Evolution
9 conversations where the hosts get into evolution.
9 conversations
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Why people walk away — disappointment, ego, and the guilt argument
- What kind of moral mechanism would produce guilt if there is no God?
Nathaniel adds that many walk away quietly without announcements, which makes a host wonder what could convince a real believer otherwise.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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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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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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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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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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Banana argument, nature design, and evolution comedy
A comedy stretch on apologetics-by-nature: the hosts mock a viral video arguing for God's existence from a banana's curvature and wrapper, then riff on animal design — giraffes,…
From No. 500 · Cut and Colby-Jacked
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Article read: study frames filial cannibalism as parental care
A host reads aloud an Inverse article, 'Cannibalism Researchers Explain the Perplexing Benefit of Eating Your Kid,' on a Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution study by Hope Kluge…
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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