In today’s episode, a Christian and an atheist engage in a wide-ranging discussion about what makes humans special. Are we just advanced animals or part of a larger story with a beginning, middle, and end?
You’ll hear from Joshua Swamidass, a professor of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and Peter Langland-Hassan, a philosopher at the University of Cincinnati. In this conversation, they discuss how their different worldviews influence their understanding of evolution, humanity, and moral choices.
This virtual forum event was held at the University of Cincinnati in October 2021. Thank you to the forums team for making this event possible.
Scripture is not so much about God trying to tell us the nuts and bolts of how the world works — as important as it is — but about how to come into a relationship [with him].
When I look at the world and the character of God I see in the Bible, I think one possibility is that he actually wanted to create a world where it's possible to be gratified atheists.
I see Jesus as a person who wants to be in a relationship with us, but he doesn't force it.
There's nothing intrinsic about the world that demands that it produce something like humans. I mean, the world could have just not produced us. It’s something to be a bit stunned by.
