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The Eric Metaxas Show

#43 - Seth Ward "Is Atheism Dead?"

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric sits down with filmmaker Seth Ward to preview the new "Is Atheism Dead?" streaming series and walk through why they believe modern science keeps strengthening the case for God. They unpack the Big Bang story, Einstein’s attempt to avoid the implications, the telescope discoveries that changed everything, and the fine tuning arguments that challenge a purely material view of the universe. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.📢 Sponsor: BlockTrustIRA — Smarter Crypto Investing for Your Retirement: https://www.metaxascrypto.com/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro2:34 Seth Ward Joins3:10 Why This Series Matters11:08 Did Einstein Try To Hide It?13:20 The Telescope That Changed Everything22:11 The Big Bang Proof Moment30:23 What Does Fine-Tuning Prove?34:28 Why Science Should Spark Wonder

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0:00.0

Hey there, folks. If you know me, you know that I've written some books. And one of the biggest books I've written is called Is Atheism Dead?

0:13.7

Is Atheism Dead in a nutshell? This is the nutshell version. Basically, it's asking the question, you know, it's like my friend Frank Turrick says,

0:25.4

do you have enough faith to be an atheist?

0:27.3

Because the evidence against atheism is so monumental.

0:33.1

And the evidence for God has become so monumental.

0:36.7

I mean, it really is impossible to overstate it. It's gotten to a point

0:42.9

where you have to simply not know about the evidence, because if you encounter the evidence,

0:50.0

and that's why I put it in my book, because atheism dead, you're in trouble. If you want to be an intellectually satisfied atheist,

0:57.1

you're dead.

0:58.0

Do not read my book as atheism dead.

1:01.3

There is just no doubt that science has been pointing toward the existence of God.

1:08.0

It's become utterly overwhelming.

1:10.4

And again, people think I'm exaggerating.

1:12.0

I was myself so astonished by the evidence that I really almost couldn't believe it.

1:18.4

And I thought, I have to write about this. So I wrote the book, Is Atheism Dead? This is the

1:25.3

handy paperback version for the beach you read it and then you

1:28.6

throw it away but the hardcover which i recommend um you know it's been out for a few years now

1:34.8

and we decided we decided that um we need to make a tv series based on the book is atheism dead.

1:47.5

So to present the scientific evidence for God, which again, mind-blowing,

1:53.6

to present the archaeological evidence for the Bible as history and other stuff.

2:00.6

And, you know, to do it in just the right way is tricky.

2:05.9

I'm very fussy and very finicky.

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