27 conversations
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Simeon's question: 'what made God?' and the case against scientism
- What made God? How can a being have no beginning?
Guest Simeon Clawson names his recurring faith question: what made God, and how can a mind process a being with no beginning?
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Will there be bison in heaven?
- Will there be bison (animals) in heaven?
A listener question: after arguing with a Tijuana missionary who insisted bison have no souls and won't be in heaven, Mike makes his case - God called creation good and redeems it; if only humanity is restored, then "Satan wins" on the rest.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Are UFOs and aliens real?
- Why are pastors talking about UFOs?
The docket's big question, framed by 'why are the pastors talking about the UFOs?' -- societal distrust among older Christians and conspiracy fears; ancient evidence…
From No. 532 · Murph and the End
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Ask the pastor: Ezekiel 39:17 — God telling a prophet to speak to birds and beasts
- In Ezekiel 39:17, why would God tell a prophet to speak to birds and beasts, and is there precedent for God interacting with animals this way?
Boova was struck by Ezekiel 39:17, where Ezekiel is told to speak on God's behalf to the birds and beasts, inviting them to feast on God's defeated enemies.
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God doesn't do back-alley bounty: public miracles and creation's pace
- Are there miracles where God stepped in but did not want people to know, after Jesus?
A host shares a painful story of faith healers who prayed over a friend with MS and then shamed him for lacking faith, and the room agrees this kind of story 'doesn't smell like God's glory.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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Should a creationist be barred from anchoring BBC news?
- Should a creationist be barred from anchoring the BBC's breakfast news show?
A host reads at length from a Telegraph article by Rupert Myers criticizing the BBC's choice of creationist Dan Walker to anchor its breakfast news show, comparing creationism to flat-earth belief and Holocaust denial as grounds for distrust.
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Fifty proofs, proof 37: DNA as evidence of a creator
- Does the existence and information content of DNA prove that God is imaginary?
The hosts work through proof 37 from GodIsImaginary.com, which argues DNA's information content does not prove a creator because evolution/natural selection produced it.
From No. 135 · Righteous Vendetta
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Proof 25 read-aloud: understand evolution and abiogenesis
- Does accepting evolution mean rejecting the creation story and the soul?
The hosts work through Proof 25 of the 50 proofs on GodIsImaginary.com, which argues that accepting evolution means rejecting the Genesis creation story and the soul, and that abiogenesis explains the origin of life without a supernatural being.
From No. 123 · November 19 2012
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Psychics and alien life
- What is the biblical view of psychics and of people who claim to see or hear things?
- Could alien life exist, given that Christ died here?
The hosts take up whether believers should consult psychics: stay away, they say -- looking to the future and the dead clearly violates Scripture, and experiences people have are real but demonic in source.
From No. 12 · Of Moose and Men
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Restored creation: animals, dominion, and the new Eden
The hosts work through whether animals belong in eternity: Ben argues Scripture pictures a creation God declares good and restores rather than destroys, with the lion lying down…
From No. 543 · Britches in Heaven
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Pope style, full: the man mistaken for the Pope on childlike curiosity
- Did dinosaurs exist, and can science and faith be held together?
Framing gag: a man in Minneapolis (sketching the 'pope' in downtown Des Moines) mistook Boova for the pontiff and demanded 'paper wisdom' — Boova refused to sign his Bible but agreed to the wisdom.
From No. 364 · Golden Calf Purity Rings
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Heaven over earth
Heaven-over-earth is judged the right critique: the hosts hold that eternity is a rejuvenated earth Jesus comes to rule, so 'busting out of this joint' is rough theology.
From No. 460 · 14 to 25 Mistakes From Wildin’
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Lie #6: not all beliefs are a '10'
The sixth lie: Christians are disingenuous when they claim every dogma with equal veracity. The article's author believes the 'floating zoo' happened but does not hold its details with the same lay-your-life-on-it conviction as the cross and resurrection.
From No. 225 · Seven Lies, Part Two
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Hosts rebut Proof 25 and defend creation
The hosts argue the proof is poorly constructed: its logic does not follow, 'abiogenesis' names a field of study rather than a solved answer, and lab synthesis still involves a creator doing the mixing.
From No. 123 · November 19 2012
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A Christian writers' conference — finding the Rabbit Room
- Can a Christian be an artist without putting a cross in every painting?
Ben (speaker-1) recounts taking his oldest daughter, who wants to be a writer, to a Christian writers' conference after looking for an artist community that takes faith seriously.
From No. 544 · Wisdom and Wonder
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Humility discussion: faith, science, and the Big Bang
- What does the new James Webb Space Telescope data mean for the Big Bang — and for faith-science debates?
The hosts discuss the article's lesson about humility on all sides: the study of science becoming a pseudo-faith for those who fervently believe things they cannot touch, taste,…
From No. 473 · Do Something With Your Life, Gordon
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Trending: Loch Ness Monster on Apple Maps — do monsters fit a biblical worldview?
- Where do things like monsters and dinosaurs fit in a biblical worldview?
Dan runs the trending-news quiz: a supposed Loch Ness Monster sighting on Apple Maps prompts the question of where monsters and dinosaurs fit in a biblical worldview.
From No. 186 · The Passion Rewatched
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Proof #47: irreducible complexity and the intelligent creator
- Did the complexity of life arise spontaneously, or did it require a creator?
Ben (speaker-0, named in the audio) reads proof #47 from godisimaginary.com, which claims the 'who created the creator' regress proves God is imaginary.
From No. 144 · Irreducible Complexity
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The secular tree: God speaking through secular art
A host says he can't help seeing Jesus everywhere — a secular nineties rock song about getting off drugs sounds to him like Paul going town to town preaching freedom.
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Ten reasons, part 3: Paul inventing Christianity and evolution
Justifications six and seven. On "Saint Paul invented Christianity": a host notes the awkwardness for the Christians who introduced Paul to Jesus, and another argues the claim is…
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The loss of wonder — Katherine Paterson and Charlotte's Web
Ben (speaker-1) shares the conference's keynote by Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia), now about ninety, who writes for children because they still have wonder.
From No. 544 · Wisdom and Wonder
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Locusts, isolated plagues, and the giraffe
Sign three: Saudi Arabia hit by massive locust swarms (the eighth plague). Debate follows: are isolated disasters -- a Charleston house fire, train derailments -- signs of the end times or ordinary events ('it could either be the return of Jesus or a train derailment').
From No. 532 · Murph and the End
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Humility about God and the universe
A tangent about clips Dan posted from last week's show, including a middle-ground article on the big bang, becomes a reflection on humility: approach both the existence of God and the universe's origins admitting how little anyone knows.
From No. 474 · The Details Are Super Important
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'All humanity is related to a single couple' — the New York Post study
A host reads a November 24 New York Post article on a Rockefeller University / University of Basel study (published in the journal Human Evolution) finding that all humans descend…
From No. 359 · A Bad Hombre Does Bad Things