Can faith survive an evolutionary account of humanity and religion? – Andrew Halestrap and Sam Devis

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🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Sam Devis is a former Christian and produces a podcast called When Belief Dies. One of the triggers for his faith deconstruction was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Sapiens’ and the consequent questions this raised, particularly around evolution. Andrew Halestrap is emeritus professor of biochemistry and senior research fellow at Bristol University and was previously the national chair of Christians in Science. They join Justin to discuss faith, proof and the relationship between science and God. For Sam Devis: https://linktr.ee/whenbeliefdies For Andrew Halestrap: https://youtu.be/sSCqW40vKFQ USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: http://www.unbelievable.show Everywhere else, subscribe to our newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter and support the show https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:00.0	You are listening to Unbelievable, the show that brings you conversations that matter
0:04.3	between Christians and non-Christians.
0:06.5	I'm Ruth Jackson, part of the unbelievable team, and before Justin launches into today's
0:11.2	fascinating episode about whether faith can survive an evolutionary account of humanity
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0:23.4	There you can find all sorts of resources, sign up to our newsletter and listen to our
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0:30.9	And if you're listening in the US, then do check out unbelievable.show.
0:43.4	You're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Breilie.
0:50.0	Today on the show, we're asking can faith survive an evolutionary account of humanity and religion?
0:57.0	I guess on the show today are Sam Davis and Andrew Halestrap.
1:00.8	Sam is a former Christian who in recent years went through a big deconstruction.
1:05.2	He even started a blog and podcasts about it called When Belief Dies.
1:09.7	A particular turning point for him was reading the book Sapiens, a brief history of humankind
1:15.3	by Yvonneau Harari, and we'll hear why in today's show.
1:19.1	Also joining me today is Andrew Halestrap, professor of biochemistry at the University of Bristol.
1:24.6	Andrew is a former chair of Christians in science and it's going to be engaging with Sam about
1:29.3	why he doesn't think that our understanding of the evolutionary history of humanity and
1:33.8	religion needs to shipwreck a Christian's faith.
1:37.2	So Sam and Andrew, welcome along to the program.
1:39.7	Great to have you both with me today.
1:42.4	Great to have you.
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