Science
20 conversations where the hosts get into science.
20 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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Abortion parallels and the uniqueness of humanity
- Is there a uniqueness in humanity that separates people from animals?
The hosts pivot from the study to its moral logic: humans are outside the food chain, so the thinning-the-herd rationale does not apply to people.
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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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Pushback: the penicillin example is weak; unexplained healings
The hosts argue the penicillin example proves nothing (nobody was praying for a petri dish; it was an accident), point to cases doctors called medically impossible (a co-host's heart condition), and ask why the author ignores healings science cannot explain.
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'Science cannot break down': faith commitments on both sides
The hosts argue that insisting science will eventually explain everything is itself a faith commitment ("the great God of time will eventually show us because science never…
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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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Humility, science, and the Harlow monkeys
- Does humility allow us to call things true while admitting we don't have it all figured out?
Ben brings up the physicist's article and pivots to a lack of humility: as science learns more, the questions it can ask change, so claiming to have everything figured out is foolish.
From No. 365 · Opportunity By Association
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Rebutting the article's selective scientism
- Who is the 'Jesus the first transgender man' article actually trying to convince?
The hosts take apart the article's logic: it accepts the miracle of the Holy Spirit causing a virgin to conceive but draws the line at the resulting child being male, applying genetics selectively.
From No. 326 · From Rib to Reality
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Pre-flood technology and Noah the cosmonaut
- What was life and technology like before Noah's flood?
Trevor notes Nebraska football's experiment with blue-light-filtering glasses to fix players' sleep, then asks the episode's signature question: what was pre-flood life and technology like -- computers, cars, internal combustion before Noah?
From No. 300 · Divided Attention
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Can magnets zap your belief in God?
- Can transcranial magnetic stimulation change belief in God and attitudes toward immigrants?
A host reads the NYT piece on Holbrook et al.'s study claiming transcranial magnetic stimulation reduced belief in God by nearly a third and softened immigration attitudes by 28.5 percent.
From No. 254 · 27 Ways to Be a Modern Man
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The atheist 10 non-commandments, part 1
- Can Christians agree with any of the atheists' 10 non-commandments?
The hosts work through the winning entries of the atheist "10 non commandments" contest (2,800 submissions, 13 judges): #1 be open-minded and alter beliefs with new evidence (they…
From No. 216 · Do Dogs Go to Heaven?
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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 eight: near-death experiences are not a proof
- Can you base your faith in God on near-death experiences?
- Why won't God heal amputees (WhyWontGodHealAmputees.com)?
The hosts read proof number eight from GodIsImaginary.com: near-death experiences are chemically explainable (ketamine reproduces them; oxygen loss is the trigger), so NDEs prove nothing.
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Steak made from human sewage
- Is the human-sewage steak a sign of the apocalypse?
The host reads the story of researcher Mitsuyuki Akira of the Okayama Laboratory developing 'steaks' from proteins extracted from human sewage at Tokyo Sewage's request.
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Ten reasons not to be a Christian, part 1: miracles and the Jesus myth
The hosts take up the first two justifications from the article. On "no scientific evidence whatsoever of any miracles": a host cites a thick book of investigated miracles (recalled as by R.T.
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Ten reasons, part 2: science vs faith, canon, and Constantine
Justifications three through five. On "science and faith are incompatible": a host argues Scripture is misread when forced to be a newspaper or a science textbook, illustrating…
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JWST article read: did the Big Bang happen?
A host reads aloud from a mindmatters.ai article titled "James Webb Space Telescope Shows Big Bang Didn't Happen?" reporting that the telescope's images of the early cosmos are…
From No. 473 · Do Something With Your Life, Gordon
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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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The robot-mosquito correction: Verily's sterile-mosquito program
Asked to produce a source, Nick Harris can't. Ben reads the actual story: Verily (a Google company) built an automated lab breeding infertile mosquitoes infected with the…
From No. 327 · Got You Under My Skin
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The Science March: faith, science, and emotion
Asked for his news items, a host says he was blindsided by the Science March and had no idea people felt science was under attack.
From No. 319 · The Adultery Survey