Still Unbelievable!

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 serie...

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: reasonpress@gmail.com 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: ht...

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_t...

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: reasonpress@gmail.com 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...

The colour difference test that Mathew mentions is here: https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-science Daniel's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvbPPOjvItMYwIpCaK-enw Contact us at reasonpress@gmail.com Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

Andrew and Matthew are joined by Chris Matheson to discuss his latest book, The Buddah's Story and upcoming film Bill and Ted face the music. We also talk about his previous book, The Story of God. Links to Chris's books and the mentioned YouTube videos are below. The Story of God: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-God-Biblical-Comedy-about-ebook/dp/B013AGFK8C/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1597221618&a...

Tony and Darren join Andrew and Matthew for part 2 of our Alpha Analysis series. In this episode we examine weeks 3 and 4, where we discuss forgiveness, the definition of faith and more. The Alpha videos for weeks 3 and 4 can be found here: https://www.htb.org/alphaonline3 https://www.htb.org/alphaonline4 Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

Joel Furches joins Andrew and Matthew to discuss his research on why Christians become atheist. Joel's document that is discussed during the episode is available here: https://hubpages.com/politics/Why-do-Christians-Become-Atheists-A-Case-Study A link in that document directs to this study: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ The Perez Valeri...

In this short monologue, Matthew gives an overview of the story of Frankenstein and asks the question, "who is the villain?". Are there any parallels that can be drawn between Frankenstein and the Christian God? Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

Darren joins Andrew and Matthew for the first in our series of episodes covering the Alpha course.  In this episode we cover the format of Alpha, the demographic of the groups that Andrew and Matthew are in, how that matches claims that in this period of lock down more people are turning to Christianity. Does Alpha make its founding church money? We also cover the first two Alpha videos, what...

Matthew hosts a conversation between returning guests Brian Blais and Jonathan McLatchie to further the conversation on why Jonathan is confident that the resurrection of Jesus can be accepted as an historical event. The conversation goes beyond that and touches on the question of should we be accepting of personal testimony for strange single occurrence events as well as a bit of biology. See bel...

Matthew and Andrew and joined by Sam and David who find themselves questioning their faith and are planning to podcast about their journey. Listen to hear more about what it takes for Christians to question the foundation of their faith, why they find themselves in that situation and the positives that they take out from the situation. This is an honest dialogue with no ulterior motives. For more...

In this solo episode Matthew reviews the conversations that Justin Brierley had with William Lane Craig, John Lennox and Becky Pippert discussing COVID-19, suffering and how the Christian God fits into this time of high uncertainty. Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

Following his appearance on Unbelievable? with friend of the show David from the Skeptics and Seekers podcast, Jonathan McLatchie joins Andrew and Matthew to explain why he accepts the resurrection of Jesus as fact and to expand a bit on his usage of Bayes and his Cumulative approach to evidence. Jonathan can be found at: http://apologetics-academy.org/ Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcl...

Matthew is joined by returning guest Dr Clint Heacock and first time guests Kayla and Bethany to talk parenting through deconstruction. What changes when a parent leaves faith? What challenges do they face? and what do they do better? Growing up Godless: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/biblio/200774666 The Deconstructing Parent:   https://cindywangbrandt.com/for-the-deconstructing-parent/ Deconstructe...

In this episode, Matthew is joined by Teddi, who has some questions after his appearance on Skeptics and Seekers talking about why people leave Christianity. Listen to Skeptics and Seekers here: https://anchor.fm/skeptics-and-seekers Our theme music is by Holly: https://soundcloud.com/holly-bishop

Andrew and Matthew are joined by Dr Clint Heacock from the Mindshift podcast to talk about an article he wrote listing many reasons why people leave the Church. This is part of a series of podcasts and episodes we are involved in on why people leave Christianity. Clint's article can be found here: https://medium.com/@clintheacock/what-happens-after-people-leave-the-church-951db55300a0 More about C...

REV Steve Chalke MBE is founder of the Oasis Trust. He joins Andrew and Matthew to talk about his life and goals, what motivates him and what it means for him to be a Christian. Steve's compassion comes across very strongly in this conversation. To learn more about Oasis and Steve's latest book, The Lost Message of Paul, visit these links. https://www.oasisuk.org/ , https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07...

In this episode, Andrew and Matthew announce their new podcast project and what that means for this podcast and for ReasonPress. Please join us at Proscenium and also let us have feedback on our plans and what you think.

Andrew and Matthew and joined by friend of the podcast, Dave The Graceful Atheist, to talk about a recent episode of Unbelievable? We talk about evolution, genesis, consciousness, intelligence, Humans and Neanderthals, apologetic arguments, theodicy and Mac vs Windows. 

This episode contains swearing and laughing! Andrew and Matthew are joined by Keith, to discuss Ken Ham's appearance on the Unbelievable? podcast on September 21st 2019. We are all former YECs and we disagree with Ken Ham on many things, especially when it comes to what science says and why it is more reliable and trustworthy than the bible and that YECism is what is driving people away from the c...

Professor Philip Goff joins Matthew and Andrew to discuss his approach to Christianity -- Religious Fictionalism. Along with an early discussion about the nature of reality, Matthew and Andrew talk with Philip about whether one needs to adopt Christianity as true to benefit from its teachings. Philip makes a compelling case for accepting the good in religion through understanding its metaphors, sy...

Andrew and Matthew chat with Dave Warnock about valuing the life we live as atheists and how it compares to how Christianity values life. Dave is facing a terminal diagnosis and during this conversation we all have a laugh, and a cry. Dave has appeared on multiple podcasts on his Dying Out Loud tour. Including a separate conversation with Matthew at Ask An Atheist Anything. Join us for some irreve...

At a recent Unbelievable? conference, Glen Scrivener recited a poem he wrote depicting a fictional conversation with a young atheist. The Unbelievable! Poem is a poem is written in a similar style depicting a fictional online conversation with a Christian. Glen's poem can be read here:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ex8GvfVysyZW4qde6WT83anCr9qQYSgwipUGJCe4jXo/edit  

Recently BBC assistant producer Damon Rosehas created a dust up around Christians asking to heal the disabled. Damon is blind himself and knows a bit about the subject having attended a school for the blind as a youth. To explore Christian disability doctrine and his own views as an atheist, he has written articles and produced a documentary. His work prompted Justin Brierley to invite him to Unbe...