Boy Swept Away by Floodwaters: Why Didn’t God Save Him? | with Dr. Clay Jones and Dan Hodges

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Clay Jones, Dan Hodges, Dr. Frank Turek, morality, philosophy, Podcast, Problem of Evil, religion, theology
How could a good God allow such evil, pain, and suffering to take place in this world? And why doesn’t He intervene to save good people or young children when disaster strikes? The aftermath and utter devastation caused by Hurricane Helene has many questioning, “Where is God when things go wrong”? What is the best way to address these questions and how can we find God and meaning for life in the midst of these tragic events? Life has been especially hard for those in the western part of North Carolina since Hurricane Helene struck last week, leaving residents without access to food and water, and claiming the lives of countless victims due to unprecedented flash flooding and fallen debris. During this week’s podcast episode, Frank sits down with Dr. Clay…
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Top 10 Philosophical Challenges Christian Students Face at Secular Universities | with Dr. Owen Anderson – Part 2

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Dr. Owen Anderson, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
Are secular universities intentionally shaping a generation of Marxists? Parents and students need to be aware of the social and political atmosphere that awaits them when they step foot on a college campus. How should Christian students respond when they encounter professors and peers pushing views that are in high opposition with their faith? Last week, Dr. Owen Anderson shared five key philosophical challenges Christian students will likely face during their college years. This week, he’s back with five more, breaking down the flaws in these worldviews, how they infiltrated universities, and how to defend Christianity against them. Are some professors secretly promoting Marxist ideas? Why is student activism at an all-time high and how are colleges preying on the 18-25 age group? Is logic being dismissed as a “white” concept? How are existentialism,…
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Top 10 Philosophical Challenges Christian Students Face at Secular Universities with Dr. Owen Anderson

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Dr. Owen Anderson, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
Every college student faces difficult situations, but Christian students at secular universities often encounter unique challenges designed to dismantle their faith. How can these students (and Christians everywhere) stay strong and defend their beliefs in environments that are hostile to their worldview? A few episodes ago, Frank sat down with Arizona State University Professor Dr. Owen Anderson, who is currently in litigation with the university due to discrimination against his Christian faith. This week, he’s back with an update and to share the 10 biggest philosophical challenges Christian students should prepare for in college. Together, Frank and Owen tackle questions like: Are Christian students being targeted by their professors? Is pragmatism the standard for truth? How should Bible-believing Christians understand the concept of true happiness? Why is it important for Christians to…
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Dawkins and Other Evolutionary Biologists May Be Learning a Hard Lesson

boxing, Canada, censorship, chromosomes, Culture & Ethics, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, Facebook, free speech, genetics, Georges Cazorla, Imane Khalif, International Olympic Committee, Jerry Coyne, misinformation, Moon, Olympiad, Olympics, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, Scientific American, sex binary, Sports, testosterone, The Last Supper, wokeness, women
Dawkins and others believe that Facebook’s ban hammer fell on his questions about Imane Khalif competing in the women’s division boxing at the 2024 Olympics. Source
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In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

agnostics, biologists, cosmologists, creationists, Darwin’s Bluff, empirical deficits, Evidence, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, Faith & Science, hagiography, linguists, Luther College, nature, Nature mysticism, religion, Robert Shedinger, S. I. Hayakawa, scientific evidence, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms
The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Source
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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Darwin’s Bluff, demythologization, dogma, Evolution, history, history of science, Intelligent Design, Jeffrey Kripal, Luther College, On the Origin of Species, religion, rhetorical devices, Rice University, Richard Weikart, Robert Shedinger, scientific naturalism, Steve Fuller, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Warwick
Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Source
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The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

Atheism, atheists, Charles Darwin, chess, chessboard, Evolution, Faith & Science, fossils, Intelligent Design, Julian Huxley, Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen, Meaning, meaning of life, meaninglessness, Norway, origin of life, Origin of Species, pain, paleontologists, religion, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Chicago
In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Source
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In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

Abram, Artificial Intelligence, caterpillars, consciousness, Derek Cabrera, emergence, empathy, Evolution, evolutionary theory, explanations, Genesis, intelligence, language, materialism, mind, monotheism, Neuroscience & Mind, origin of life, promissory materialism, religion, RNA, robotics, socialization, transcendental aesthetics, Yervant Kulbashian
The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Source
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