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10Jan 2023 by Post

C.S. Lewis LIVE! (almost) | with Max McLean

AFR, Apologetics, app, Bible, Case against abortion, CIA, cross examined, cross examined official podcast, faith, Frank Turek, God, google play, iTunes, Jesus Christ, Max MaClean, morality, Podcast, Radio, Spotify, stitcher, truth, Weekly Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS C.S. Lewis famously said, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” And someone who can quote C.S. Lewis better than most people is the winsome and award-winning actor Max McLean who joins Frank on our midweek podcast today! Max is the founder and artistic director of the Fellowship for Performing Arts, a New York City-based non-profit production company that produces live theater and film from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience. In addition to his narration of The Listener’s Bible, Max is most well-known for his many stage adaptions of books and essays…
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10Jan 2023 by Post

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

Ben Bacon, birth cycle, cave paintings, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, Evolution, Human Origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Melanie Chang, Neanderthals, paleontology, Paul Pettitt, Portland State University, reproductive cycles, science, University College London
London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Source
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09Jan 2023 by Post

Appearances Of Mary Vs. Jesus’ Resurrection Appearances

Apologetics, Appearances of Mary, Christianity, Erik Manning, IsJesusAlive, Jesus’ Resurrection Appearances, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics
By Erik Manning On the evening of April 2, 1968, a Muslim bus mechanic was working across the street from St. Mary’s Coptic Church in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt. Suddenly, something on the roof of St. Mary’s got his attention: a figure that looked like a young woman. The mechanic pointed it out to a few people nearby who saw the same thing. Concerned that the young lady was about to commit suicide, they called the police. A crowd gathered around the church to watch. Then, after just a few minutes, the woman suddenly vanished. As you can imagine, this got people talking. At first the police tried to explain things away, saying it was just some light reflecting in a strange way from a street light – but…
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07Jan 2023 by Post

Listen: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19 as One of the Most Divisive Events in American History

Big Tech, Center for Disease Control, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, factionalism, free speech, heterodoxy, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdown, Medicine, National Bureau of Economics Research, pandemic, Podcast, Politics, public health, science, Stanford University, Wesley Smith, World Health Organization
Action was taken to suppress heterodox voices. Wesley Smith’s guest is one of those caught in this cultural oppression. Source
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06Jan 2023 by Post

When Your Opponent Cheats, What Should You Do? | with Dr. John Ferrer

AFR, Apologetics, app, Bible, Case against abortion, CIA, cross examined, cross examined official podcast, faith, Frank Turek, God, google play, iTunes, Jesus Christ, John Ferrer, morality, Podcast, Radio, Spotify, stitcher, truth, Weekly Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS Is it ever OK for a Christian to lie or cheat? What if you know your opponent is being dishonest? What examples can we find in Scripture that demonstrate our ethical duties based on God’s will? To help us answer those questions is the newest member of the Cross Examined team, Dr. John Ferrer (yes, dedicated husband of Hillary Morgan Ferrer from Mama Bear Apologetics)! John received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Southern Evangelical Seminary and sits down with Frank to discuss a question we received from an international listener who is currently struggling with the imbalance of political power between Christians and Muslims in…
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06Jan 2023 by Post

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

American Philosophical Quarterly, animal rights, animals, bears, cannibalism, consciousness, crime, Culture & Ethics, defendants, Ed Simon, free will, human exceptionalism, humans, moral agency, moral capacity, morality, Neuroscience & Mind, Nonhuman Rights Project, plaintiffs, Psyche, Raegan Scharfetter, responsibility, science
While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Source
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05Jan 2023 by Post

Minimal Complexity Problem in Prey Detection by the Sand Scorpion

Angstrom, arachnids, beetle, compression waves, Darwinian theory, Fundamentals of Physics, hydrogen atom, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Life Sciences, minimal-complexity problem, Mojave Desert, Oregon State University, Philip H. Brownell, Physics, Earth & Space, pincers, propagation speed, Rayleigh waves, sand scorpion, science, scorpion, sensors
The scorpion can detect tiny vibrations, of order 1 Angstrom (the size of a hydrogen atom) in amplitude, that emanate from its prey. Source
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04Jan 2023 by Post

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

Big Bang, cognitive science, computer, computers, conscious realism, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Chalmers, desktop, Donald Hoffman, electronics, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, mind-body problem, natural selection, Neuroscience & Mind, physicalists, pixels, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, science, University of California, Visual Intelligence, voltage
Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Source
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03Jan 2023 by Post

Why Earth and the Universe are Designed to the Core | with Dr. Hugh Ross

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once declared, “The universe is a deadly place. At every opportunity, it is trying to kill us.” Tyson is not alone in his dark, doomsday perspective. Many have sought to warn of the weapons the universe might use to wipe out humanity. Similar to the tone of Tyson is the media minefield we now refer to as “climate change”–but is it a political issue or a real threat to our planet? In this fascinating midweek podcast episode, Frank is joined by the legendary Hugh Ross. Their discussion takes listeners on a journey from deep inside the Earth’s core all the way to the moons of…
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