Heaven: Dinosaurs, Angels, and Reincarnation? A Mind-Bending Look at the Afterlife

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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This week on Unbelievable. Do animals go to heaven? Do humans become angels? Do we start families in the afterlife? And what about reincarnation? Is that really off the table for Christians? Andy Kind spoke with Princeton theologian Dr. Dale Allison Jr. and rising scholar Andrew Hronich for a mind-expanding conversation on heaven, what it is, who's there, and what we might do for eternity. You will not want to miss this one! SOCIAL LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefe Facebook: / https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Instagram: / https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable 👉 Get bonus content, updates, fascinating articles, and early access to new episodes - absolutely free! Join now at www.premierunbelievable.com 🎉📢 • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://www.premier.plus/unbelievable • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donate

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1:18.7	Well, today's podcast. Well, today we have heaven on our minds to quote Jesus Christ superstar. Welcome to Unbelievable. This is the show that gets Christians and non-Christians
1:23.6	talking, bringing minds together from across the spectrum of faith, philosophy and culture.
1:29.6	I am Andy Kind, you may know me, and whether you are here for the first time at the pearly
1:35.1	gates of unbelievable or you feel like you've been here for an eternity, you're very welcome.
1:40.3	So sit back, relax, enjoy the show, pull up a cloud and let other people do the work for you.
1:45.4	Fascinating conversation for you today between two men at Princeton, but both Kingsmen at Princeton, Dr. Dale Allison, Jr. and theologian Andrew Horonich.
1:57.2	And it's on the great unknown, heaven, this is the topic we're talking about. Heaven. What is
2:02.3	it really like? Who gets in and what happens once you're there? So as is customary, I'll do my
2:08.5	housekeeping. I'll give a bit more backstory on the two speakers we have. Dr. Dale Allison Jr.
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