Hello and welcome to episode 120, The Mystery of Existence.

This episode, which was recorded live at the Royal Institution Theatre in Westminster,

features Jack Symes in conversation with four of the biggest

names in philosophy. Richard Dawkins, representing science and atheism. Jessica Frazier, representing

Hinduism. Sylvia Jonas, speaking on Jewish philosophy, and Richard Swinburne, defending Christianity.

With over 600 people registering for tickets, we were absolutely overwhelmed

by your support. Thank you to everybody who came along. A very special thank you to all of

our patrons and the Global Philosophy of Religion Project at the University of Birmingham for making

the event possible. This week's installment of the podcast, Part 1, is the main debate. In our next

installment, coming July 30th, the discussion will continue before we open the floor to questions

from the audience. The discussion focuses on three topics, where the world came from, how our

laws of nature became finely tuned, and why the natural world exhibits such complexity.

Thank you again for your support. We hope you enjoy the show.

Hello and welcome to the mystery of existence.

I'm Jack Steins, and I'm delighted to welcome you all here to the beautiful Royal Institution Theatre, with so many of you in the audience and four of the biggest names in all the philosophy

waiting in the wings.

Before I invite them out, I just want to say a huge thank you to the Global Philosophy of Religion Project

for making tonight's event possible.

Thank you to all of our patrons as well, and I promised our publisher that we would plug our new book,

Philosophers on God, talking about existence, which all five

of us who are sharing the stage tonight have contributed to. So if you'd like to pick up a copy,

there'll be a QR code showed during the interval. For people watching at home, they can

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