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Ryan Maze is a Phd student in Philosophy. Here is version of the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.

Alexander Fink- is Director of the Institute for Faith and Science (Institut für Glaube und Wissenschaft) in Marburg, Germany (www.iguw.de). He studied physics at the universities of Bayreuth and St. Andrews (UK) and received his PhD at the Institute for Biophysics at the University of Regensburg. After having worked as an industrial product manager, he became director of SMD graduates' ministry (Akademiker-SMD, the German branch of IFES) until 2014. His passion is the dialogue of science, faith, and worldviews, and has given apologetic lectures in Germany and other European countries. Since 2008 he has been a member of the ELF Steering Committee and has co-led the Scientists Network. He is editor of the "Begründet-glauben-Podcast" (www.begruendet-glauben.org) and has produced two documentary movies "Fascinating universe" and "More than my brain" which have been recommended by a German federal media centre for use in public schools

www.iguw.de
www.begruendet-glauben.org
Begründet-glauben-Podcast

David Glass is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematics at Ulster University. He has a BSc in mathematics, MA in philosophy and PhD in theoretical physics from Queen’s University Belfast where he also worked as a post-doctoral research associate before joining Ulster University in 2000. His current research is in the areas of Bayesian and explanatory reasoning, knowledge discovery, and the mathematical and computational modelling of complex systems. This work is multidisciplinary in nature, involving research in artificial intelligence, mathematics and philosophy of science, and finding application in a range of areas.

David also has an interest in the relationship between science and religious belief and has undertaken research in this area by applying his work on Bayesian and explanatory reasoning to topics such as ‘explaining away’ and design arguments. He has published a number of articles in this field and is also the author of Atheism’s New Clothes (IVP/Apollos, 2012).

Based in Southampton, England, Christian philosopher and apologist Peter S. Williams (MA, MPhil) is ‘Assistant Professor in Communication and Worldviews’ at NLA University College at Gimlekollen, Kristiansand, Norway. He speaks internationally on behalf of the truth, goodness and beauty of being a disciple of Jesus.

Peter is a trustee of the Christian Evidence Society, a Montgomery Trust Lecturer and both a Mentor and Travelling Speaker for the European Leadership Forum.

Peter has authored various books, including: Apologetics in 3D: Essays on Apologetics and Spirituality (Wipf and Stock, 2021), Outgrowing God? A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Debate (Cascade, 2020), Getting at Jesus: A Comprehensive Critique of Neo-Atheist Nonsense About the Jesus of History (Wipf & Stock, 2019), A Faithful Guide to Philosophy: An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom (Wipf & Stock, 2019), C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists (Paternoster, 2013), Understanding Jesus: Five Ways to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paternoster, 2011) and A Sceptic’s Guide to Atheism (Paternoster, 2009). His peer reviewed papers have appeared in journals including Philosophia Christi, Linguaculture, Theofilos and Think.

Peters Website:
http://www.peterswilliams.com/

Faithful guide to Philosophy playlist on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQhh3qcwVEWjOb0R9HAHn1S4EdCEJuLhk

Hugh Ross is a Canadian astrophysicist, Christian apologist, and old-Earth creationist. He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Toronto and his B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia. He established his own ministry in 1986, called Reasons to Believe that promotes progressive and day-age forms of old Earth creationism.

Reasons to believe website: https://reasons.org/

Books:
-The Creator and the Cosmos. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1993, 2nd ed. 1995, 3rd ed. 2001, 4th ed. 2018 ISBN 978-1886653146
-Creation and Time. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1994 ISBN 978-0891097761
-Why the Universe is the Way it Is, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2008 ISBN 978-0801071966
-Improbable Planet: How Earth Became Humanity's Home Baker Books, 2016 ISBN 9780801016899

What is the value of history and what does history say about Patrick. What is his legacy to us today?

Dr Crawford Gribben
He is a historian of early modern religion, and the author of books including most recently The rise and fall of Christian Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2021).He has held posts in early modern literature and history at the University of Manchester (2004-2007) and Trinity College Dublin (2000-2004, 2007-2012). After taking up a position at Queen's (2013), he acted as head of the School of History and Anthropology (2015-16) and as Queen's director of the AHRC Northern Bridge PhD programme (2017-2020).


Books by Crawford:
-J. N. Darby and the birth of dispensationalism (in preparation).
-The rise and fall of Christian Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2021).
-Survival and resistance in evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest (Oxford University Press, 2021).
-An introduction to John Owen (Crossway, 2020), translated into Portuguese as John Owen: Uma visão cristã para cada fase da vida (Rio de Janiero: Pro Nobis Editora, 2021).
-John Owen and English Puritanism: Experiences of defeat (Oxford University Press, 2016)
-Evangelical millennialism in the trans-Atlantic world, 1500-2000 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
-Writing the rapture: Prophecy fiction in evangelical America (Oxford University Press, 2009)
-God's Irishmen: Theological debates in Cromwellian Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2007)
-The puritan millennium: Literature and theology, 1550-1682 (Four Courts, 2000)

This is a discussion on the fine tuning of the universe with John Hewitt and Dr Luke Barnes.

Luke A. Barnes is a lecturer in physics at Western Sydney University, with a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Cambridge. The focus of his research has been the cosmic evolution of matter, and he has published papers in the field of galaxy formation and evolution, and on the fine-tuning of the universe for life. He is the coauthor with Prof. Geraint Lewis of "A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely-Tuned Cosmos" and "The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook", both published by Cambridge University Press. He has published papers in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of religion, and is an accomplished public speaker.

Books:

A Fortunate Universe:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fortunate-Universe-Finely-Tuned-Cosmos/dp/110874740X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YWAJH4YDMRYV&keywords=fortunate+universe&qid=1651155122&s=instant-video&sprefix=fortunate+universe%2Cinstant-video%2C670&sr=1-1-catcorr

The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1108486703/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=1108486703&pd_rd_w=xuCmq&pf_rd_p=828203ef-618e-4303-a028-460d6b615038&pd_rd_wg=IBBX0&pf_rd_r=96AN8FSS5HPN87WWCHQ9&pd_rd_r=fb8d6d6f-9e4e-4337-b260-0959ff49f6ef&s=instant-video&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFTSVA1SzBGNVYyR04mZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAwNzgwODFET1RCUk1HWUc0SVAmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDk3Nzc4NDM1Vk9PUzcyUFFWNjUmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Papers:
A Reasonable Little Question
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo/12405314.0006.042/--reasonable-little-question-a-formulation-of-the-fine-tuning?rgn=main;view=fulltext

Fine-Tuning in the Context of Bayesian Theory Testing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.03965.pdf


Listen to GN4A Podcast on the Fine tuning of the universe by John Hewitt.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ImpeYrksFKAREQlxbmP2E

Christianity is not some old guy sitting in the corner, always grumpy and just pointing out what is wrong with the world, never rolling up his sleeves to give positive answers. No, it has a response. And not just to the questions of how this universe came to be, but to the deeper level of WHY it came to be. As we will see today, Genesis 1 not only satisfies our heads with answers, but it responds to our hearts with wisdom. If you have ever thought about the why questions, this is for you today. Failte go Good News for Armagh, the podcast that looks at the questions of the universe and our hearts.