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Episode 156 - A lesson in fact checking This short episode is going to be a lesson in fact checking. Fact checking takes time and, personally, I enjoy doing it, it helps my critical thinking stay sharp and I usually learn something on the way. It is genuinely satisfying to get to a result, even if I already knew what the result would be. Fact checking is also important because it helps us to validate things that we have been told. Fact checking should be considered the twin sister of skepticism, because being skeptical should also mean being prepared to put in effort to check the things we want (or don't want) to believe. 1) Five Mere Christians https://www.jordanraynor.com/five-mere-christians https://somersetuk.borrowbox.com/product/DRA_6616304/title/five-mere-christians https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/the-church/christian-leadership/five-mere-christians-9780736991704/ 2) Hannah More https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More https://www.hannahmoreletters.org/hannah-more/biography 3) the Hannah more quote - page 301 "We saw but one Bible in all the parish, and that was used to prop a flower-pot." https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Memoirs_of_the_Life_and_Correspondence_o/eeUDFO5UJVgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hannah+more&printsec=frontcover 4) a secondary source - suggests Cheddar https://www.thomasgenweb.com/shipham_history_p146_147.jpg 5) Text of Charlotte M. Yonge on Hannah More https://archive.org/stream/hannahmore00yon/hannahmore00yon_djvu.txt 6) map location - wrington https://www.bing.com/maps/search?FORM=HDRSC6&style=r&q=Wrington%2C+England&ss=id.sid%3A%22d27d6233-be8d-7984-e8c2-951480a9b3cc%22&st=Wrington&sfa=England&cp=51.330758%7E-2.647284&lvl=11.3 7) map location - shipham https://www.bing.com/maps/search?FORM=HDRSC6&style=r&q=Shipham%2C+England&ss=id.sid%3A%22def872f8-765b-714f-25e0-2f974167557d%22&st=Shipham&sfa=England&cp=51.297337%7E-2.715230&lvl=11.8 --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 154 - David from Graceful Atheist Matthew chats with David from the Graceful Atheist podcast we talk about losing faith, maintaining relationships with christians and more.... 1) https://gracefulatheist.com/podcast/ 2) https://lifeunwasted.org/ --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/ https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

J Warner Wallace reacts to TikTok atheists. Because we all know they are the worst! For those that might not know, J Warner Wallace makes a big thing of his credentials as a cold case detective and he makes a big thing out of using his cold case methodologies for validating the existence of his god. We at Still Unbelievable!, along with many other atheists, are not impressed by his reasoning. Here we will respond to his responses to atheists so that we can explain why he does not impress. As usual, the link the original episode being responded to is link 1 in the show notes. You can find more of J Warner's content at cold case Christianity. 1) original podcast episode https://coldcasechristianity.com/podcasts/podcasts-about-gods-existence/does-god-exist-a-cold-case-detective-reacts-to-tiktok-atheists-podcast/ 2) Major Crime Investigation Manual https://library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Major-Crime-Investigation-Manual-Nov-2021.pdf 3) Methodology of a Murder Investigation https://dspace.aab-edu.net/bitstream/handle/123456789/567/Mentor%20Shabani%20-METHODOLOGY%20OF%20THE%20MURDER%20INVESTIGATION.pdf 4) did the universe begin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7IWdtCS2Q 5) fine tuning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ-fj3lqJ6M 6) evolutionary flaws disprove design https://www.titan.uio.no/english/2020/evolutionary-flaws-disprove-theory-intelligent-design.html 7) Friedmann equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedmann_equations 8) Paolo Saraceno https://cortonafriends.org/paolo-saraceno/ 9) abigenesis https://biologyinsights.com/can-life-come-from-non-life-a-look-at-abiogenesis/?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-026-01969-w?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/anthropology/abiogenesis.php 10) are viruses alive? https://scienceinsights.org/are-viruses-dead-or-alive-the-debate-explained/?utm_source=copilot.com 11) DNA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6360/?report=reader&utm_source=copilot.com --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 152 - Matthew gives his deconversion story In this episode, Matthew talks about his early life, the kind of Christianity he was brought up in, and what cause him to eventually leave. In another episode he'll talk in more detail aby why he can't go back. 1) Confessions of a YEC blog https://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/ 2) Graceful Atheist https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matthew-taylor-confessions-of-a-young-earth-creationist/id1456800368?i=1000442160645 