Unbelievable? 7 Feb 2009 "The Atheist's Bible"

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🗓️ 5 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

"The Atheist's Bible" (Duckworth & Co) has been a bestseller in the USA. It brings together a mass of quotes from atheists, agnostics and more. Its compiler Joan Konner speaks to Justin Brierley about why she put it together and her own thoughts on atheism. She interacts with Christian apologist Peter Williams whose own book "The Sceptic's Guide to Atheism" (Paternoster) has just been published. Joan and Peter debate whether atheism has some fundamental faith assumptions of its own, as Peter argues that atheistic naturalism is a self-defeating notion. Joan argues that Christianity is arrogant in its exclusive claims. For Joan Konner see: http://joanwkonner.com/ For Peter Williams see: http://www.arn.org/authors/williams.html Check out the "Unbelievable?" web page to listen to more programmes and get the podcast www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable For more Christian/atheist interactions check out - 25 Aug 2007 "Deluded by Dawkins?"; 3 Nov 2007 "The New Atheism"; 26 Jan 2008 "Do we need God to be good?" 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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0:00.0	When we put prayers to end extreme poverty into practice, there's no going back.
0:05.0	Yes, thank you Isaac. I was just about to get on to that.
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0:12.0	Can I carry on? We can grow our own
0:14.9	vegetables, send our children to school, build our own homes. Do you want to do the
0:19.6	whole ad? No you go. This Christmas put your your prayers into practice, so there's no going back to extreme poverty.
0:27.0	To donate, search for Tier Fund No Going Back.
0:30.0	Good afternoon. It's Saturday. It's the time of the week here on
0:33.0	Premier Christian radio when Christians and non Christians get together to talk.
0:36.9	My thanks of course to Ricista, Tony Miles and everyone else who's gone before me this
0:40.9	Saturday. Don't forget that Dave and B are here with Hip Rock UK
0:44.6	from 4 o'clock this afternoon.
0:46.3	Right now, it's unbelievable.
0:48.3	You're unbelievable.
0:50.6	On the program today, Joan Connor,
0:52.4	who is the compiler of the atheist Bible
0:55.0	interested in what that's all about you'll find out about it on the program today
0:58.8	also with us Peter S Williams he's a Christian philosopher, an apologist,
1:04.0	works for the Damaris Trust.
1:05.2	His own book is just about to be released.
1:07.9	It's called The Skeptics Guide to Atheism.
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