I just believe in one less god than you... Randal Rauser & Ralph Jones - Unbelievable?

Unbelievable?

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Is the phrase "I just believe in one less god than you" a good argument for atheism against Christianity? Ralph Jones is an atheist who recently featured in Christianity Magazine's "Why I'm not a Christian" column. He interacts with Christian apologist Randal Rauser, the author of "The Swedish atheist, the scuba diver and other apologetic rabbit trails". They talk about theism, deism and atheism. Randal ask how Ralph's atheism accounts for DNA and Morality, Ralph asks how Christianity can claim to be moral or justify hell. For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/jesus For more discussion between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Randal Rauser www.randalrauser.com and for his book http://goo.gl/tbl4H For Ralph Jones www.mrralphjones.co.uk or www.theawkwardsilence.co.uk Ralph's Christianity column http://goo.gl/ZXTTI Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 25th August 2012 - The Young Atheists Handbook - Alom Shaha & Tom Price Unbelievable? 15 May 2010 - Peter Hitchens "The Rage Against God" debate with atheist Adam Rutherford

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0:30.0	Well, hello and welcome along to the program that aims to get you thinking unbelievable it's
0:34.4	Saturday afternoon I'm Justin Briley your host for the next hour and a half this is the show that gets
0:40.0	Christians and non ChristiansChristians talking.
0:42.6	And we're back to our usual format this week as we have an atheist and Christian joining me
0:46.7	on the show.
0:47.7	And I'll be telling you who they are, what we're talking about today in a moment's time,
0:51.6	but if you're a fan of the show or even if you've only just discovered
0:54.7	us, but you're interested in thinking through your faith, looking at the tough questions,
0:59.1	why not join us for Unbelievable The Conference 2013. It's happening here in Central London on Saturday,
1:06.1	the 25th of May and you can see details about it at Premier.org. UK slash Jesus. That's because the subtitle of the conference is Jesus
1:17.2	liar lunatic legend or lord. Of course this this year is the 50th anniversary
1:22.2	from the death of CS Lewis who had a huge impact on Christian thinking apologetics and well it's kind of riffing on his so-called trilemma.
1:30.0	Jesus is either liar, lunatic or Lord.
1:33.4	We've added in a category of legend because that certainly has come up in the last several years.
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