Can the Bible be retold as science? Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Russell Stannard is emeritus professor of Physics at The Open University. He is a Christian and presenter of the RE Today Services Science & Belief videos Steve Jones is emeritus professor of genetics at University College London. An atheist, he is the author of "The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science". They debate whether the Bible can be seen as scientific, what kinds of questions religion and science answer and more. For more debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Rusell Stannard's Science & Belief videos http://www.retoday.org.uk/scienceandbelief For Steve Jones' book http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Serpents-Promise-Retold-Science/dp/1408702851 Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 1 May 2010 - Test of Faith: Do we need God, now that we have science?Christian Denis Alexander vs Atheist Stephen Law Unbelievable? 19 Dec 2009 - "What does Science Tell us about God?" - Atheist scientist Lewis Wolpert debates believing scientist Russell Cowburn

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1:24.8	later on. Right now it's back into the usual format of the program today. I've got a Christian
1:29.7	and non-Christian joining me today. They are both emeritus professors, one is Russell
1:35.1	Stanard, the other is Steve Jones. Let's meet them and find out what we're talking
1:39.5	about today on the show.
1:41.5	You're unbelievable. We're asking today can the Bible be re-told as science?
1:47.0	That's the subject of Steve Jones' latest book.
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