Saturday, February 23, 2019

Episode 8: Into The Life Of Christian Scientists: Rhyanna Rogers and Angela Fugate



Many people seem to be under the impression that to be a good scientist, you must be an atheist. The best scientists are atheists after all, right? When you think of scientists, names like Stephen Hawking, Laurence Krauss, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson come to mind. All these men of science are not also men of God. In this episode, Evan Minton interviews Rhyanna Rogers and Angela Fugate; two microbiologists who also happen to be Bible believing Christians! Rogers and Fugate give the story of how they became Christians, what made them want enter the field of microbiology, what microbiology even is, how they reconcile their faith with science, advice to young Christians who want to enter the natural sciences, and more. 

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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Episode 7: The Ontological Argument For God's Existence





After weeks of surveying Argument's For God's Existence, Evan Minton has come to the end doing a series on of the series. He finishes off by talking about The Ontological Argument For God's Existence which was first formulated by St. Anselm. However, Minton isn't fond of Anselm's version and instead defends a version of the argument formulated and defended by world famous philosopher Alvin Plantinga known as "The Modal Ontological Argument". The argument is that if God's existence is even possible, then God exists!

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Episode 6: The Moral Argument For God's Existence.




Continuing in the series on arguments for God's Existence, Evan Minton addresses The Moral Argument for God's Existence. Mr. Minton argues that if God does not exist, then objective moral values and duties do not exist. However, he also argues that objective moral values and duties do exist. By modus tollens reasoning, it follows that God exists.

Friday, February 1, 2019

Episode 5: The Local Fine-Tuning Argument For God's Existence




In this episode, Evan Minton will talk about how improbable it is for our planet to be suitable for advanced life. The size of the Earth, the size of the moon, the size of the sun, the rotation speed of Earth, the amount of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, and many other parameters had to come together to make our planet habitable. What is the best explanation of this? Did these things all come together by mere chance? Or was this result of a divine plan?