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Gunter Bechly vs Joshua Swamidass – For and Against Intelligent Design

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Dr Gunter Bechly is a palaeontologist who became convinced that Darwinian evolution cannot explain the fossil record. He debates Intelligent Design with computational biologist Dr Joshua Swamidass who affirms an evolutionary account.For Gunter Bechly http://www.bechly.atFor Joshua Swamidass http://www.peacefulscience.org • 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

Well hello and welcome to today's edition of Unbelievably with me Justin Briley.

0:04.1

It's the show that aims to get you thinking and brings you conversations that matter every single week.

0:09.4

And welcome back to our summer of science continuing today with a discussion on intelligent design.

0:15.6

We'll also hear your recent feedback to shows including Steven C. Meyer and Brian Keating

0:20.4

and Sabina Hossenfelder and Luke Barnes on the universe and fine tuning.

0:24.6

That's all coming up towards the end of today's show and I'll be telling you about some recent

0:28.4

interviews I've been able to have with other podcasters too.

0:32.1

But for now if you want more from the show do make sure to check us out at premierChristianRadio.com

0:38.0

forward slash unbelievable for the show archive for videos, newsletters and ways to support us.

0:44.0

Right now let's get into today's show.

0:46.2

You're listening to unbelievable with Justin Briley.

1:03.7

Today on the show we're looking at why one person does and why another doesn't endorse intelligent

1:10.4

design. That's our subject today. Returning to this topic of intelligent design with Dr. Joshua

1:15.9

Swamidha, he's a computational biologist author of the genealogical Adam and Eve.

1:20.9

And that aims to reconcile a standard evolutionary view of human origins with the genesis accounts.

1:27.1

Now last time he came on the show it was opposite a well-known ID advocate Mike Beehe to debate whether

1:32.8

the microscopic machinery of ourselves are better explained by intelligent design or evolution.

1:38.6

But today he's back to engage with Dr. Gunter Beckley, a paleoentomologist who specializes in

1:45.3

fossil history. Gunter is a senior fellow with Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture.

1:51.5

And he believes the fossil record is better explained by intelligent design than Darwinian evolution.

1:57.3

Gunter's explicit that he takes that stance not for any religious reasons but on the basis of the

2:02.5

best science. So today we'll be finding out why Gunter sides with intelligent design and Joshua

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