Unbelievable?

Edgar Andrews is Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London and the author of "Who Made God?" He claims that the hypothesis of God is the best explanation for a variety of aspects of human existence and the universe as revealed by science. He has debated Richard Dawkins.

Robert Stovold is an atheist with a background in evolutionary biology. He believes that positing God is an uneccesary addition to the facts that science gives us about the universe.

They discuss fine tuning of the Universe, whether God could be behind the Big Bang and why the laws of nature are so elegant and intelligible to humans.

For "Who made God?" http://whomadegod.org/

Order the book: http://www.epbooks.org/who-made-god-p-2170.html

Edgar Andrew's debate with Dawkins http://richarddawkins.net/audio/721-1986-oxford-union-debate

Robert Stovold is looking for questions to be submitted for a book he is writing: http://bit.ly/s7BG4b

FOR FULL VIDEO OF THE EVENT http://youtu.be/fP9CwDTRoOE

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The Reasonable Faith Tour has concluded!

This Special Podast edition of the show features the full audio from the debate held at Birmingham University between Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist Philosopher Peter Millican.

William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. As well as publishing hundreds of academic works and articles he is well known for his debates with atheists around the world. 

Peter Millican is Gilbert Ryle Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and a noted Hume scholar.

They debate "Does God Exist?" before a capacity crowd at Bill's Alma Mater, Birmingham University where he studied for his first Doctorate.

For William Lane Craig see http://www.reasonablefaith.org

For Peter Millican see http://www.millican.org

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

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Justin went backstage at the Bethinking Apologetics Conference last week to record a show with one of the speakers - Professor Gary Habermas and an atheist listener to Unbelievable? Geoff Campos.

Habermas is Distinguished Professor of Apologetics and Philosophy at Liberty University, Virginia. Campos is an atheist convinced of materialism with a background in biological science.

They discuss why Geoff finds the concept of the miraculous incoherent, what it would take to convince him of a miracle, the resurrection of Jesus, Near Death Experiences and more.

For Gary Habermas http://www.garyhabermas.com

For Unbelievable the Conference 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

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Last chance to book: The Reasonable Faith Tour with William Lane Craig 17-26 October http://www.premier.org.uk/craig

On today's Show: New Testament Scholar David Instone-Brewer and Bible sceptic Ken Humphreys met in a debte at Gunnersbury Baptist Church, London recently.

David argues that the Bible is  reliable source of historical information, Ken Humphreys argues it is not.  Covering archaelogical evidence, the New Testament accounts of Christ and more, they present their case to an audience of sceptics and Christians, followed by Questions.

For the full debate visit

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Due to popular demand we are releasing an early Special Podcast Edition of the show featuring the full audio of the recent debate between William Lane Craig and Stephen Law on "Does God Exist".  The debate took place at Westminster Central Hall on Mon 17 October in front of an audience of over 1700 people.

William Lane Craig is Research professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of theology, California and has debated leading atheists around the world.  Stephen Law is Senior lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London & Provost of CFI UK.

The formal debate concluded with a sit down conversation, hosted by Justin Brierley, which includes written questions from the audience.

For William Lane Craig http://www.reasonablefaith.org

For Stephen Law http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/

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Watch the video preview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=pQifJkVCFaQ

On this week's show:  We look ahead to the Bethinking National Apologetics Day Conference "Countering the New Atheism" on Sat 22 Oct in London. It will form part of the Reasonable Faith Tour.  Speakers include William Lane Craig, John Lennox, Gary Habermas & Peter J Williams.

Justin features all four apologists on the show speaking to them about their hopes for the Tour and the Conference, hearing about their personal faith journeys and how they respond to atheists in their field of expertise.

For more info on the Bethinking Conference http://bit.ly/oF76eG

To hear the full interview with William Lane Craig on his life and work http://www.premierradio.org.uk/shows/saturday/unbelievable/Features.aspx

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BOOK NOW:  The UK Reasonable Faith Tour with William Lane Craig is one week away 17-26 Oct http://www.premier.org.uk/craig

Peter J Williams is the Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge and a first class scholar of both Old and New Testament. He takes non-Christian listener sceptical questions on the Old Testament.

Nazam asks "Did Moses write the Torah?". Norman asks "Hasn't modern archaeology disproved OT stories?". Jim asks "Why do Christians think the 10 commandments are special?".

Peter joins William Lane Craig, John Lennox & Gary Habermas for the Bethinking Apologetics Conference in London on Sat 22 Oct http://bit.ly/oF76eG

You can order Tyndale House DVDs mentioned here http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/index.php?page=2009dvd

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Peter S Williams is a Christian philosopher and apologist.  His latest book Understanding Jesus brings together lines of evidence for a philosophical, historical and theological understanding of Jesus.

He takes listener calls on questions such as "How can Jesus be both God and man?" "Is there any evidence that Christians really have a 'relationship' with Jesus?" & "Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet?"

For Peter S Williams http://www.arn.org/authors/williams.html

For 'Understanding Jesus' http://idpluspeterswilliams.blogspot.com/2011/05/pre-order-understanding-jesus-five-ways.html