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This episode of Still Unbelievable! is a replay of an old episode of Ask and Atheist Anything, where Andrew and Matthew have a conversation with David, from skeptics and seekers, about polemicism. If you've followed us since those early days, you will have already heard this conversation. We think it is still relevant and this is why it's now being added to the Still Unbelievable! feed. To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

In this Episode Matthew reviews a conversation between Christians as they discuss terminal cancer diagnosis. The original broadcast was on Unbelievable! in March 2024, see link below. The original YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p146mw5AuQ4&t=6s featuring Steve Legg and Allan Finnegan ---- To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

In this episode Matthew reviews an episode of Frank Turek's Cross Examined podcast, where he and Dr. Titus Kennedy discuss discoveries about Jesus that are outside of the biblical texts. 1) the original podcast episode https://crossexamined.org/the-top-20-discoveries-about-jesus-outside-the-bible/ 2) Biola University statement of faith https://www.biola.edu/about/theological-positions 3) Birthplace of Jesus https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3212-beth-lehem-judah https://theconversation.com/bethlehem-and-beyond-how-christianitys-earliest-sites-were-identified-151719 https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433 4) Celsus on the Virgin Birth https://jamesbishopblog.com/2020/06/23/greek-philsopher-celsus-on-the-historical-jesus/ https://www.bluffton.edu/courses/humanities/1/celsus.htm#:~:text=%5BCelsus%5D%20accuses%20%5BJesus%5D%20of%20having%20%22%20invented%20his,by%20means%20of%20these%20proclaimed%20himself%20a%20God. 5) Herod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Episode 112 - Sy Garte says Science is not Enough In this episode Matthew reviews a conversion story from the podcast Side B Stories, the episode features the scientist Dr Sy Garte. Dr Garte has written a book called Science and Faith in Harmony so Matthew examines Dr Garte's testimony to see where science features in the story. 1) Dr Garte on the Side B stories podcast https://sidebstories.com/podcast/science-is-not-enough-dr-sy-gartes-story/ 2) Dr Garte's website https://sygarte.com/ Review of another book by St Garte https://www.equip.org/articles/journey-to-the-bottom-of-the-glass-a-review-of-the-works-of-his-hands-a-scientists-journey-from-atheism-to-faith-by-sy-garte/ 3) My conversations with Mike D'Virgilio on the Unbelievable? and Still Unbelievable! podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foThkxnpHFY&t=2s https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/episodes/Episode-93---Mike-DVirgilio---Is-the-Bible-Uninvented-e20nu67 To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com

Episode 111 - The Deconversion of Jake Matthew interviews Jake about his deconversion from Christianity. links to feed your curiosity...... That Bill Nye - Ken Ham debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kgvhG3AkI YouTube channels to start with https://www.youtube.com/@skydivephil https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalGnosis https://www.youtube.com/@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic https://www.youtube.com/c/gutsickgibbon To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

Episode 110 - Guns In this episode, Andrew and Matthew have a conversation with listener James about guns. Discussion on the second amendment and the right to bear arms - https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/2nd-amendment Supreme court McDonald decision - https://www.britannica.com/event/McDonald-v-City-of-Chicago - guns and violent crime (data and commentary might differ) https://fee.org/articles/guns-prevent-thousands-of-crimes-every-day-research-show/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/ https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/debunking-myths-about-gun-violence https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/06/andy-biggs/no-government-data-does-not-say-defensive-gun-use-/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fbi-misleads-americans-about-how-often-armed-citizens-stop-active-shooters-gun-violence-expert-claims/ar-AA1g3NSQ https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense - going postal phrase https:

In this episode Matthew reviews a Creationist podcast that gives tips on how to debate evolution with an atheist. The podcast is from the Think Institute, by Joel Settecase, who is a Young Earth Creationist. We reviewed Joel's justification of this position back in Episode 80. In this episode, Joel has conversations with atheists with the intention of picking holes in evolution. There is some low quality dialogue in the exchanges, so Matthew will also be criticising things that are said to Joel, this won't be a one sided critique. 1) https://thethink.institute/ 2) Episode 80 https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Ra7ULmbZ2Eb 3) https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/22-how-to-debate-evolution-with-an-atheist/id1462722483?i=1000582330068 4) EAAN: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_argument_against_naturalism 5) EAAN Refuted https://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2012/12/plantingas-evolutionary-argument.html 6) https://humanorigins.si.edu/education/how-do-we-know/how-do-we-know-humans-are-primates 7) https:/

