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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/publications/two-pillars-abraham-accords The 2002 Arab Peace Initiative https://israeled.org/resources/documents/2002-arab-peace-initiative/ US ambassador Phillip Lader on BBC question time 2001-09-13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6fsC9mOyU Animated History of the Israel Palestine conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m19F4IHTVGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYZjOuUnlU Animated History of the Jews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIYHMdOr5Aw A Brief History of Palestine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DadVT2Ux_4 A longer History of Palestine (which tells a different perspective to the video above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUCeQt8zg5o Merneptah Stele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merneptah_Stele The Origins of the Ancient Israelite States https://vdoc.pub/documents/the-origins-of-the-ancient-israelite-states-jsot-supplement-series-7dm6fak708e0 Tel Dan stele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Dan_stele Maccabean Revolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan Bar Kokhba Revolt https://www.britannica.com/event/Bar-Kokhba-Revolt How Christian Europe created anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/how-christian-europe-created-anti-semitism-in-the-middle-ages/47800164 The Shock of the Black Death https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/persecution-and-toleration/shock-of-the-black-death/F8E3957BC21A02DA40E0DDEB50696D77 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian spy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/02/25/ion-mihai-pacepa-romanian-spy-star-defector-revealed-sordid/ Israel and Gaza maps: How the borders have changed throughout history and where Palestinians live https://inews.co.uk/news/world/israel-gaza-maps-borders-changed-history-where-palestinians-live-2690900 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-54116567 PLO History https://remix.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/plo.html http://palestineun.org/about-palestine/palestine-liberation-organization/ Hajj Amin al-Husayni meets Hitler https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/film/hajj-amin-al-husayni-meets-hitler https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-wartime-propagandist Operation Barbarossa https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-operation-barbarossa The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders http://www.faculty.umb.edu/lawrence_blum/courses/290h_09/readings/klee_pushed_to_their_psychological_limits.pdf Himmler visits Minsk https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/einsatzgruppen/himmlervisitsminsk.html Allied forces knew about Holocaust two years before discovery of concentration camps https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/holocaust-allied-forces-knew-before-concentration-camp-discovery-us-uk-soviets-secret-documents-a7688036.html Ask Project YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@CoreyGilShusterAskProject --- 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: 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 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 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: 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://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: 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 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: 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 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: 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

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: 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

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: 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

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 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 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-for-jesus/ https://vridar.org/2016/03/08/the-arguments-for-and-against-the-anonymity-of-the-canonical-gospels/ https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Gospels/ https://jameshiscoxblogs.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/apologetics-vs-real-scholarship-on-the-dating-and-authorship-of-the-gospels/ http://www.humanreligions.info/gospels.html#Anon https://brill.com/view/journals/nt/50/2/article-p120_2.xml 8) Origen https://brill.com/view/journals/scri/12/1/article-p181_11.xml?language=en 9) Swoon Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_hypothesis 10) Miracle of the sun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun 11) Martyrs deaths http://www.equip.org/PDF/JAF1392.pdf 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 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://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/still-unbelievable/message

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 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 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://twitter.com/Wise_counsellor https://www.religioustraumaconference.org/ 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

