A Scientist’s Path from Atheism to Christian Theism

Intelligent Design the Future

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🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today’s ID the Future brings listeners distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly’s fascinating story of how science and philosophy moved him from atheism to theism, with host Andrew McDiarmid providing a beautiful reading of the essay where Bechly relates his journey, “A Long Surrender: A Scientist’s Arduous Path from Hard Atheism to Faith.” As he explains, he did not surrender his atheism quickly or easily, but only after long study and much resistance. The final two-and-half minutes of the reading recount Bechly’s journey after he became a non-specific theist. There are many stories of the evidence for intelligent design bringing individuals to a general belief in a cosmic designer. In Bechly’s case, and as he explains in final part of his Read More ›

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0:00.0	ID the future
0:05.0	future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Hello there.
0:13.0	happy to be with you today. I'm Andrew McDermott.
0:16.0	On this episode, I'm reading for you a recent article by Gunter-Bachley, published in Salvo magazine.
0:22.0	For those of you knew to Dr. Beckley, what an amazing guy.
0:26.0	Down to Earth, Wicked Smart, accomplished, and humble enough to follow the evidence where it leads.
0:32.0	Backley is a German paleontologist, a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture,
0:38.0	and a senior research scientist at Biologic Institute.
0:42.0	He has written over 150 scientific publications,
0:45.3	described over 180 new species, and been advisor for three BBC nature
0:51.4	documentaries.
0:52.9	If you're not familiar with his journey from hard atheism to Christian faith or how he discovered
0:58.3	the evidence for intelligent design, you're in for a treat.
1:02.3	It's called A Long Surrender, a scientist's arduous path from
1:06.4	heart atheism to faith by Gunter-Bachley.
1:11.0	When atheists hear conversion stories that begin with, I was a staunch atheist, and then, they
1:17.4	tend to roll their eyes and doubt the claim.
1:20.1	However, this is exactly what happened to me. I had been a 150% atheist and a materialist for almost 40 years
1:28.4	before I embarked on a spiritual journey that ultimately, after many twists and turns, led me to belief in God and Christianity.
1:36.8	I had no life crisis, no epiphany, and no spiritual experiences at all.
1:42.2	It was the result of purely rational, scientific, philosophical,
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