https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/30/matthew-taylor-why-we-podcast/ 3) Life unwasted https://lifeunwasted.org/matthew-learning-to-stay-when-leaving-is-normal-s05e03/ --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/ https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 150 – Stand To reason still don't understand atheists In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew responds to an episode of the Stand to Reason podcast — where Amy and Greg tackle the terrifying phenomenon of… an atheist who says he doesn’t have a worldview. Shocking stuff. --- 1) the original podcast https://podtail.com/podcast/-strask-with-greg-koukl/what-would-you-say-to-an-atheist-who-claims-to-lac/ https://podscripts.co/podcasts/strask/what-would-you-say-to-an-atheist-who-claims-to-lack-a-worldview 2) objective morality discussion https://philosophy.acadiau.ca/tl_files/sites/philosophy/resources/documents/Maitzen_ABM.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 155 David and Matthew Current Events July updateMatthew is joined by David from Skeptics and Seekers for another roundup of what's been going on.https://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/ --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/ https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 149 – On Genuinely Seeking God Also known as teenager God, who doesn’t want to come downstairs — apparently He loves you, but He’s not coming out of His room. In this episode Matthew addresses one aspect of the hiddenness of the Christian god — specifically the claim that people only fail to find God because they never *truly* sought Him. 1. Sean McDowell’s original video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RvABkX8LnM 2. Greg Ganssle (Biola University) https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/greg-ganssle 3. J.L. Schellenberg – Divine Hiddenness Argument (overview) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/divine-hiddenness/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hBpZ-ystOg&list=PLKuMaHOvHA4qePAEaCyr77IieZRtuqEYm 4. works by Justin Barrett and Pascal Boyer https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9fdfa5e2-249c-46fd-87da-0d13b60c3c37/files/m7e131b8b0742d6390becc105d9845469?utm_source=copilot.com https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/2153599X.2025.2474404?utm_source=copilot.com

In this Episode of Still Unbelievable, Matthew chats with David from Skeptics and Seekers, see link in the show notes. David and Matthew are going to do a regular catchup to talk about current events and a lot of nonsense. This first chat is over 3 hours and covers politics, DNA, family ancestry, Matthew reveals that he's discovered a dark secret in his family, you have to listen to find out what that is, moving house, apologetics and a few other things. As always, leave your thoughts and suggestions in the comments or email [email protected]. Enjoy! Skeptics and Seekers https://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/ Matthew's DNA traits reveal video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qO8drPlx7w --------- Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

EP148 - Tiffany Yecke Brooks - To Rebehold the Stars In this episode Matthew is in conversation with Tiffany Yecke Brooks, author of To Rebehold the Stars — a book that doesn’t shy away from the hardest questions about faith, silence, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves about God. Tiffany invites us into a space where certainty dissolves, where divine silence feels indistinguishable from absence, and where the work of knowing one’s authentic self can be both unsettling and necessary. She challenges us to interrogate our assumptions: about spirituality, about the body’s role in emotion and trauma, about whether mystical experiences require anything supernatural at all. This is a book that pushes us out of our comfort zones — not to destroy faith, but to examine it honestly. We're grateful to have Tiffany here to explore these tensions, and to talk about what it means to rebuild meaning when the old frameworks no longer hold. 1) To Rebehold the stars https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802884367/to-rebehold-the-stars/ https://www.tiffanyyeckebrooks.com/books 2) 2014 Aalto University Study https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/finnish-research-team-reveals-how-emotions-are-mapped-in-the-body 3) The Body Keeps The Score https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/ https://www.simplypsychology.org/the-body-keeps-the-score-summary.html 4) Apocrypha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha 5) The Maccabees https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10216-maccabees-books-of Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 147 James McGrath - Beyond Deconstruction. In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew is in conversation with James McGrath about his book, Beyond Deconstruction. James extolls us all to be kind and considerate when facing the deconstruction of cherished beliefs. In a world where the extremes are becoming more fractured and the calm middle seems to no longer exist, James reminds us that progress is only made when we actually stop and consider our fellow humans and appreciate beauty and the nuance of existence. 