Still Unbelievable!

In this episode of Still Unbelievable!, Matthew reviews an episode of J Warner Wallace's Cold Case Christianity podcast where he tries to make a case for objective morality being explained by his preferred god. J Warner Wallace is infamous for his cold case Christianity book, which allegedly claims to be his story of discovery by investigating god like a detective. His podcast is not a good example of honest detective work and in this review of his case for objective morality, we'll see why. Word of warning, there is so much to comment on in this episode that we have added more interjections than any other other episode. if this is too much for you as a lister, please do let me know. Feedback on what is good and bad is always useful, and on that note, please do add a review of still unbelievable to wherever you get your podcasts, it helps others and it certainly helps us.1) the original episodehttps://coldcasechristianity.com/podcasts/podcasts-about-gods-existence/why-objective-moral-truth-is-best-explained-by-the-existence-of-god-podcast/2) Barna Poll : Survey Reveals Significant Shifts in Faith Allegiance and Growing Confusion about Moral Truthhttps://georgebarna.com/2025/05/confusion-about-moral-truth/3) Human Huntinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-hunting#cite_note-11Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

In in this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew reads the Christmas narratives from the gospels. To show that as each gospel is written, the story gets embellished.Unlike the death and resurrection narratives, see our 2025 Easter bonus episodes for thoughts on those, link in the show notes. The birth story of Jesus is not told in all four of the gospels. Like the Easter episodes, we will be looking at each of the gospels in the order written, which means starting with Mark chapter 1.1) Easter 2025 Bonus episodes on the death and resurrection of Jesushttps://youtu.be/f31UpncgmQkhttps://youtu.be/wgZhMPE-kx0https://youtu.be/bvtp-REH9oo2) extra biblical account of the birth of Jesushttps://earlychristianwritings.com/infancyjames.html#google_vignetteStill Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

Matthew is joined by David from Skeptics and Seekers to answer Braxton Hunter's 5 questions for atheists 2025.Join us for answers, spattered with laughing and swearing!1) original youtube videohttps://youtu.be/gsma6UT3rwk?si=2jdJVDlqIMjuuFxy2) Robin Collinshttps://www.messiah.edu/homepage/1662/robin_collinshttps://www.messiah.edu/info/20003/faith_and_values/5/statements_of_faithhttps://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil201/Collins.pdf (1999) source of the freemon dyson quotehttps://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=0d385016fc615624829568172ae73c5ac695155ahttps://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil383/collins.htm#N_1_3) Freeman Dyson Quote - (1979). Disturbing the Universehttps://archive.org/details/disturbinguniver0000dyso/page/250/mode/2up?q=%22water+could+not+exist+as+a+liquid%22https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/32/12/51/432255/Disturbing-the-UniverseFreeman Dyson went on to say:"I conclude from the existence of these accidents ... that the universe is ... unexpectedly hospitable .... I do not claim that the architecture of the universe proves the existence of god. I claim only that the architecture of the universe is consistent with the hypothesis that mind plays an essential role in its functioning."4) Science Proves There are More than Two Human Sexeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT0HJkr1jj45) How evolution gave us free willhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=how+evolution+gave+us+free+will&adgrpid=1175379657968595&hvadid=73461428254687&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69110&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-73461487665568%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=24459_2219459&mcid=8a9d1f3c3e333d79aab99d6d9ab3256d&msclkid=bb7d0886990714ed0e9660e7a6a19fad&tag=mh0a9-21&ref=pd_sl_2myqx3bdnv_eStill Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

In this episode of Still Unbelievable!, Matthew reviews Sean McDowell and William Lane Craig being shitty about Rhett's deconversion. When Christian apologists review the deconversion of a high profile Christian, it's a given that they will miss the point on the things they say and misdirect their adoring Christian fans on the negative aspects of Christianity that cause the person to leave. This conversation is no exception and we're going to have fun highlighting all the predictable and unsurprising ways that Sean and WLC achieve this. Link 1 takes you to the Sean McDowell interview with WLC and Link 2 going to the Alex O'Connor interview with Rhett. It is very interesting that Sean does not provide a link to Alex's show in his YouTube notes. What is he afraid of?1) original Sean McDowell conversationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gT-lEgRRw2) The original interview between Rhett and Alex O'Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wjVLKy8Xk3) The Web of Belief - By W. V. Quine, J. S. Ullianhttps://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/W.-V.-Quine-J.-S.-Ullian-The-Web-of-Belief.pdf4) Biola statements of faith and evolutionhttps://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-magazine/2017/should-christians-evolve-on-evolutionhttps://archive.chosenpeople.com/pdf/Doctrinal-Statement.pdfhttps://www.biola.edu/about/theological-positions5) secular scholars on the history of christianityhttps://www.worldhistory.org/user/rdenova/https://www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu/people/rebecca-denovahttps://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Origins+of+Christianity+and+the+New+Testament-p-9781119759621https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Pagelshttps://www.elaine-pagels.com/books/https://censamm.org/about/people/crossleyhttps://www.librarything.com/work/1968245/book/109224996) Still Unbelievable! bonus episodes on the progression of the resurrection narrativehttps://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/ucNqgubkpUbhttps://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/s97AttbkpUbhttps://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/B77lFsbkpUbStill Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

In this episode Matthew reviews a conversation that Lee Strobel had with Justin Brierley in April 2022. In that discussion Lee tried very hard to make a case for heaven, and Matthew examines the points he makes and revealing why his case is utter bunk. It literally is wishful thinking gone wild.The original you tube video of the conversation is at link 1, it's not long, about 20 minutes. Lee's Case for heaven movie is at link 2. It's longer at almost 2 hours.1) Original conversation between Lee and Justinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Oeh8L-87U2) case for heaven moviehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkwdT3Tq403) hyponatraemiahttps://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hyponatraemia/https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/hyponatraemia/background-information/complications/4) Being Close to Death can Transform Your Life.https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/understanding-grief/202411/can-being-close-to-death-transform-your-life?msockid=312d907b5d7169080dc782295cba68f75) Sharon Dirckxhttps://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/17-february/features/interviews/interview-sharon-dirckx-christian-apologisthttps://www.solas-cpc.org/book-am-i-just-my-brain-by-sharon-dirckx/6) the Lancethttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(01)07100-8/abstract7) Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arresthttps://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE47.pdf8) the maria storyhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2019/07/the-shoe-on-the-ledge.htmlhttps://www.is-there-a-god.info/blog/life/whatever-happened-to-my-tennis-shoean-nde-story/9) Blind Vicky NDEhttps://ndestories.org/vicki-noratuk/10) Psychology today article on apparent evidence for a soulhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/biocentrism/201112/does-the-soul-exist-evidence-says-yes11) Pam Reynoldshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Reynolds_caseBBC report on the casehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osfIY4B3y1U12) science articleshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/peace-of-mind-near-death/https://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/near-death-experiences-science-after-all/13) Howard storm traumatic NDEhttps://thepurposeoflife-nde.com/howard-storm/https://near-death.com/howard-storm/To contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/