Unbelievable?

For Peter Harris see http://www.bethinking.org/right-wrong/intermediate/dawkins-and-the-abuse-of-history.htm

For Ed Turner see http://edthemanicstreetpreacher.wordpress.com/

Also: Order Unbelievable? The Conference on DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

Tickets to William Lane Craig's UK tour http://www.premier.org.uk/craig

Unbelievable? 30 Jul 2011 - Does Religion make people kill?"Does religion make people kill?" Christian Peter Harris & atheist Ed Turner respond to Norway killings

Unbelievable? 13 Sep 2008 Christianity on Trial - Part 2 Christianity on trial Pt 2: Can we really look to the Bible and Jesus for morality

Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

In the second programme examining the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses, Robert King and Tony Brown discuss whether Christ claims to be God.

Robert is a disfellowshiped JW but still holds to Watchtower doctrine. Tony is a former JW, now a Christian pastor.  They talk about whether JWs rely upon a works-based salvation, return to the 144,000 and discuss whether Jesus is the Archangel Michael and not the son of God, as Robert claims.

For Tony Brown's minstry to JWs see http://www.upfc.org.uk/

For Robert King's website http://e-watchman.com/

Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 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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Jehovahs Witnesses dialogue Pt 1- Unbelievable? Prophecies, blood & 144,000 - Robert King & Tony Brown

Unbelievable? 10 Oct 2009 - Jesus and the God of Israel Is the divinity of Jesus at odds with Jewish Monotheism? Richard Bauckham & James Crossley.

Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Michael Behe is professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania and the founder of the modern Intelligent Design movement.  His book "Darwin's Black Box" ignited the controversy 14 years ago when it claimed that certain molecular machines and biological processes are "irreducibly complex" and cannot be explained by Darwinian evolution.

His new book "The Edge of Evolution" takes his conclusions further, arguing that the Darwinian processes of random mutation and natural selection are incapable of producing the variation and complexity we see in most of life.

So can we conclude that life was intelligently designed by a creator?

Keith Fox is Professor of biochemistry at the University of Southampton and chairman of Christians in Science.  As a theistic evolutionist he believes that Evolution is the best explanation going for the complexity we see and that ID is a blind scientific alley and theologically unappealing to boot.

They debate whether micromachines in the cell such as the "bacterial flagellum" could have evolved by a Darwinian process of evolution. When inference to design is and isn't acceptable in science.  Whether random mutation can mathematically stack up to complex life, and whether God is reduced to a divine "tinkerer" by ID.

For Michael Behe see http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios/faculty/behe.html or http://www.darwinordesign.org.uk/

For Keith Fox see http://www.cis.org.uk/resources/interviews/keith-fox and for the CIS conference 2010 http://www.cis.org.uk/

For more debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 20 Mar 2010 - Expelled" live audience debate at Imperial College London - Susan Blackmore, Steve Fuller, Keith Fox & Alastair Noble

Unbelievable? 16 Jan 2010 - "Expelled" the Movie - Intelligent Design theorist Stephen Meyer vs. Atheist scientist Peter Atkins debate Intelligent Design

Unbelievable? 2 Jan 2010 - Is there design in biology? Intelligent Design proponent William Dembski vs. Biology Professor Lewis Wolpert

Join in the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

Sceptical Bible scholar Bart Ehrman's latest book "Forged" claims that many of the writings of the New Testament are falsely attributed to apostles such as Peter and Paul.  He claims that they were not written by them and that a deliberate deception was taking place.

Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary responds, saying that the case for forgery is not as conclusive as Bart claims.

They examine the evidence for whether 1 and 2 Peter were written by Peter as well as letters attributed to Paul such as Ephesians and 2 Thessolonians.

For Ehrman & "Forged" http://www.bartdehrman.com/

For Darrell Bock http://blogs.bible.org/bock

For The Ehrman Project http://ehrmanproject.com/

Also: Order Unbelievable? The Conference on DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd

Book in for the October Reasonable Faith UK Tour at http://www.premier.org.uk/craig

Unbelievable? 3 Jan 2009 "Misquoting Jesus" Ehrman & Williams Bart Ehrman & Peter Williams - "Misquoting Jesus: Do we have the original writings of the New Testament?"

Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Is the doctrine of the Trinity to be found in the Bible?  Was Jesus really "of one substance" with God the Father?

US Christian apologist James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries returns to defend the doctrine of the Trinity as he discusses key Old and New Testament texts with Sir Anthony Buzzard of the Restoration Fellowship.

James believes the doctrine of the Trinity is implicit and explicit at various points throughout scripture.  Anthony disagrees and claims the Doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most costly mistakes the Christian church ever made.

For James White see http://www.aomin.org/

For Anthony Buzzard see http://www.restorationfellowship.org

For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast at http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=267142101

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Unbelievable? 10 Oct 2009 - "Jesus and the God of Israel" Is the divinity of Jesus at odds with Jewish Monotheism? Richard Bauckham & James Crossley

Unbelievable? 31 Jan 2009 - Christadelphianism - what it is and how it differs from mainstream Christian faith.

To hear Justin's "Tale of Two Megachurches" documentary mentioned at the end of today's show visit http://www.premierradio.org.uk/shows/saturday/unbelievable/features.aspx

Join the debate at the "Unbelievable?" Group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

Hear the debate that took place after the "Unbelievable?" screening of Intelligent Design Film "Expelled" at Imperial College London in Feb 2010.