1) Beyond Deconstruction - Building a More Expansive Faith - James F. McGrath https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467468817/beyond-deconstruction/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Deconstruction-Building-Expansive-Faith/dp/0802884598 2) James F. McGrath https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/03/are-you-losing-your-faith.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/ https://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/ 3) Walter Wink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wink 4) James with Alex on John the Baptist https://youtu.be/WqkkfnlttOI?si=3xCBb_t5LIk8D6sw 5) YouTube Interview with James on Deconstruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4lG6QtDF3Q 6) Ryan Burge, Scholar of Religion and Politics https://www.drburge.com/ 7) Deconstruction & Support Communities - Recovering From Religion — https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org - The Clergy Project — https://clergyproject.org - Reclamation Collective — https://www.reclamationcollective.com - Religious Trauma Institute — https://www.religioustraumainstitute.com - The Liturgists Community — https://theliturgists.com - Exvangelical (Podcast + Community) — https://exvangelicalpodcast.com - Almost Heretical (Podcast + Discord) — https://almostheretical.com - The Deconstructionists Podcast — https://thedeconstructionists.com - Oasis Network (Secular community gatherings) — https://www.oasisnetwork.com United Kingdom - Humanists UK — [https://humanists.uk] - Faith to Faithless (Humanists UK) — [https://faithtofaithless.com] - The Sea of Faith Network — [https://www.sofn.org.uk] United States - Recovering From Religion — [https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org] - The Clergy Project — [https://clergyproject.org] - Oasis Network — [https://www.oasisnetwork.com] - Reclamation Collective — [https://www.reclamationcollective.com] - Religious Trauma Institute — [https://www.religioustraumainstitute.com] Canada - Centre for Inquiry Canada — [https://centreforinquiry.ca] - Canadian Unitarian Council — [https://cuc.ca](https://cuc.ca) - Local Humanist Groups (via Humanist Canada) — [https://www.humanistcanada.ca] Australia - Humanists Australia — [https://humanistsaustralia.org] - Rationalist Society of Australia — `https://rationalist.com.au` - Atheist Foundation of Australia — `https://atheistfoundation.org.au` Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 146 - Suicide and the Communion of Saints. In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew is joined by wife Sarah to talk with priest and author Rhonda Mawhood Lee. She writes compassionately about suicide in her book, Suicide and the Communion of Saints see the show notes for further information, where there are additional mental health and suicide resources. If you wish to send feedback on this collaboration contact us at [email protected]. 1) Suicide and the Communion of Saints https://www.amazon.co.uk/Suicide-Communion-Saints-Rhonda-Mawhood/dp/0802884717 https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/theology-books/liberation-theology/suicide-and-the-communion-of-saints/ 2) more about Rhonda https://faithandleadership.com/authors/rhonda-mawhood-lee https://www.eerdmans.com/author/rhonda-mawhood-lee/ https://thrivinginministry.org/authors/ 3) Alexander Murray - Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=trene_8DY10C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false https://academic.oup.com/book/1711 4) the catholic view on suicide and why it changed https://christianfaithguide.com/what-is-the-catholic-churchs-view-on-suicide-the-catholic-position-on-suicide/ 5) suicide by proxy https://daily.jstor.org/suicide-by-proxy/ 6) Elizabeth Antus https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/003Hp00002jNaqrIAC/elizabeth-antus https://www.ncpd.org/events/where-god-when-somebody-dies-suicide-updated-consideration-divine-mercy-and-justice https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/boisi-center/events/archive/spring-2019/Elizabeth-Antus.html https://theologicalstudies.net/articles/the-silence-of-the-dead-remembering-suicide-victims-and-reimagining-the-communion-of-saints/ https://philpapers.org/s/Elizabeth%20L.%20Antus 7) biblical references and thoughts Ahithophel’s suicide - 2 Samuel 17:23. Samson’s death - Judges 16:30 Hagar going into the wilderness known death would come - Genesis 21:16 did Paul consider suicide? 8) Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1 — Laertes at Ophelia’s funeral https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/5/1/ 9) suicide and mental health resources UK: Samaritans - 24/7 phone: 116 123 - Email: [email protected] NHS 111 (Option 2 in some regions) - Phone: 111 Shout Crisis Text Line - Text: “SHOUT” to 85258 Childline - Phone: 0800 1111 - Website: childline.org.uk YoungMinds Crisis Messenger - Text: “YM” to 85258 Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline - Phone: 0300 330 0630 Papyrus (for under 35s) - HOPELINE247: 0800 068 4141 - Text: 07860 039967 USA: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call: 988 - Text: 988 - Chat: 988lifeline.org Crisis Text Line - Text: “HOME” to 741741 The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Youth) - Call: 1‑866‑488‑7386 - Text: “START” to 678678 - Chat: thetrevorproject.org Trans Lifeline - US: 877‑565‑8860 Mental Health America - Website: mhanational.org Canada: 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline (Canada) - Call or Text: 988 Talk Suicide Canada - Call: 1‑833‑456‑4566 - Text: 45645 (evenings) Kids Help Phone - Call: 1‑800‑668‑6868 - Text: “CONNECT” to 686868 Trans Lifeline (Canada) - Canada: 877‑330‑6366 Australia: Lifeline Australia - Call: 13 11 14 - Text: 0477 13 11 14 - Chat: lifeline.org.au Suicide Call Back Service - Call: 1300 659 467 13YARN (for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples) - Call: 13 92 76 Kids Helpline - Call: 1800 55 1800 - Chat: kidshelpline.com.au QLife - Call: 1800 184 527 - Chat: qlife.org.au Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 145 Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials. In this episode of Still Unbelievable Matthew is in conversation with Michelle Van Loon, a writer with a Jewish upbringing who converted to evangelical Christianity as a teen. She gives her perspective on both traditions. Hear what drew her towards Christianity, what she carried from Judaism, and what she thinks people often misunderstand about Jewish identity and practice. They discuss: - her experiences inside evangelicalism, including patterns of spiritual abuse. Are these isolated situations or symptoms of deeper issues around evangelism and revival culture, that protect harmful behaviour. - religious trauma, what led Michelle to seek counselling, and how others might identify and recover from similar experiences. - What churches might need to let go of, how “downsizing” can compliment deconstruction and how a downsized community might look. - And of course her favourite bible character 1) Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802884626/downsizing/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224465982-downsizing https://bobonbooks.com/2025/09/15/review-downsizing/ https://amzn.eu/d/6VE2CxW 2) Follow Michelle https://michellevanloon.substack.com/ https://thesageforum.com/about-us 3) Michelle's other books https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/383322.Michelle_Van_Loon 4) Deconversion Anonymous https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion 5) Religious Trauma https://www.empathyparadigm.com/religioustrauma https://therapist.com/trauma/religious-trauma/ https://resilientmindcounseling.com/10-signs-you-may-be-experiencing-religious-trauma/ 6) Jewish Chosenness https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-quot-chosen-people-quot Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/

Episode 144 - Angela J. Herrington - Embracing the Old Witch in the Woods In this episode of still Unbelievable! Matthew interviews Angela Herrington author of Embracing the Old witch in the woods. Angela has written another book, Deconstruct your faith without losing yourself. She is a beautiful human being who puts enormous effort and thought into affirming others and guiding them into being validated versions of themselves. We found her book thought provoking and challenging as well as heart warming and helpful. When you've listened to this, please support her by buying her books. Links below. Angela, is the first of several author conversations that we will publish in 2026. This year is going to be a busy year here at Still Unbelievable! 1) Embracing the Old Witch in the Woods https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835233/Embracing-the-Old-Witch-in-the-Woods 2) Angela's website https://angelajherrington.com/about/ https://angelajherrington.com/press/ https://angelajherrington.com/books-by-angela-j-herrington/ 3) The Relentless Indigenous Woman https://relentlessindigenouswoman.ca/ https://relentlessindigenouswoman.ca/pages/podcast 4) intersectionality explained https://www.britannica.com/topic/intersectionality 5) perpetual virginity of mary https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/how-to-explain-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary 6) Mary did not have consent https://blakehereth.com/uploads/1/2/7/5/127509046/w_mary_did_you_consent_.pdf 7) Wilda Gafney https://www.holytroublemakers.com/revgafney https://www.wilgafney.com/ 8) Wounds into Wisdom by Tirzah Firestone https://amzn.eu/d/8GeBkgp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirzah_Firestone 