Doubts Aloud Podcast
1) Episode 94 - Atheist Prayer Part 2 - with Prof Tim Mawson
Show NotesIn episode 92 we explained the idea of Atheist Prayer and introduced a philosophy paper on it by Oxford prof Tim Mawson. This episode Tim is our guest. We discuss the “Atheist Prayer Experi...Show More
2) Episode 93 - Luke Wilson and the practice of ‘Conversion Therapy’
Show NotesWe welcome Dr Lucas Wilson (also known as Luke), he’s an academic and has both studied and experienced the practice of Conversion Therapy. The idea behind such therapy is that sexual orient...Show More
3) Episode 92 - Atheist Prayer Part 1 – yes it is a thing
Show NotesYes, atheist prayer is a thing! We explain the idea and introduce a philosophy paper on it by Oxford prof Tim Mawson. The paper gave rise to the “Atheist Prayer Experiment” which Justin Brie...Show More
4) Episode 91 - The Council of God, Sons of God and a Pantheon
Show NotesAndrew leads us through the development in the Hebrew scriptures regarding how other Gods/gods alongside Yahweh were understood. Initially Yahweh was seen as Israel’s God within a Henotheis...Show More
5) Episode 90 - Natural suffering and Is God lying in the bible
Show NotesLast episode we discussed apparently poor design within the Intelligent Design argument. It led into assessing whether the Fall is a good explanation for poor design and hence natural suffe...Show More
6) Episode 89 - Poor Design or the Fall?
Show NotesIn recent episodes we have discussed Design Arguments and Intelligent Design. Here we cover another chapter from the 50 Arguments for Faith book which explains the apparent suboptimal Design...Show More
7) Episode 88 - Sky Dive Phil and the Science of Fine Tuning
Show NotesWe looked at Design Arguments in our Episodes 82 & 85 but avoided diving deep into Fine Tuning, waiting for our discussion with Phil. It was worth it! We covered questions such as what are t...Show More
8) Episode 87 - Behind the Gospels with John Nelson
Show NotesWe welcome again our great friend John Nelson as our guest. John has started an excellent academic blog, “Behind the Gospels”, which we discuss at length. We cover individual issues that Joh...Show More
9) Episode 86 - Thinking about Heaven with guest Jim Paul
Show NotesWe welcome a new guest Jim Paul, a Christian thinker from the UK L’Abri community. He introduces us to a view of Heaven which is in contrast to the familiar ethereal heaven in our culture. ...Show More
10) Episode 85 -Design Arguments Part2
Design Arguments Part 2 Show NotesIn episode 82 we started our discussion on Design Arguments and got up to the start of the 19thC. Later in that century the argument was turned on its head by Darwin...Show More