Keith Ward vs Michael Ruse on Mind, Consciousness & The God Question - Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Christian philosopher Prof Keith Ward and atheist philosopher of science Michael Ruse debate some of the issues raised by the new DVD documentary series The God Question. It explores whether advances in science are undermining or supporting belief in God. Alongside audio clips from the film they discuss whether the human mind can be explained by material processes alone, religious experience and free will. Find out more about The God Question DVD series www.thegodquestion.tv For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter For Keith Ward http://www.keithward.org.uk For Michael Ruse http://philosophy.fsu.edu/content/view/full/35805 For Unbelievable? The Conference video website http://www.premier.org.uk/apologetics Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Is Our Mind More Than Matter? Keith Ward vs David Papineau Has Neuroscience killed God? Dr Alasdair Coles vs Martyn Frame

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