9) other trauma healing resources It Didn’t Start with You - https://amzn.eu/d/3kL8uaZ My Grandmother’s Hands - https://amzn.eu/d/3Y6C8FC The Body Keeps the Score - https://amzn.eu/d/iS56mLX Healing Collective Trauma - https://amzn.eu/d/85L1mM6 Break the Cycle - https://amzn.eu/d/bVJObFT Survivor Café - https://amzn.eu/d/8iYALqB https://www.balancedmindstherapy.com/blog/healing-intergenerational-trauma https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-flourishing-family/202107/breaking-the-chains-generational-trauma https://thepsychologycompany.co.uk/unraveling-the-threads-understanding-and-healing-intergenerational-trauma/ Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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 an episode of the Unbelievable? podcast. It's an episode that features Stephen Law and Michael Jones in conversation. He'll mostly focus on the things that Michael Jones says, because through his channel, Inspiring Philosophy, he says things about Christianity which are Unbelievable!, at least to the listener who is prepared to fact check things. Which sadly, most christians are not, so let us do that job for you so we can all see how Christianity always was, and is Still, Unbelievable! 1) original episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UOwOCGIPzQ https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/does-humanism-or-christianity-offer-the-world-a-better-future-mike-jones-inspiring-philosophy-vs-stephen-law/19875.article?fbclid=IwY2xjawMFQvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn10xC1NvdZ0kJ4DK7W0wbeHoLbQEzThrFMsbk6TOJmSPwV_cM7ThYeErj5m_aem_DpmX3nw7Y91-weiovn7nqw 2) Dr Stephen Law https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/profiles/stephen-law 3) Michael Jones https://www.inspiringphilosophy.com/team 4) 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 (ESV) “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” 5) Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages, Edward Grant https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YyvmEyX6rZgC&pg=PA223&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false 6) The Byzantine Empire https://www.worldhistory.org/Byzantine_Government/ 7) Forced Conversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_conversion 8) Human rights https://www.un.org/en/about-us/udhr/history-of-the-declaration 9) Life Unwasted Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4z1czHu4yiCPXGU4gauvkM 10) Robert Woodberry and the Benefits of Protestant Missions https://tifwe.org/robert-woodberry-and-the-benefits-of-protestant-missions/ 11) Critique of Robert Woodberry https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/abs/conversionary-protestants-do-not-cause-democracy/89D4552E3CEED18F62E94E4ABEF322F6 12) National context, religiosity, and volunteering: Results from 53 countries https://research-portal.uu.nl/en/publications/national-context-religiosity-and-volunteering-results-from-53-cou 13) Community involvement and mental health https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/england/node/9466 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30038985 14) Secularism and Fertility Worldwide https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/23780231211031320 15) Is the Earth really overpopulated? https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/is-the-earth-really-overpopulated/ 16) Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?, By Eric Kaufmann https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/shall-the-religious-inherit-the-earth-by-eric-kaufmann-1939316.html 17) Human Rights https://www.questjournals.org/jrhss/papers/vol10-issue3/Ser-2/B10030812.pdf https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/education/human-rights-explained-human-rights-origins https://polsci.institute/comparative-politics/human-rights-evolution/ https://lawbhoomi.com/evolution-and-historical-development-of-human-rights/ 18) Children in Antiquity and Early Christianity: Research History and Central Issues https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/50604571.pdf 19) Ancient Marriage in Myth and Reality https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-4438-2261-9-sample.pdf 20) John W. Compton https://academic.oup.com/book/32101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywrobxq-h7U Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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 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 episode https://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 Truth https://georgebarna.com/2025/05/confusion-about-moral-truth/ 3) Human Hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-hunting#cite_note-11 Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1Cw Apostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYx To contact us, email: [email protected] our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901 Our 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/