The argument from consciousness to God - C’Zar Bernstein vs Arif Ahmed

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🗓️ 17 April 2015

⏱️ 93 minutes

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In a philosophical edition of the show we debate whether humans are both a soul and a body, and does that provide evidence for God? C’zar Bernstein a young Christian philosopher at Oxford University argues in favour, Arif Ahmed Cambridge philosophy lecturer argues against. For C’zar Bernstein: http://philpapers.org/profile/43971 For Arif Ahmed: http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/people/teaching-research-pages/ahmed/ahmed-page For ‘Mythbusters’ at Westminster Chapel: http://www.westminsterchapel.org.uk/ministries/mythbusters/ For more faith debates visit www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv or Via Itunes

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0:44.3	philosophical debate on the soul and whether it provides evidence for God if there was
0:49.6	one so we're going to be meeting my guest in just a moment's time.
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1:56.1	guests as we talk about the soul and whether it provides evidence for God.
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