Unbelievable? 14 Feb 2009 "Darwin and God" - Nick Spencer

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🗓️ 5 June 2014

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As the world marks Darwin's bicentenary, Nick Spencer of Christian thinktank Theos and author of the book "Darwin & God" explains where Darwin actually stood in relation to belief in God. Although Darwin lost his Christian faith he was never an atheist. Atheist biologist Robert Stovold argues that Darwin's "Big Idea" paves the way to atheism. Denis Alexander of the Faraday Institute also contributes arguing that belief in God and Evolution are complementary. Order " Darwin and God" (SPCK) by Nick Spencer For more christian/non-Christian debate visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast If you enjoyed this programme you may also want to listen to: 29 Nov 2008 - Creation or Evolution - Do we have to choose? 21 Jun 2008 - Keith Ward on "The Big Questions in Science and Religion": Why Christians CAN believe in evolution. To hear more discussions between Christians and non-Christians go to www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable. Join the discussion on the Premier Community www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable.

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0:44.5	you've discovered us at some point but welcome however you're listening this is
0:48.9	unbelievable the program that gets Christians and non-Christians talking. Our subject today is Darwin and God.
0:57.0	It is, of course, the bicentenary of Darwin's birth 200 years ago.
1:01.0	The man came into the world who would change the face of biology
1:03.9	with the theory of evolution. Well that's a great hot potato among Christians of
1:09.2	differing stripes these days, but Nick Spencer in his book, Darwin and God, claims that Darwin certainly shouldn't
1:16.0	be being used as the poster boy for atheism. He never actually came to an act, a belief in
1:22.4	atheism, and we'll be finding out exactly what did happen
1:25.5	to Darwin's faith in the course of his putting forward the theory of evolution but
1:30.2	does Darwinism lead to atheism?
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