Against the film: Atheist Prof Susan Blackmore (Psychology, Plymouth) & Theistic evolutionist Prof Keith Fox (Biology, Southampton)

For the film: Prof Steve Fuller (Sociology, Warwick) & Dr. Alastair Noble (Former Inspector of Schools)

Panellists on both sides of the ID debate give their reactions to the film's claims that scientists are not free to question Darwinian evolution and the link the film makes between Nazi Eugenics and evolutionary theory. Followed by Q&A from the audience.

You can hear the second debate that took place in the evening at the "Features" page:

http://www.premierradio.org.uk/shows/saturday/unbelievable/features.aspx

For more Christian/non-Christian discussion shows visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievableor get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 16 Jan 2010 "Expelled" the Movie - Intelligent Design theorist Stephen Meyer vs. Atheist scientist Peter Atkins debate Intelligent Design

Unbelievable? 6 Feb 2010 - Do we need God to Do Science? Steve Fuller and Thomas Dixon debate Intelligent Design and the Dover Trial

Join the discussion at the 'Unbelievable?' Group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

A year ago the British Humanist Association launched the "Atheist Bus Campaign" declaring "There is probably no God.  Now stop worrying and enjoy your life".

Would we enjoy life and be less worried without belief in God in modern Britain?  Where do humanist values come from? What about the role of faith in school and society?  Their latest poster campaign urges that children should not be "labelled" with a faith position.

Andrew Copson Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association discusses the issues with Scottish minister and apologist David Robertson.

For the BHA see http://www.humanism.org.uk

For David Robertson see http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/davidblog

For more Christian/Non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable of get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 19 Sep 2009 - "Would Europe be better off as an atheistic or Christian society?" David Robertson, Ed Turner & Richard Morgan

Unbelievable? 2 Aug 2008 - Faith & School - do they mix? Jan Ainsworth & Andrew Copson debate.

Check out the "Unbelievable?" TV debate on "Christian Origins" that won Gold at the 2010 Christian Broadcasting Council Awards here. http://player.premier.tv//Premiertv.aspx?AssetId=23b04461-0eec-4668-bc56-b93d6df14693

Join the discussions at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries is on the show this week and next defending the Christian faith.  Today he argues the Bible is historically more reliable than the Koran.  

Adnan Rashid of the Hittin Institute argues for the Koran and criticises the transmission of Biblical writings.

How were both scriptures written and passed on?  Among other things the Koran and Bible disagree on an important event - Jesus' crucifixion.  So which should we trust?

For James White visit http://www.aomin.org/

For Adnan Rashid visit http://www.hittininstitute.com/

For more Christian and non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=267142101

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Unbelievable? 15 Nov 2008 Does the Trinity lead to polytheism? James White of Alpha & Omega ministries debates Abdullah Al Andalusi

Unbelievable? 5 Jul 2008 Which is more relevant to 21st Century Britain: Islam or Christianity?

Join the discussion at the "Unbelievable?" Group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

This week: As part of Premier Radio's coverage of National Marriage Week we look at two different Christian views of Divorce and Remarriage.

Andrew Cornes is Vicar of All Saints Crowborough.  He holds to the traditional understanding that Jesus taught divorce is only permissible for adultery, and that the Bible forbids remarriage.

David Instone-Brewer is a New Testament scholar from Tyndale House Cambridge.  He believes the church has misunderstood Jesus teaching on divorce.  He claims that Jesus was responding to "any cause" divorce - a Rabbinical view of divorce popular at the time.

They debate the Biblical and pastoral issues involved.

For David Instone-Brewer visit http://www.divorceremarriage.com

For his book "Divorce and Remarriage in the Church" (Paternoster) Click here

For Andrew Cornes visit http://www.allsaintscrowborough.org

For his book "Divorce and Remarriage: Biblical Principle and Pastoral Practise" (Christian Focus) Click here

For Christian/non Christian debate and theology visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via itunes

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Unbelievable? 8 Aug 2009 Debating doctrine: Hell - Conditional immortality vs. Eternal conscious torment - James White debates Roger and Faith Forster

Unbelievable? 3 Jan 2009 Bart Ehrman & Peter Williams - "Misquoting Jesus: Do we have the original writings of the New Testament?"

Join the discussion at the ""Unbelievable?" Group of the Premier Community. http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

Are societies better off with the influence of Christianity?  Are Christians more caring than atheists?  What role should faith play in society?

Just some of the questions explored by atheist Michael Shermer and Christian David Robertson.

Michael Shermer is president of the US Skeptics Society and Editor of its magazine "Skeptic".  He claims that there are various ways in which Christianity has had a negative influence on society and that a Christian worldview is unnecessary for living a good life.

David Robertson is pastor of St Peter's Free Church in Dundee, Scotland and author of "The Dawkins Letters".  He says that true Christianity has been a force for good and continues to empower people to live better lives.

For Michael Shermer visit http://www.michaelshermer.com

For David Robertson visit http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/

You can hear more Christian/non-Christian discussions at http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

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Unbelievable? 25 Jul 2009 - Do miracles happen today? Atheist Michael Shermer vs Christian Adrian Holloway

Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - From Atheism to Christian faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner

Join in the discussions at the "Unbelievable?" group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable