In January 2020, Matthew had a conversation with Christians Robert and Dale on the subject of miracles. This is an edited version of that conversation in order to create space for additional content. The full audio of this discussion, without the additional content, is available at both Robert's and Dale's podcasts:

https://www.robertlwhite.net/philosophy/miracles-debate-real-seekers-podcast/

https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/signs-wonders-part-3-miracles-debated-with-robert-l-white-christian-matthew-taylor-atheist/

Items that are discussed in this episode include:

Hinge Podcast episode 8, Miracles:

https://www.stitcher.com/show/hinge-2/episode/8-the-unavoidable-question-53330562

(Cory wasn't that convinced, and nor should you be.)

Bruce Van Natta healing

https://documentedhealings.com/small-intestine-healed/

https://fgbt.org/Testimonies/bruce-van-natta.html

Barbara Snyder healing:

https://1c15.co.uk/barbara-snyder-barbara-cummiskey-snyder-healed-from-multiple-sclerosis/

Pastor healing on video:

https://churchleaders.com/daily-buzz/286270-miracle-watch-god-heal-pastor-preaches-healing.html

Lourdes Healings:

https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2017/08/an-investigation-into-alleged-miracles.html

A Miracle Claim

https://www.charismanews.com/us/74493-hundreds-of-medical-miracles-reported-in-church-with-explosive-growth

The Profile Podcast Episode it features on

https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/The-Profile/Episodes/William-McDowell-Miracles-signs-and-wonders-are-breaking-out-at-the-Gospel-artist-s-church

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Erin joins Andrew and Matthew to talk about secular Chaplaincy, why she no longer believes in god but is still happy to go to church. We even mention religious fictionalism.

Links to items mentions on the show are below.

International Christian Maritime Association: https://icma.as/

Mission To Seafarers: https://www.missiontoseafarers.org/the-sea

Erin Burnett Author: http://erinburnettauthor.co.uk/

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Robert L White joins Andrew and Matthew for a discussion on the Atonement, and a couple of other subjects.

Links to help explain some of the items that come up are below:

Original Photos of Shirdi Sai Baba | Dr. Vinny Chitluri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH8f0VTgt6Q

Testing Prayer - Candy Gunther Brown:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Testing-Prayer-Candy-Gunther-Brown/dp/0674064674

Heidi Baker

https://www.irisglobal.org/about/the-iris-story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Baker

The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001E6IZBA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Robert's blog, podcast and social media can be found at:

https://www.robertlwhite.net/

https://twitter.com/robertlwhite_II

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Darren, Andrew and Matthew get together for the final session of our Alpha Analysis series. Do you have thoughts on Alpha? Have you been on an Alpha Course? Do you disagree with our analysis? Would you like to have a conversation with us about Alpha? If so, get in touch.

Power Healing, John Wimber:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Healing-John-Wimber/dp/0060695412

Templeton Foundation Pray Study:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00179491

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16569567/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-31-sci-prayer31-story.html

Lourdes Healing Pools study:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854941/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/09/france.religion

The videos for weeks 9, 19 and 11 can be found here:

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline9

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline10

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline11

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Jon Steingard joins Andrew and Matthew for a conversation about loss of faith, communicating with loved ones, being a better human and more.

Bands Mentioned:

Hawk Nelson: http://hawknelson.com/

Petra: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Petra_(band)

WWMT: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Tribe_(dance_band)

Delirious?: https://www.delirious.org.uk/

AVB: https://www.singers.com/group/Acappella-Vocal-Band/

Vegan Links:

Alex O'Connor: The Absolute Worst of Cognitive Dissonance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnykmsDetNo&list=UU7kIy8fZavEni8Gzl8NLjOQ

Beyond Meat: https://www.beyondmeat.com/

Impossible Foods: https://impossiblefoods.com/

Contacts:

Jon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonsteingard

Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonsteingard

Batwa Documentary: https://vimeo.com/344902879

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Dave, the Graceful Atheist, joins us to discuss Christian responses to deconversion stories. How Christians respond to those of us who turn away from and criticise Christianity is very telling. Do you write off the former believer as never being a true believer to start with? or do you listen with compassion and attention to the faults that caused them to change?

The blog post by Eric Strandness that kicks off the episode:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/unbelievable/2020/09/autopsy-of-a-deconstruction-jon-steingard-and-the-foundations-of-faith/

Other Christian blog posts discussion deconversion:

https://www.christianpost.com/voices/jon-steingard-and-the-contagious-drift-away-from-christianity.html

https://www.christianpost.com/voice/the-problem-of-christians-becoming-atheists.html

https://www.christianpost.com/voice/solution-christians-becoming-atheists.html

David's own blog post on Deconversion:

https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

Three Christians discuss Rhett and Link's Deconstruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjZsIxSkKzc

Seminary Profs Respond to the Deconversion of John Steingard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXonrhjhDlo

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Founded by barrister Paul Downs QC, Genesis is an organisation that holds a series of talks by world leading scientists and academics presenting simple evidence for a creator.

https://www.genexis.org/

Due to global restrictions, Genexis is unable to hold the large gatherings that it had it 2019, so for 2020 the Genexis series of talks is held on line via Zoom. Darren and Tony (from our Alpha series) joined Matthew in these presentations and the small group discussions.

In this episode Matthew hosts Darren and Paul talking about Genexis and his first presentation in the series and discuss the question of how we can have any confidence in the proposal that there is a creator god.

Items raised during the conversation are: 

Ard Louis presentation at Genexis 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYIYEkCLX84

The Dunblane Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre

The Anthropic Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

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In this episode Darren joins Andrew and Matthew to discuss the Alpha Saturday and week 8. The Alpha Saturday is Online Alpha's replacement for the Alpha Weekend.

To contact us, email: [email protected]

The videos for Alpha Saturday and week 8 can be found here:

https://www.htb.org/alphasaturday1

https://www.htb.org/alphasaturday2

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline8

Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

In this enlightening and educational episode, Andrew and Matthew host Glenn Branch, deputy director of the NCSE, to talk about the Kitzmiller case, what it achieved and what it means for intelligent design.

To Donate to NCSE: https://ncse.secure.force.com/donate

Commentary on the book 'Of Pandas and People':

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2018/01/11/of_pandas_and_people_a_brief_history_of_the_original_intelligent_design_textbook.html

Don't Call it Darwinism: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225311563_Don't_Call_it_Darwinism

ACLU page on the trial: https://www.aclu.org/other/trial-kitzmiller-v-dover

The Demonisation of Jack Kevorkian: https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=srhonors_theses

Bad Frog Beer: https://www.badfrog.com/

Creationism's Trojan Horse: https://www.amazon.com/Creationisms-Trojan-Horse-Intelligent-Design/dp/0195319737

Trial Transcript: https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-transcripts

Monkey Girl: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000OYEWJM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Devil in Dover: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0041G6RV0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Pillars of Creationism: https://ncse.ngo/pillars-creationism

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Darren rejoins Andrew and Matthew for part three of our Alpha analysis series. In this episode we assess weeks 5, 6 and 7 and the Alpha course, discussing the video content and the group experiences.

To contact us, email: [email protected]

The Alpha videos for weeks 5, 6 and 7 can be found here:

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline5

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline6

https://www.htb.org/alphaonline7

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