{"id":6161,"date":"2015-06-12T08:49:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T08:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2015-08-18T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T09:45:17","slug":"is-it-true-four-talks-on-god-religion-science-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/is-it-true-four-talks-on-god-religion-science-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It True? Four Talks on God, Religion, Science, and Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kidlington Baptist Church held a\u00a0public lecture series in the Summer of 2015.\u00a0Featuring four leading Christian thinkers, who also happen to each be an Oxford professor, these talks tackle some of the weightiest arguments against belief in God.<\/p>\n<p>These talks are all available as a free\u00a0download (below).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve covered some of these topics,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/all-religion-is-brainwashing\/\">religion<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/religion-v-science\/\">science<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/belief-in-god-its-just-wishful-thinking\/\">wishful thinking<\/a>\u00a0etc., here\u00a0on the Demolition Squad blog &#8211; but this is a great way to learn from some of the current Christian thought-leaders of our day.<\/p>\n<h2>Four Big Questions<\/h2>\n<p><em>3 June<\/em> &#8212; <strong>Atheism is more rational than Christianity<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlington-baptist.org.uk\/resources\/sermons\/sermons-fs\/Is%20It%20True%20Session%201.mp3?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">MP3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Alister McGrath, Professor of Science and Religion, Oxford University<\/p>\n<p><em>10 June<\/em> &#8212;\u00a0<strong>Religion is bad for the world<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlington-baptist.org.uk\/resources\/sermons\/sermons-fs\/Is%20it%20true%20session%202.mp3?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">MP3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Keith Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity, Emeritus, Oxford University<\/p>\n<p><em>17 June<\/em>\u00a0&#8212; <strong>Science has disproved God<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlington-baptist.org.uk\/resources\/sermons\/sermons-fs\/Is%20it%20true%20session%203.mp3?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">MP3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ewart, Professor of Physics, Oxford University<\/p>\n<p><em>24 June<\/em>\u00a0&#8212; <strong>Suffering exists, so God doesn\u2019t <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidlington-baptist.org.uk\/resources\/sermons\/sermons-fs\/Is%20it%20true%20session%204.mp3?attredirects=0&amp;d=1\">(MP3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/is-it-true-four-talks-on-god-religion-science-suffering\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidlington Baptist Church held a\u00a0public lecture series in the Summer of 2015.\u00a0Featuring four leading Christian thinkers, who also happen to each be an Oxford professor, these talks tackle some of the weightiest arguments against belief in God. 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