Peter Kreeft debates the argument from desire - Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 81 minutes

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CS Lewis said "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor and well know Christian thinker and writer. He defends the "argument from desire". Does our experience of transcendent longing indicate that there is a God to satisfy it? Atheist philosopher Richard Norman says that the argument amounts to wish-fulfillment.For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Peter Kreeft http://www.peterkreeft.com For Richard Norman http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/professor-richard-norman/ Click for direct MP3 of this show Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 17 December 2011 - Believing Bulls**t - Is Christianity an intellectual blackhole?Stephen Law & James Orr Unbelievable? 12th March 2011 - Music & God - David Robertson & Gordon Livesey

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0:30.1	Good afternoon and welcome along to Unbelievable with me Justin Briley, your host for the next hour and a half here on the show that aims to get you thinking.
0:38.0	It is the show that aims to bring together Christians and non-christians on a regular basis.
0:42.0	And don't forget you can find us online where there are lots of and non-christians on a regular basis.
0:42.6	And don't forget you can find us online where there are lots of past shows and features and resources and more besides.
0:48.6	That's at Premier.org. UK slash unbelievable. And I'm excited to welcome on by phone today a guest
0:56.2	I've long wanted to have join me Peter Craft will be finding out more about
1:00.5	Peter and indeed our atheist contributor today Richard Norman in a moment's time.
1:04.9	Don't forget of course that you'll be hearing some of your feedback towards the end of today's show
1:09.4	as we look at some of your thoughts on the back of various shows that we've had in the past few weeks.
1:15.2	Lots of interesting responses to those.
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