How did life begin? Adam Rutherford & Fuz Rana - Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Was the emergence of the first self-replicating organism a result of design or the blind forces of nature? Adam Rutherford is an atheist scientist whose new book "Creation: The Origin of Life" claims to show a naturalistic explanation for how life arose. Fazale (Fuz) Rana is a biochemist with Reasons To Believe (and a speaker at Unbelievable? The Conference 2013). He values scientific research into origins but believes that Rutherford's explanation is a dead-end. Design is still the best explanation. The first of two programmes dealing with cellular biology. Next week they discuss "Creating life in the lab". For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more discussion between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Adam Rutherford's new book http://goo.gl/ZqaE0 For Fuz Rana http://www.reasons.org/about/who-we-are/fazale-rana For "Creating Life in the Lab" http://goo.gl/HoLra Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 19 November 2011 - Signature in the Cell Unbelievable? 5th May 2012 - Why is the Universe the way it is?

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0:29.8	Well good afternoon and welcome along to the program.
0:33.2	Unbelievable with me Justin Briley, your host for the next hour and a half.
0:37.5	And a fascinating show I've got for you today.
0:39.6	This is the program where Christians and non-Christians get together to debate and talk.
0:44.8	And today we're going to be looking at the origin of life.
0:48.3	More on that in just a moment's time.
0:50.5	If you're interested though in how to engage with non-Christians, perhaps you're a Christian who
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1:03.7	happening on Saturday the 25th of May.
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1:07.7	We've got a range of brilliant speakers there,
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