Bart Ehrman https://www.bartehrman.com/ Armageddon on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=bart+ehrman+armageddon&adgrpid=1184175078655947&hvadid=74011170480282&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69110&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-74011193619739%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=11904_2290925&tag=mh0a9-21&ref=pd_sl_215yrdn1k9_e Olivet Discourse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivet_Discourse Preterism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterism Bart Ehrman on the Graceful Atheist podcast https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/04/09/bart-d-ehrman-armageddon/ Bart Ehrman on I was a Teenage Fundamentalist https://iwasateenagefundamentalist.podbean.com/e/074-armageddon-isn-t-coming-with-bart-ehrman/ 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 Andrew and Matthew are joined by David and Michael, two of our fellow authors from Still Unbelievable! the book. We spent 3 hours going through the listener comments from my appearance on Unbelievable? where I conversed with Mike D'Virgilio about his book, Uninvented. This episode goes very long, and we have a good time picking apart the variety of comments, there is laughter and there is frustration. Various resources are mentioned and as always, the links are in the show notes. Matthew on Unbelievable? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foThkxnpHFY&t=4117s Unbelievable? podcasts https://www.premierchristianity.com/podcasts/unbelievable Matthew talking Miracles with David on Skeptics and Seekers https://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/blog-1/4s-s2e3-miracles https://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/ Read Still Unbelievable! for free https://www.reasonpress.net/SU1E/Introduction Israel Finkelstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Finkelstein Rank–Raglan mythotype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank%E2%80%93Raglan_mythotype What Happened In A.D. 70? The Destruction of Jerusalem https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-D-Destruction-Jerusalem/dp/193284404X Matthew Talking about Miracles on Skeptics and Seekers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiLK1Oi_TCw Derren Brown on Unbelievable? https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-zdf8x-153b78 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-4ew3m-63245d https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dihn7-63245e 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, Matthew makes reference to an incident where he misquotes Jonathan. The original YoutTube conversation is at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdcd3lTmv9c&t=1s The Still Unbelievable! episode of the audio is available at: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/WJi4zgDaezb The segment where I misquoted Jonathan is in my intro where I make reference to millions of years for a specific mutation to arise. The Audio from Jonathan that is being referenced is at 49m though 53m. I think what I did was during my research following the episode I mixed up the ape and the whale examples that Jonathan references and that mental mixup resulted in an innacurate representation. As stated in this episode, Jonathan was very gracious in his response to me on that. Alpha video 2: Who is Jesus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTnSMNtE44 New Testament manuscripts compared with those of other ancient texts https://truthfaithandreason.com/case-making-101-how-does-the-bible-compare-to-other-ancient-documents/ https://carm.org/about-the-bible/manuscript-evidence-for-superior-new-testament-reliability/ https://reformedwiki.com/bible-ancient-texts-voddie Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism https://www.amazon.co.uk/Myths-Mistakes-Testament-Textual-Criticism/dp/0830852573 F. F. Bruce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._F._Bruce 300 Prophesies fulfilled by Jesus https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2020/7/20/jesus-fulfilled-over-300-prophecies#:~:text=365%20Prophecies%20Fulfilled%20by%20Jesus%20%20%20,%20%203%3A36%20%2024%20more%20rows%20 Timothy McGrew on the Arguments from Silence (I could not find a free to read version) https://philpapers.org/rec/MCGTAF-2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271972928_The_Argument_from_Silence Expulsion of Jews from Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius%27_expulsion_of_Jews_from_Rome Christian Evidence Society https://christianevidence.org/ Still Unbelievable episodes 73 and 74 on The Christian Evidence Society sessions https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/66k5ars3Czb https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/YO8gmqs3Czb Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins Controversy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/06/david-jenkins-bishop-durham-biblical-facts-fire-york-minster 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

Episode 95 Ridiculous Reasons to Believe In this short episode Matthew will be picking apart a video from Reasons to Believe that William Lane Craig posted on his twitter timeline in March 2023. The sequence is titled, Did Jesus rise from the dead? Part 1, the facts. See link 1 for the full 6.5 minute video and the additional follow on videos. There is a very simple objection to any claim about Jesus rising from the dead, and that is, all claims start from the assumption that the gospel accounts are truthfully reporting events that actually happened. We don't know this, and we can't know this, which is why starting from this position and then using this unsupportable starting point to argue for the literal resurrection of Jesus is unreasonable. 1) https://www.reasonablefaith.org/did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead 2) https://www.history.com/news/resurrection-stories-ancient-cultures 3) https://listverse.com/2013/03/30/10-resurrected-religious-figures/ 4) https://www.britannica.com/topic/textual-criticism 5) https://overviewbible.com/how-did-the-apostles-die/ 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