Classic Replay: Are we wired for God?

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🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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First broadcast July 2010. From shamanism, hallucenogenic drugs, out-of-body experiences, to being "filled with the Spirit". Christian author and barrister Charles Foster draws on these and many more to examine the biological evidence of what happens when people claim supernatural experiences. He debates atheist psychologist Susan Blackmore on these issues, consciousness and religious experience. • For exclusive resources and to support us USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow Rest of the World: https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable • For our regular Newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter • For more faith debates: 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're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Browley.
0:18.5	Hello and welcome to another classic replay from the Unbelievable podcast. We've been
0:22.8	bringing you conversations that matter for over a decade and a half and I've got a great
0:26.8	one for you from the archive today. Today's show was first broadcast in July 2010 when
0:32.2	Christian Barrister and author Charles Foster met atheist psychologist Susan Blackmore
0:37.7	to debate whether spiritual experiences in the nature of our consciousness suggest we
0:42.6	are wired for God or not. Don't forget you can keep up to date with the latest from the
0:46.9	show, get in touch and find many more evergreen debates on big questions at premierchristianradio.com
0:53.6	Slash Unbelievable.
1:00.2	The topic today is the biology of spiritual experience. Charles Foster is my studio guest
1:06.2	today. He's a barrister and writer, writes on all kinds of different subjects but has been
1:11.3	looking at the whole aspect of whether we're wired for God and that's the name of his
1:15.6	latest book, Wired For God Question Mark. Things like out-of-body experiences, need death
1:20.6	experiences, the psychedelic trips of drug users. What does this tell us about spiritual
1:27.1	religious experiences about what happens in the brain? Well, we're going to be in conversation
1:31.8	today with atheist guest Susan Blackmore. She's professor of psychology, down in Plymouth
1:37.0	and all sorts of interesting things that Susan has written on this area as well and will
1:41.8	hear her own story. She believes that ultimately there is no spiritual dimension to these things.
1:48.2	Someone can be explained in a materialistic, naturalistic world view. Hope you can stay
1:53.0	with me right through to the end of the show today. So we'll welcome our guest in the studio
1:57.4	now, Charles Foster. Charles, thank you for joining us today.
2:00.1	Great to be here, Dustin. Thank you.
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