This is our last conversation before taking a break over Christmas. We get to talk to Jay Smith about recent conversations about Isalm, responses to Yasir Qadhi and the "holes in the narrative" discussion and anything else that comes up in conversation! Jay has been engaging with Muslim apologists for a couple decades and is recognised from his debates at speakers corner and his unique polemic style that remains winsome even while being direct!

Check out all that he does at Pfander: https://www.youtube.com/user/PfanderFilms

And keep up with their website as new resources are on their way:

https://www.pfander.uk/mission/

#Islam #Quran #Christianity

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Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out on a Monday or Friday when we're able to.

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Is the vaccine the mark of the beast? Does it change your DNA? Is it owned by Bill Gates to track and trace the world? These questions and more serious ones answered by an actual doctor of molecular biology with a career in immunology, working at the following institutions: Imperial College London, Cambridge University, The National Institute for Medical Research and The Scripps Research Institute.

See more about Dr Jos here: https://jos-knotsuntied.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

Expect a few questions answered and quite a lot of banter, we hope you enjoy the show as we celebrate a 200 subscriber milestone for the joy of it.

Check out our guests channels and websites:

Andy Kind: https://www.youtube.com/andykindcomedy

London Theist: @LondonTheist on Twitter see his story here, https://youtu.be/gcSIiGsI2q8

136 Apologetics: https://136apologetics.org/

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Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

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Today we're talking with Mike Austin about his book God and Guns. We'll also be discussing a bit about his lecturing in philosophy and the importance of character in the Christian faith.

Mike is a philosophy professor, author, and speaker focused on ethical questions related to character and human flourishing. Mike has also been a speaker for the Kentucky Humanities Council, and contributes to a blog for Psychology Today, “Ethics for Everyone.” You can also follow a Facebook page dedicated to discussing issues related to his latest book with Eerdmans, entitled God and Guns in America: https://www.facebook.com/GodandGunsinAmerica/

Find out more about Mike here: https://www.michaelwaustin.com/about/

--- About the channel ---

Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

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Tom Price is a lecturer and a public communicator about Christian belief. He was made an Archbishop’s Evangelist in 2019. He studied Philosophy at university and later completed an MA in Christian Apologetics, and is currently undertaking doctoral research in theology, philosophy and film.

In recent years Tom has spoken to a variety of audiences in Hong Kong, Europe, South Africa, USA and other places across the world. In the UK, he has provided teaching for major conferences such as New Wine, Keswick, The Stewards Trust and Spring Harvest and organisations including; the Baptist Union, HTB: School of Theology, 24/7 prayer, UCCF, Scripture Union and L’Abri. Tom has also undertaken a variety of media work, appearing on BBC1 Songs of Praise, the BBC World Service, Local BBC radio and Premier Christian Radio’s ‘Unbelievable?’ show.

Find all the links for all the various things Tom is involved with here:

http://www.abetterhope.eu/

--- About the channel ---

Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

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Today we are talking with Naomi Dawson, also known as Nay. Nay lives in Southampton with the wonderful Jon and two beautiful girls. She works with IFES Europe as their Regional Training Co-Ordinator, previously she worked for UCCF since graduating in a variety of roles.

She is the founder of Passion for Evangelism. PfE is a network of creative, public female evangelists. If you’d like to join the network, then click here or follow our new blog – Stories of Hope. It features current, evangelistic articles written by women from the network. These articles would be great to share with friends on social media.

She has also set up an initiative called Community in a crisis. CIAC has been helping churches get online during the pandemic. We’ve got training, resources and stories of building relational online church during the Coronavirus. Have a look at our facebook page and You tube channel.

She is a Trustee for the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation. The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation wants to fund 100 disadvantaged Black British students through UK universities in the next decade.

Find all the links for all the various things she is involved with here:

https://naydawson.com/8-2/

--- About the channel ---

Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

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Today we are talking with Dr. Richard Playford, a lecturer in religious studies and the programme lead for the BA (Hons) in theology, religion and ethics and the BA (Hons) in theology and religious studies at St Mary’s University. His research interests include ethics, bioethics, metaphysics and philosophy of religion.

