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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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/wiki/Mariamne_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents 6) Peter's House https://www.galaxie.com/article/bspade13-1-08#:~:text=While%20nothing%20found%20in%20the%20house%20proved%20this,pilgrims%20suggests%20they%20believed%20it%20was%20Peter%E2%80%99s%20house%21 7) rooster crowing commentary https://acts242study.com/before-the-rooster-crows/#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20the%203%20a.m.%20and,Jesus%20used%20that%20same%20phrase%20to%20describe%20it. https://rsc.byu.edu/ministry-peter-chief-apostle/accounts-peters-denial-understanding-texts-motifs https://news.ag.org/en/articles/news/2016/05/sometimes%20a%20rooster%20is%20not%20a%20rooster 8) Caiaphas Ossuary https://cojs.org/ossuary_of_the_high_priest_caiaphas-_18-36_ce/ https://www.greatarchaeology.com/Caiaphas_ossuary.php https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/burial-cave-of-the-caiaphas-family/ 9) James Ossuary https://www.antiquities.org.il/default_en.aspx https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/the-troubled-return-of-the-james-ossuary/ https://www.livescience.com/50434-jesus-family-tomb-geology.html https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2023/04/20/weighing-the-evidence-is-the-james-ossuary-authentic/ 10) Caesarea Philippi https://www.bibleplaces.com/caesarea-philippi-banias/ 11) Justin Martyr https://archive.org/details/firstapologyofju00just/page/n9/mode/2up 12) Celsus (again) https://jamesbishopblog.com/2020/06/23/greek-philsopher-celsus-on-the-historical-jesus/#:~:text=On%20Christ%E2%80%99s%20miracles%2C%20Celsus%20argues%20that%20he%20worked,miracles%20are%20just%20fables%20invented%20by%20the%20disciples. https://readingacts.com/2010/10/20/the-historical-reliability-of-jesus-miracles/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/heyj.12161 13) The Jesus Forgery: Josephus Untangled https://stellarhousepublishing.com/josephus/ 14) Sejanus https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/sejanus/ 15) Nazareth Inscription https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nazareth-inscription-origins-may-refute-ties-jesus-resurrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth_Inscription https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/new-testament-era/4658-the-nazareth-inscription-proof-of-the-resurrection-of-christ https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2021/03/19/scholars-chair-interview-dr-clyde-billington/ To contact us, email: [email protected] 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 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: [email protected] 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 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: [email protected] 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://www.vice.com/en/article/g5pabb/the-legacy-of-going-postal - New York gun laws update https://ag.ny.gov/new-york-gun-laws https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110477445/gun-applicants-social-media-accounts-new-york https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/gun-applicants-new-york-will-hand-social-accounts-rcna37251 To contact us, email: [email protected] 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 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://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13230.xml 8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium 9) https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/7/5 10) http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html To contact us, email: [email protected] 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 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 - Culture and the Death of God https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23360122-culture-and-the-death-of-god Universalism https://www.theopedia.com/universalism Derek's Heaven Buddies Sermon https://player.fm/series/the-united-methodist-church-of-uniontown/exilecast-heaven-buddies Open Theism https://iep.utm.edu/o-theism/ Devid Bentley Hart - The New Testament: A Translation https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Testament-David-Bentley-Hart/dp/0300186096?ie=UTF8&tag=mh0a9-21&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvexid={aceid}&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_7dy1f5hemb_e To contact us, email: [email protected] 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 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, email: [email protected] 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

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_Metaphilosophy_of_Naturalism 8) Sir Harry Kroto https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/02/sir-harry-kroto-nobel-prize-winning-chemist-dies-carbon 9) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/jul/04/harry-kroto-science-truth 10) Erwin Schrödinger https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger 11) ETS Walton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Walton#:~:text=Ernest%20Thomas%20Sinton%20Walton%20%286%20October%201903%20%E2%80%93,atom.%20This%20section%20needs%20additional%20citations%20for%20verification. 12) Ghillean Prance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghillean_Prance 13) George Kline Quote https://www.compellingtruth.org/scientists-believe-God.html 14) Lee Rigby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby 15) textual criticism https://www.britannica.com/topic/textual-criticism 16) Richard I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England 17) Maurice Casey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Casey 18) Alexander the Great in legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great_in_legend 19) Historiography of Alexander the Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_Alexander_the_Great To contact us, email: [email protected] 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