Classic Replay: The atheist prayer experiment results show - part 2

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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From Nov 2012, the second of two shows where Justin was joined by Tim Mawson, the Oxford philosopher whose paper "Praying to Stop Being an Atheist" inspired the Atheist Prayer Experiment. 71 atheists and agnostics signed up for the experiment, committing to pray for God to reveal himself to them over 40 days. Did anyone end up believing in God? • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:00.0	You're listening to Unbelievable with Justin Browley.
0:18.1	Hello and welcome back to this week's classic replay picking up where we left off last
0:23.3	week as we joined the second part of the atheist prayer experiment.
0:27.1	It was a results show from November 2012.
0:29.6	When I was joined by Tim Morson, the Oxford philosopher whose paper on praying to stop being
0:34.5	an atheist inspired something we called the atheist prayer experiment.
0:38.4	We invited atheist listeners to the show to experiment praying to God to make himself
0:42.7	known to them to keep track of what happened, loads of questions were raised, many interesting
0:47.1	reflections took part in part one and now we're joining the conversation again.
0:52.0	This took place ten years ago but it was just a fascinating time, this concluding part
0:56.0	of our review of this experiment.
0:58.0	Before we get into the show, a reminder that Unbelievable is no longer just this one show,
1:02.3	it's the Umbrella Ministry, Premier Unbelievable bringing you loads of great conversations,
1:07.2	resources, podcasts and videos.
1:09.1	Check us out at PremierUnbelievable.com where you can subscribe to our newsletter.
1:14.3	Let's get into today's classic replay.
1:16.2	Yes, this is the show that aims to get you thinking and the way we've been trying to do that
1:28.4	is by inviting atheists recently to pray to God to reveal himself to them.
1:32.2	Pretty unusual experiment and we talked last week about whether it even deserves to be
1:36.4	given the name experiment but certainly a lot of people did end up getting involved.
1:41.6	Some 70 or so atheists signed up.
1:44.7	Along with varying degrees of success as to how long they laughed through the 40 days
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