You can find him on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENwSyX5yGLenKCqs5nmsWw

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Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

Finally we're looking to feature other writings on our website. If you write on the topics above get in touch!

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Today we are talking with Clare Williams, founder of realquestions.co.uk (aka. Get Real). She completed her undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature at The University of Oxford, Jesus College and then worked as an English teacher and senior leader in various South East London schools for 10 years.

Whilst teaching, Clare achieved an MA in Leadership and in the summer of 2018 she left the classroom for further postgraduate study in Theology at Wycliffe Hall. She has since embarked on another adventure studying MA Culture, Diaspora & Ethnicity at Birkbeck, University of London.

Clare also trained with OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and she now works part-time as an OCCA Fellow. Her role includes speaking at and participating in evangelism events, being part of Q&A panels and making links with churches and Christian organisations.

Clare is specifically aiming her apologetics to deal with questions of race and identity and we are looking to cover some of these big questions in this conversation.

You can find more about her at her website:

https://realquestions.co.uk/

And subscribe to her youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nYHMLtGcdnJJ4xNtpE8mA

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--- About the channel ---

Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

Finally we're looking to feature other writings on our website. If you write on the topics above get in touch!

https://criticalwitness.uk

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Today we are talking with Bethie Peltola from One Truth Project, an organisation that loves to dig into the big questions of life! In their own words, they "love researching and discovering more about the truth of life, the universe, life’s meaning, the past, the present and the future; Making resources for you, regardless of your belief, is at the heart of what we do."

Bethie has spent over 20 years studying Islam, working amongst Muslims and researching and discussing the truth of Christianity with Muslims throughout this time. We will be covering some of this in the conversation, though, if you've watched our other conversations, this could go over any number of topics!

You can find out all about her at:

https://www.onetruthproject.org/about

Subscribe to their channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUvQs1oOD7IXgPUIZKmV4Q

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Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

Finally we're looking to feature other writings on our website. If you write on the topics above get in touch!

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Today we are talking with Dean a.k.a. London Theist. Dean lives in London and became a Christian despite growing up in a secular environment with most of his peers being atheists. We all like books and Dean has been supporting and encouraging us on social media so we thought we'd have a chat! Join in live and we'll see where this conversation goes.

You can find him on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/londontheist

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Timeline:

00:00 London Theist introduces

17:54 Possible answers to other religions

22:00 Importance of reading

26:30 Discussion about Sapiens by Yuval Noah

32:00 Discussion on morality and objectivity in both Christian and Atheistic worldviews

42:00 Detour into whether LT will do any formal degree

43:30 Discussion on the problem of evil and the lack of lament in western Christianity

55:00 Where does positive thinking fit in?

1:01:00 London Theist and Twitter and getting 1000 followers

1:05:00 New athiesm is dead but atheism is a rational position just like Christianity

1:08:00 What evidence is there for Christianity?

1:19:30 What about hell?

1:33:30 Responding to Twitter Atheists and the definitions of atheism

1:46:00 Satisfactory answers to the Old Testament and the idea it is written by uneducated and backwards people

1:59:00 Top Books

--- About the channel ---

Dan and Phil are mates who like talking apologetics, philosophy, ethics and theology. They interview Christians who are evangelists, authors, scientists, apologists, comedians or simply interested in talking about big topics. In the future, we're looking to interview people from other faiths and atheists in a non-confrontational format.

We put all interviews on a podcast. We aim to update the podcast every other week:

https://criticalwitness.uk/podcast

If long form interviews aren't your thing and you just want short, digestible videos, subscribe for our #shortconvos from our longer conversations that come out every Monday and Friday.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Parler and let us know what you think of the conversations.

Find: @CritWitnessUK

Finally we're looking to feature other writings on our website. If you write on the topics above get in touch!

https://criticalwitness.uk

Want more content? Support what we do on patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/criticalwitness