This is an episode we genuinely looked forward to recording. Andrew and Matthew talk with Derek Kubilus, author of the book Holy Hell, A Case Against Eternal Damnation. Derek is genuinely compassionate and that comes across in his writing. His acknowledgment of the harm that hell theology causes and his case against it presents a god that many will find more palatable or even attractive. If hell doctrine is something that bothers you or even if you only have a passing interesting in hell, then we highly recommend reading his book, it has the power the heal wounds. If you enjoy this conversation, Derek has also appeared on the Deconstructionists podcast. Derek Kubilus https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802883179/ Derek on The Deconstructionists podcast part 1 and 2 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/derek-kubilus-holy-hell-a-case-against-eternal/id1080170463?i=1000633172265 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/derek-kubilus-holy-hell-a-case-against-eternal/id1080170463?i=1000633945184 Terry Eagleton - Cult

Episode 107 - Stories and Legends In this episode Andrew and Matthew are joined by David from Skeptics and Seekers to talk stories and legends. There is hilarity and seriousness, legends and even demons! Enjoy. Exploring The Allegedly Grisly Meaning Behind ‘London Bridge Is Falling Down’ https://allthatsinteresting.com/london-bridge-is-falling-down-meaning The legend of St David and St Non St David is patron saint of Wales and St Non is his mother. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/St-David-Patron-Saint-of-Wales/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David https://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/discover/history/St-Non https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/23393540.history-look-life-st-non-mother-st-david/ https://woww.narberthmuseum.co.uk/st-non/ Gelert the saviour dog https://www.beddgelerttourism.com/gelert/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-legend-of-brave-Gelert/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelert show me the toes https://showmethetoes.com/ To contact us

Matthew reviews an episode of Unbelievable from October 2021. A promo for the Premier Christianity course Confident Christianity featuring William Lane Craig, John Lennox, Amy Orr-Ewing and Gary Habermas. As usual, there are references below. 1) Unbelievable podcast - Confident Christianity October 1st 2012 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confident-christianity-john-lennox-amy-orr-ewing-william/id267142101?i=1000537264086 2) Callumn Brown, death of Christian Britain https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203350423/death-christian-britain-callum-brown https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/236 3) Language Truth and Logic https://archive.org/details/AlfredAyer 4) Verification https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/160940690200100202 5) Tim Hull https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/eFA0I31BLCb 6) God and other minds https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/plantinga-gom.pdf 7) The Metaphilosophy of Naturalism https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271322119_The_Meta

Episode 105 - Questions to engage an Agnostic Atheist In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew goes through a podcast from Stand to Reason. The show is hosted by Amy Hall and Greg Koukl. The specific episode being addressed is one where they give questions to ask someone who says they're agnostic atheist. This is a label we're happy to apply to ourselves. So it is only fair to engage with the questions they suggest. Lets see what they say. 1) https://www.str.org/w/-strask-what-questions-would-you-ask-to-engage-an-agnostic-atheist- 2) Michael Shermer https://michaelshermer.com/articles/are-you-an-atheist-or-agnostic/ 3) Agnostic https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/agnostic 4) Doug Geivett https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/douglas-geivett https://douggeivett.wordpress.com/about/ 5) Atheist https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/atheist 6) https://www.str.org/w/do-atheists-lack-belief-in-god- To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written

Episode 104 - Can Christians convince us of the resurrection? In this episode Matthew responds to a Christian podcast addressing atheist arguments against the resurrection. Can the things they say get us to reconsider our denial of the resurrection as an historical event? Original YouTube video 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxsonUSCKcc Paulogia on YouTube 2) https://www.youtube.com/@Paulogia 3) Seam McDowell video https://youtu.be/elXMJoJA3cQ 4) Sean McDowell 480 page document on martyrdom on the apostles https://repository.sbts.edu/handle/10392/4857 https://repository.sbts.edu/bitstream/handle/10392/4857/McDowell_sbts_0207D_10221.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 5) Polycarp https://www.britannica.com/topic/Martyrdom-of-Polycarp https://discerninghistory.com/2016/01/polycarp-the-man-the-flames-would-not-touch/ 6) Gospel names https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Gospels/ 7) Brant Pitre is classic apologist https://vridar.org/2016/02/09/why-the-anonymous-gospels-failure-of-scholarship-in-pitres-the-case-

Andrew and Matthew have a conversation with Daniel, a Palestinian Christian. An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-from-palestinian-christians-to-western-church-leaders-and-theologians Daniel on the New Evangelicals podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CeHsj52D0tqgda0kJBpuS Across the Divide Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/across-the-divide/id1714814860 https://open.spotify.com/show/5PrVCyafdQdh8Jpz5gZNyR A fitting metaphor for Gaza https://www.dawn.com/news/1787145 Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/14/gaza-israels-open-air-prison-15 Half of Gaza's population is under 18. Here's what that means for the conflict https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1206897328/half-of-gazas-population-is-under-18-heres-what-that-means-for-the-conflict#:~:text=Of%20the%20more%20than%202%20million%20people%20living,bracing%20for%20an%20Israeli%20ground%20invasion%20are%20children.

