Can atheists have Meaning without God? Michael Ruse & Andy Bannister

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🗓️ 28 August 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Atheist philosopher Michael Ruse joins Justin as we spend a second week looking at Andy Bannister’s new book ‘The atheist who didn’t exist’. Its amusingly titled chapters include ‘The Peculiar Case of the Postmodern Penguin (or: Why Life without God is Meaningless). Michael and Andy debate whether it’s a problem that atheists can’t have meaning with a ‘capital M’. For The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist: http://theatheistwhodidntexist.com/ For Michael Ruse’s ‘Atheism: What everyone needs to know’: http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-What-Everyone-Needs-Know%C2%AE/dp/0199334587 For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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1:10.0	Well it's round two today as Andy Bannister joins me again to talk about his new book, The Atheist
1:15.2	who didn't exist or the dreadful consequences of bad arguments.
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