In this episode, Darren is back to discuss our experience of session 3 and 4 of the 2022 Christian Evidence Society presentations.

We also address some feedback we had regarding our response to race session of the 2021 presentations, in Episode 54.

Christian Evidence Society

https://christianevidence.org/

Session 3:

Professor Dr Barbara Drossel, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Are we here by accident?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQNEJU4TSjE

Professor Dr Barbara Drossel:

https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/about/people/prof-dr-barbara-drossel/

Session 4:

Dr Jennifer Wiseman: Are we alone in the universe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6DSAXJ3Rk

Dr Jennifer Wiseman:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/dr-jennifer-j-wiseman-hubble-senior-project-scientist

2021 Session Videos

https://christianevidence.org/2021/05/14/questions-of-our-times-videos-available/

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The Christian Evidence Society sessions are back for 2022. This time it's four sessions, which we will cover in two episodes of Still Unbelievable!

Darren joins Andrew and Matthew to attend the sessions and then review them afterwards.

Christian Evidence Society

https://christianevidence.org/

Session 1:

Alister McGrath: Should we always follow the science?

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

Professor Alister McGrath

https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-alister-mcgrath

http://alistermcgrath.weebly.com/

Session 2:

Mary Ellen Foster: Will a robot steal my job?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJpi1O9mBIo

Dr Mary Ellen Foster

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mefoster/

Gary Marcus:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-next-decade-in-ai-gary-marcus-four-steps-towards-robust-artificial-intelligence/

The Turing Test:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-test/

Skydivephil:

Physicists & Philosophers reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument featuring Penrose, Hawking, Guth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME&t=4s

2021 Session Videos

https://christianevidence.org/2021/05/14/questions-of-our-times-videos-available/

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Tim Hull is a Christian with his own YouTube channel and posts content addressing Deconstruction, among other topics. Tim and Matthew have engaged many time over the years on the Unbelievable? Facebook page, so Matthew felt it was time that they had a genuine live conversation. 

Dealing with Deconstruction

https://www.youtube.com/c/DealingWithDeconstruction

One Minute Apologist

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXkgIl5W-HXG8-srQdyAbDw

Image Church

http://www.imagechurch.live/

Christian Evidence Society events for March

https://christianevidence.org/2022/01/27/questions-of-our-times-webinars-will-follow-the-science/

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Did you listen to our episode where we answered Braxton Hunters 10 Questions for atheists 2021?

Braxton did, and he did a special response to our answer to question two, where Matthew said, "Arguments are not Evidence".

This Episode is part two of our response to Braxton's response. Part 1 is Episode 70.

Link to Braxtons YouTube response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyr_xpkw-XQ

SkyDivePhil's video responding to the KCA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME

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Did you listen to our episode where we answered Braxton Hunters 10 Questions for atheists 2021?

Braxton did, and he did a special response to our answer to question two, where Matthew said, "Arguments are not Evidence".

Link to Braxtons YouTube response: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyr_xpkw-XQ

Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs:

https://www.pnas.org/content/106/51/21533

Physics in a minute: The double slit experiment:

https://plus.maths.org/content/physics-minute-double-slit-experiment-0

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In this episode, Matthew addresses comments by Justin Brierley about atheists being too wedded to their worldview to consider Christianity as true. 

The referenced Peter Atkins YouTube clip is: https://youtu.be/dRWIsuEL0Ac

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Matthew draws attention to how Hamilton can show what God's love looks like.

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In this Episode, Andrew and Matthew answer 3 Questions put forth by the YouTube channel, Capturing Christianity. Apparently, these are not supposed to be gotcha questions, but we don't believe Cameron!

CC original 3 questions video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89tcsb2aPLI

Evidentialism:

https://iep.utm.edu/evidenti/#:~:text=Evidentialism%20is%20a%20theory%20about,justificatory%20status%20of%20one's%20beliefs.