In this second episode, Andrew and Matthew continue their discussion with Eric, this time talking about the current conflict in Gaza and the modern history that contextualises it. Profile: Mahmoud Abbas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20033995 Hamas Covenant 1988 The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp The story about beheaded babies is probably false. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/decapitated-babies-claim-intent-dehumanization.html The hospital bombing was probably not Israel and the number of casualties is likely overstated https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67144061 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/21/middleeast/cnn-investigates-forensic-analysis-gaza-hospital-blast/index.html Hamas takes control of Gaza - 2007 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/15/israel4 What is a human shield and how has Hamas been accused of using them? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/human-shield-israel-claim-hama

In this special bonus Episode, Andrew and Matthew welcome Eric to talk about the history of Israel. History of Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel History of Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_State_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_name_Palestine British Mandate on Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine Gaza is not friendly to the LGBT+ community https://epgn.com/2019/08/22/some-palestinians-don-t-forget-to-kill-the-homosexuals/ Dreyfus Affair https://jewishunpacked.com/what-was-the-dreyfus-affair/ Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN Sept 21, 2023. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1141237 Abraham Accords https://www.abraham-accords.uk/ https://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2020/10/23/the-abraham-accords-a-peace-deal-in-name-only/ https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-09-14/debates/7F307569-9A0D-40F0-9863-53806E19349E/AbrahamAccords https://mei.edu/publicati

In this episode Matthew chats with Stephen from Ravel podcast. Stephen admitted on a recent episode that he no longer considered himself Christian, so naturally we wanted to have a conversation with him. As it turns out, we had a fabulous one. we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Ravel Podcast https://www.instagram.com/ravelpod/ https://www.owltail.com/podcast/1AdkF-Ravel/episodes Beer Christianity https://www.beerchristianity.co.uk/ 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

This episode of Still Unbelievable is a replay of a conversation that Andrew and I had with Philip Goff and Brian Blaise. The original conversation is Episode 3 of the Proscenium podcast, if you have not already listened to that, then this episode is a conversation where we invited philosopher Philip Goff to discuss Panpsychism and his book Galileo's Error, which I recommend. We invited Brian Blaise to join the conversation because we though that Philip and Brian would have a conversation worth listening to. I think you'll find we made a good call. Buy Philip's book here: https://amzn.eu/d/03FTqYs Brian's response to Philip's 'black and white Mary' thought experience can be read here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2crwv2jcv0b33hr/Response%20to%20Goff%20on%20Black%20and%20White%20Mary.pdf?dl=0 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://h

In this Episode of Still Unbelivceable! Andrew and Matthew chat with Christian listener, William Gretton, who contacted us proposing a conversation. As a result we had a genuinely enjoyable discussion. Of course we didn't agree on everything. But we did agree with grace and William showed us that it is possible to have these conversations and to part with a respect and liking for our fellow humans. May we all have more of these. Matthew's music video appearance: Green Brick Pub https://youtu.be/FO7acv-4abw William's book: No Deals Mr President https://amzn.eu/d/as9XEua William's Granddaughter is also an author (and a former Olympic Swimmer). To read Ellie's book, follow this link. https://amzn.eu/d/0nyUb7s Matthew on the Unbelievable? podcast with Mike D'Virgilio https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/uninvented-are-the-stories-of-jesus-too-unusual-to/id267142101?i=1000597920064 https://youtu.be/foThkxnpHFY To contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.com Our Theme Music was written for

Episode 100 - One hundred episodes of hate. To celebrate Still Unbelievable! reaching 100 episodes over four years, Andrew and Matthew invite Clint and Darren to chat about why they do what they do and to address the very specific accusation that they hate Christians. The BITE model of control https://www.alittlebithuman.com/the-bite-model-of-cult-mind-control-explained/ Clint's Mindshift Podcast https://mindshiftpodcast.co.uk/ I was a Teenage Fundamentalist Podcast https://www.iwasateenagefundamentalist.com/podcast/ 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

in this episode of Still Unbelievable Matthew is joined by David from Skeptics and Seekers to interview Heather Wells, author of the book Trustworthy, a Journey from American Christianity to Freedom. Heather writes powerfully about her life experience and that comes across as David and I describe our reactions to her book. Heather has also been interviewed by David, the Graceful Atheist, see the show notes for a link to that episode and for other links to resources helpful to the those journeying away from Christianity. Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trustworthy-Journey-American-Christianity-Freedom-ebook/dp/B0BD18FZ12 https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/trustworthy-a-journey-from-american-christianity-to-freedom https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1319756 Heather on the Graceful Atheist podcast: https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/11/06/heather-wells-trustworthy/ Recovering From Religion https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ Journey Free https://www.journeyfree.org/ Janice Selbie https://twit