate what constitutes "evidence" for God, and whether science is the only admissible type of evidence. For "Who made God?" http://whomadegod.org/ Order the book: http://www.epbooks.org/who-made-god-p-2170.html For Lewis Wolpert http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdb/research/wolpert For Unbelievable? the Conference on DVD 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   If you enjoyed this progamme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 19 Dec 2009 - What does science tell us about God? Atheist scientist Lewis Wolpert debates believing scientist Russell Cowburn   Unbelievable? 1 May 2010 - Test of Faith: Do we need God, now that we have science? Christian Denis Alexander vs Atheist Stephen Law   http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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 Christian philosophy in North America. He has formulated the "Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism" which proposes that if evolution is true then it provides a defeater for rational belief on a naturalistic framework. Can we trust our beliefs to be true if they have been produced by minds that are themselves the products of unguided evolution - a process that is geared towards producing beliefs for survival, not necessarily for truth?? He explains the force of the argument and debates its implications with Stephen Law, atheist and Senior lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop college, University of London. Stephen is also Provost of the Centre for Inquiry UK. Plantinga also states where he stands on Intelligent Design, the problem of evil and a few other things besides. For Alvin Plantinga see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Plantinga for more links to Plantinga's work see http://philofreligion.homestead.com/plantingapage.html For Stephen Law see http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/ or http://www.cfilondon.org/ For more discussions visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this discussion you may also want to hear: Unbelievable? 1 May 2010  Test of Faith: Do we need God, now that we have science? Christian Denis Alexander vs Atheist Stephen Law Unbelievable? 26 Jul 2008  American Masters of Apologetics Pt 3: Alvin Plantinga Join the debate at the "Unbelievable?" group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable