Unbelievable?

Presented by Ruth Jackson

Every Saturday from 6pm - 7pm

Unbelievable? 30 Jul 2011 - Does Religion make people kill?

23 Jun 2014
01:20:17

On Fri 22 July 2011 tragedy struck Norway as Anders Breivik detonated a bomb in Oslo and shot dozens of people ont he island of Utoya. Soon afterwards news media were referring to Breivik as a "Christian fundamentalist"  But was he a Christ...

Unbelievable? 23 Jul 2011 - Is there justification for abortion?

23 Jun 2014
01:19:48

Recent statistics on abortion in the UK saw just under 190,000 abortions in 2010.  Figures were also released for late abortions carried out because of physical and mental disability. Dr. Wendy Savage of Doctors For A Woman's Choice On Abortion has ....

Unbelievable? 9 Jul 2011 - Grill a Christian round 4

23 Jun 2014
01:20:38

Scottish pastor and apologist David Robertson returns for a show interacting with three UK atheist listeners of the show. "Hasn't the experience of common morality around the world shown that we have no need of a divine law giver?" asks Jim...

Unbelievable? 16 Jul 2011 - Debating Nazi Ideology

23 Jun 2014
01:20:45

Richard Weikart is a Christian and professor of History at California State University. He has drawn controversial conclusions regarding the role of Darwinism in providing a rationale for Hitler's Nazi ideology. Hector Avalos is an atheist and Profe....

Unbelievable? 5 Jul 2011 - William Lane Craig vs AC Grayling debate on God & Evil

23 Jun 2014
01:54:15

William Lane Craig & AC Grayling debated at the Oxford Union in 2005.  Does the existence of evil and suffering in the world preclude the existence of the Christian God? Book for the UK Reasonable Faith Tour 2011 Info at http://www.bethinking.org...

Unbelievable? 25 Jun 2011 - Atheist delusions - David Bentley Hart vs Terry Sanderson

23 Jun 2014
01:20:24

Many new atheist writers have claimed that a new age of enlightened secular rationalism has rescued Western civilisation from the stranglehold of backwards and archaic Christian influence. David Bentley Hart says those who make such claims are suffe....

Unbelievable? 18 Jun 2011 - Is a secular society a more tolerant one?

23 Jun 2014
01:20:30

This week we air a debate that recently took place on whether Britain's increasingly secular society is thereby a more tolerant one.  Does secularisation bring a level playing field for everyone, or are Christians now being marginalised for their be....

Unbelievable? 11 Jun 2011 - Unbelievable? the Conference

23 Jun 2014
01:21:34

"Unbelievable? The Conference" is available now on DVD - http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd Justin introduces two elements of the conference. Professor John Lennox, Scientist and Christian apologist gave the opening address "What are we apo...

Unbelievable? 4 Jun 2011 - Making the resurrection add up

23 Jun 2014
01:19:56

"The Easter Challenge" is regularly issued by atheists and sceptics.  Can Christians provide a coherent account the events of the resurrection of Jesus that harmonises the apparent differences between the four Gospel accounts? Jay Smith is...

Unbelievable? 28 May 2011 - Can Christian morality inform secular society?

23 Jun 2014
01:20:24

Lord Richard Harries is a life peer in the British House of Lords and the former Bishop of Oxford.  His book "The Re-enchantment of Morality" has been shortlisted for this year's Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing. He argues that...

Unbelievable? 21 May 2011 - Is the Bible Unbelievable?

23 Jun 2014
01:20:46

Former Methodist minister turned atheist Leslie Scrace stopped reading the Bible after he lost his faith.  20 years later he read it again and wrote a book-by-book account of how he views it as an atheist called "An Unbelievers Guide to the Bibl...

Unbelievable? 14 May 2011 - Should women be church leaders?

23 Jun 2014
01:19:17

In 1995 the Church of England allowed the ordination of Women priests.  But the question of whether the Bible forbids female authority in the church remains. Christina Rees serves on the Archbishop's Council and the General Synod.  She advocates for....

Unbelievable? 7 May 2011 - Was Osama Bin Laden the true face of Islam?

23 Jun 2014
01:20:45

With the death of Osama Bin Laden we ask "Did Bin Laden represent the true face of Islam"   Radical Islamist Anjem Choudary who has frequently praised Bin Laden and Al Queada for their acts of terror, joins the discussion.  He says Osama wa...

Unbelievable? 30 Apr 2011 - Emerging Church Debate - Brian McLaren & James White

23 Jun 2014
01:20:31

Brian McLaren is an author, theologian and church leader. He is at the forefront of the "emerging church" and his books such as "A new Kind of Christian" and "A Generous Orthodoxy" have been influential in the moevement...

Unbelievable? 9 Apr 2011 - Is God a Moral Monster? Paul Copan & Norman Bacrac

23 Jun 2014
01:20:06

Richard Dawkins describes the Old Testament God as "a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser" (among other things).  Paul Copan is a Christian apologist and has written a book aiming to show why God's actions in the Old Testament are not...

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