Planet X:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/

Kilogram redefined:

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/666310991/say-au-revoir-to-that-hunk-of-metal-in-france-that-has-defined-the-kilogram

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In this short episode, Matthew addresses comments made in a recent episode of Unbelievable? where two Christians discussed abortion. The show was a good example of two people disagreeing (mostly) with grace, but several comments made by the anti abortion participant needed addressing.

show link: 

1) https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Abortion-and-the-Texas-heartbeat-bill-Stephanie-Gray-Connors-vs-Rev-Bromleigh-McCleneghan

Human rights and abortion.

2) https://www.ipas.org/our-work/human-rights-and-abortion/

3) https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/

4) https://reproductiverights.org/un-human-rights-committee-asserts-that-access-to-abortion-and-prevention-of-maternal-mortality-are-human-rights/

Questions answered about the law:

5) https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-abortion-law-explained/

Science of the heartbeat

6) https://www.livescience.com/65501-fetal-heartbeat-at-6-weeks-explained.html

7) https://www.wired.com/story/heartbeat-bills-get-the-science-of-fetal-heartbeats-all-wrong/

Death of Savita Halappanavar

8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Savita_Halappanavar

1967 PDF putting forward different views. 

9) https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.57.12.2163

10) https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/udhr.pdf

Stephanie on contraception

11) https://lozierinstitute.org/a-scientific-view-of-when-life-begins/

Canada: 15.2 USA: 20.8 UK: 17

13) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/abortion-rates-by-country

Abortion rates are higher in countries where abortion is illegal.

14) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-abortion-idUSKCN0Y22QO

USA has twice the rate of Teen Pregnancy as Canada

15) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852976/

the science is not settled on a new life

16) https://www.wired.com/2015/10/science-cant-say-babys-life-begins/

Clips:

1:54 - 3:04 Intro to the show

4:38 - 5:38 Stephanie affirms a human rights argument against abortion

14:37 - 16:42 Justin asks about the Texas Heartbeat bill, Stephanie outlines the heartbeat bill

17:35 - 18:20 Justin asks Stephanie if she is in favour of the law

22:56 - 23:17 Stephanie responds to push back that it's 'not really a heart beat'. 

23:53 - 25:14 Stephanie responds to a challenge about abortion being a health care activity and that suggesting otherwise is manipulative.

31:31 - 32:54 Stephanie asks the very important question of what constitutes human rights 

42:05 - 42:21 What responsibilities do civil societies expect? 

43:41 - 43:46  it's a separate life at fertilisation.

47:24 - 47:33 dog and cats - sperm egg fusion, no one debates that. 

47:52 - 48:11 UN declaration of human rights says everyone has the right to life.

53:58 - 54:17 people who claim to be Christians won't embrace abortion.

54:45 - 55:10 humans are so valuable top god he suffered and died.

55:10 - 55:16 repeats science tells us human life at fertilisation

1:09:46 - 1:10:03 Stephanie says US and Canada abortion rates are essentially the same

1:13:33  "that moment", equality begins when we begin, 

1:14:06 - 1:14:35 ethical response 

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Part two of our analysis of Sean McDowell's video of leaving the faith, David from Skeptics and Seekers joins Andrew and Matthew to continue our dissection of this conversation.

Original Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMkGl4CEW-Q

John Marriott PhD: Centre of Christian thought Biola university

https://www.johnmarriott.org/

Assemblies of God did a study:

SPIRITUAL VITALITY OF ASSEMBLIES OF GOD POST-HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG ADULTS

https://www.proquest.com/openview/623abb0606ceb95053f5af09b4f552f8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750

Christianity today article

Vast majority of people who struggle with their faith go to a Christian college

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/august/evangelical-students-faith-crisis-christian-higher-ed-cccu.html

Study at USC by Vern Bengston in 2013

Quote: "Warm relationship with the father"

Link to report on study: https://latterdaysaintmag.com/article-1-14335/

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