Can we build a godless, flourishing society? Alex Gabriel & Rich Park

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🗓️ 6 November 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Alex Gabriel is an atheist and Rich Park is a Christian. They enjoyed lengthy conversations in the pub while they were students at Oxford University. In this edition of the show we swap the pub for the studio and address the question of whether it’s possible to build a flourishing society in the absence of a Christian or theistic framework. Who determines what flourishing means? And why should we aim for that anyway? For Rich Park: http://www.apologetics.com For Alex Gabriel: http://freethoughtblogs.com/godlessness/ 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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1:12.6	You're unbelievable.
1:15.0	Well today on the program we're asking can we build a godless
1:18.2	flourishing society?
1:20.0	Discussing the question today are Alex Gabriel and Richard Park.
1:23.6	Well, Alex runs the Freethought blog Godlessness in theory.
1:26.9	He's especially interested in documenting LGBT issues there,
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