Still Unbelievable!

Andrew and Matthew welcome Young Earth Creationist, Ben, to discuss what it means to be a YEC and why Ben is convinced it's the correct conclusion. Additional Links provided by Ben after editing completed: Chicxulub (Yucatan site): Clarey, T. L. 2017. Do the Data Support a Large Meteorite Impact at Chicxulub? Answers Research Journal. 10: 71-88. https://answersresearchjournal.org/large-meteorite-i...

Episode 85: 7 Questions for Atheists by Dr Michael Brown This is Matthew and in this episode of Still Unbelievable! Andrew and I are joined by friends who are repeat guests to answer questions for Atheists by Dr Michael Brown. To see his list of questions, see link 1 in the show notes. As part of our response to the first question, Andrew gives a couple of resources for those struggling with relig...

Episode 84 Miracles. We welcome returning guest Brian Blais to talk about miracles. Andrew gives an update on the failed prayer to heal his eyesight, and towards the end of the show, she have a special appearance by David from Skeptics and Seekers. For further discussion regarding the shoe on the roof NDE story that we raise and Gary Habermas likes to promote see the digital gnosis youtube video i...

Andrew and Matthew discuss and review a Christian podcast talking about the Minimal Facts claims for the resurrection. Original Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYbzPdROPUY Critique of the Criterion of embarrassment: 1) https://skepticink.com/humesapprentice/2014/08/21/the-criterion-of-embarrassment/ 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT3hdI5Peo4&t=1136s 3) https://www.routledge.com/Oral-...

Matthew reviews episode 94 of When Belief Dies, in which they interview John Lennox Episode 94 of When Belief Dies 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF6JySDwrHQ 2) https://open.spotify.com/show/5nUeWwl36pBXpPSXFsP5R0 Dawkins on scientism 3) https://unherd.com/thepost/richard-dawkins-scientism-is-a-dirty-word/ 4) https://terebess.hu/keletkultinfo/The_Blind_Watchmaker.pdf Review of Nagel's book 5)...

Matthew has a conversation with Pauline, a UK resident of French descent. In this episode we cover Christianity in France, France's challenges in maintaining a secular society, difficulties in the UK Evangelical church, and poor mental health. UK Exvangelical Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2218653308373098 New Frontiers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfrontiers Terry Virgo: http...

In this episode, Matthew picks apart a podcast where a Christian justifies why they are a Young Earth Creationist. 1: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/worldview-legacy/9-why-i-am-a-young-earth--4HLGsCO95w/ 2: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/episodes/Episode-19-YEC-is-not-only-wrong--its-dangerous-e5lbto 3: https://biologos.org/series/science-and-the-bible/articles/theistic-evolution-histo...

In this episode, Matthew reviews a podcast where Christians give their take on about how to talk to an atheist. Unapologetic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8FlPrP3OM Dealing With Deconstruction YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DealingWithDeconstruction 1) Mental Health awareness https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week To contact us, email: reasonp...

Matthew has a chat with the Tall Friendly Atheist Dad. The Tall Friendly Atheist Dad Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-tall-friendly-atheist-dad-podcast-the-MZFjCa6HNxi/ Let's Save The Governor-General! https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lets-save-the-governor-general-save-general-vREYh2GUDwp/ Wrestling With Atheism: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/wrestling-with-atheism-wre...

Matthew addresses an episode of Unbelievable? where New Testament scholars Dale Allison and Justin Bass discuss their different approaches to the evidence for Jesus' resurrection. 1) https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Is-there-historical-evidence-for-the-bodily-resurrection-of-Jesus-Justin-Bass-Dale-Allison 2) https://www.ptsem.edu/people/dale-c...

Andrew and Matthew discus the main 6 minimal facts, made popular by Gary Habermas, and ask themselves if these facts move them closer to accepting the resurrection of Jesus, and if not, why not! Sceptical source: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Minimal_facts_argument Christian Sources: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=sod_fac_pubs https://ses.edu/minima...

Matthew examines the claims of Casey Luskin on a recent episode of the Unbelievable? podcast. Casey Luskin: 1) https://www.discovery.org/p/luskin/ Adam Shapiro 2) https://www.americanscientist.org/author/adam_shapiro 3) https://www.discovery.org/b/comprehensive-guide-to-science-and-faith/ Extreme functional sensitivity to conservative amino acid changes on enzyme exteriors 4) https://doi.org/10.10...

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 Un...

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=ykFAxEkgv...

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.yo...

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 v...

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 beli...

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 To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below: https://hollykirstens...

Matthew draws attention to how Hamilton can show what God's love looks like. To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below: https://hollykirstensongs.com/ https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

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%20...

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-Aborti...

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 G...

David from Skeptics and Seekers joins Andrew and Matthew to dissect 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/ Pew research, for each person who moves to Christianity 4 are leaving: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/13/a-closer-look-at-americas-rapidly-growi...

Braxton Hunter has done another 10 questions, in this Episode Andrew and Matthew review and answer the questions. Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXhWIMT_9r8 Links: - Contingency Argument https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/heyj.13916 - the Cosmological Argument https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/ - Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

Andrew and Matthew invite Mark Clark on for a conversation about his latest book, The Problem of Jesus. Andrew was unable to make this recording, so we invited David from Skeptics and Seekers to join Matthew in hosting Mark. We have a fascinating conversation about Mark, his work as a pastor and what drove him to write his books. Find out more about Mark here: http://www.pastormarkclark.com/...