Podcasts

Culture Talk: God and Galileo with David Block Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/david-block Everyday Apologetics: Two Astronomers Discuss How the Cosmos Point to God with David Block Dig Deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnb4vUOI-F8 Science-Faith Connection: On Being a Christian in Academia with David Block Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/david-block If you’d like to support resources like this show, please consider donating at […]

Culture Talk: Being Led by the Christmas Star with David Block Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/david-block Everyday Apologetics: Christmas Message from Ken Samples (10:09–17:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdNuKJcblyk) with Ken Samples Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/reflections Science-Faith Connection: Possibilities for the Christmas Star with Hugh Ross Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/take-two/the-star-of-bethlehem-an-astronomer-astrophysicist-and-theologians-perspective Help us create even more empowering resources! Support Reasons to Believe at: https://support.reasons.org/donate-now?source=OLYOUTUBE […]

Culture Talk: Racial Diversity and the Tower of Babel with Fazale Rana Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/publications/reasons-newsletter/where-did-the-races-come-from Everyday Apologetics: A Christian Perspective on Human Origins and Race (:00 – 6:48) with Joseph Miller Dig Deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0gAr8n-SE Science-Faith Connection: Examining the Out-of-Africa Hypothesis with Fazale Rana Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/publications/reasons-newsletter/where-did-the-races-come-from If you’d like to support resources like this show, […]

Culture Talk: What Is the Fruit of the Spirit? with George Haraksin Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/george-haraksin Everyday Apologetics: Encouraging Women in Science and Faith with Leslie Wickman Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/leslie-wickman Science-Faith Connection: Celebrating by Feasting with Jim Painter Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/jim-painter If you’d like to support resources like this show, please consider donating at reasons.org/show. Chapters: […]

Culture Talk: Interview with Unbelievable? Host Justin Brierley with Justin Brierley Dig Deeper: https://justinbrierley.com/about/ Everyday Apologetics: RTB’s Mission and Matthew 28:19 with Fazale Rana Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/the-cells-design Science-Faith Connection: Having Reasons, Living with Hope with Hugh Ross Dig Deeper: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/always-be-ready If you’d like to support resources like this show, please consider donating at reasons.org/show. Chapters: […]

Culture Talk: Is there Science behind Revelation? with Ken Samples Dig Deeper: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/christian-endgame Everyday Apologetics: A Discussion on Moderate Concordism with John Bloom Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/john-bloom Science-Faith Connection: Will an Ice Age Destroy Humanity? with astrophysicist Hugh Ross Dig Deeper: https://reasons.org/?s=end+of+civilization Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Culture Talk 08:16 Everyday Apologetics 18:29 Science Faith Connection 26:15 […]

Culture Talk: Are Humans Significant in a Vast Cosmos? with astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink Dig Deeper: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/escaping-the-beginning-confronting-challenges-to-the-universes-origin Everyday Apologetics: What Is the Multiverse? with astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink Dig Deeper: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/who-is-afraid-of-the-multiverse Science-Faith Connection: Does Life Require Such a Large Universe? with astrophysicist Hugh Ross Dig Deeper: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/why-the-universe-is-the-way-it-is If you’d like to support resources like this show, please […]

Culture Talk: Encouraging Women in Ministrywith Kathy RossDig Deeper: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/voices/im-a-scientist-because-god-pursued-me Everyday Apologetics: Christian Women in Sciencewith Erica CarlsonDig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/erica-carlson Science-Faith Connection: The Strongest Evidence for Christianitywith Leslie WickmanDig Deeper: https://reasons.org/team/leslie-wickman If you’d like to support resources like this show, please consider donating to reasons.org/show.

Join Jeff Zweerink and Fazale “Fuz” Rana as they discuss new discoveries taking place at the frontiers of science that have theological and philosophical implications, as well as new discoveries that point to the reality of God’s existence.

Cognitive Bias Studies

Research demonstrates that people remember the challenges they face more than the benefits they enjoy. This “headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry” helps explain why both political parties see the electoral college as favoring the other party, why most people see their favorite team as having the most difficult schedule, and why children routinely characterize parents as favoring other siblings. Unfortunately, this asymmetry contributes to a darker side of human behavior in that people who perceive greater challenges and obstacles are more inclined to endorse morally questionable behavior. The Bible helps prevent this asymmetry and provides a prescription to encourage moral behavior.

Fine-Tuned DNA Structure

Every detail about the structure of DNA is precisely as it must be for life to be possible, reflecting a type of molecular fine-tuning. This fine-tuning comes into focus when biochemists ask “why” questions, such as: Why is DNA made up of the four nucleobases, (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine) and not some other set of nucleobases? A chemist from Trinity University Dublin provided insight into this question by demonstrating that the set of nucleobases in DNA uniquely minimizes the harmful impact of a phenomenon called tautomerism, revealing a rationale for the composition of this important biomolecule. This insight raises additional questions: How should we account for the ingenuity and fine-tuning of DNA’s structure? Is it the outworking of a historically contingent evolutionary process, or do these features point to a Creator’s handiwork?

Jeff and Fuz discuss these important topics in this episode of Stars, Cells, and God.

References:

“The Headwinds/Tailwinds Asymmetry: An Availability Bias in Assessments of Barriers and Blessings,” S. Davidai and T. Gilovich, https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpspa0000066

“Tautomerism as a Constraint on the Composition of Alternative Nucleotide Alphabets,” D. A. Mac D´onaill, https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.297.1424&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Additional Resources:

Fazale Rana, Fit for a Purpose, https://support.reasons.org/category/featured-products/fit-for-a-purpose

Fazale Rana, The Cell’s Design, https://support.reasons.org/purchase/the-cells-design

“DNA: Designed for Flexibility,” Fazale Rana, https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/the-cells-design/dna-designed-for-flexibility

“DNA Soaks Up Sun’s Rays,” Fazale Rana, https://reasons.org/explore/publications/articles/dna-soaks-up-sun-s-rays

Culture Talk: Archeological Evidence for the Bible’s Accuracy?  with astrophysicist Hugh Ross

Dig Deeper:https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/more-archaeological-evidence-for-the-bible-s-historical-accuracy

Everyday Apologetics: Biblical Archeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls with physicist John Bloom Dig Deeper:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4526w07tpA

Science-Faith Connection: Did the Shroud of Turin Cover Jesus? with physicist John Bloom Dig Deeper:https://reasons.org/team/john-bloom

Culture Talk: The Rare-Galaxy Hypothesis

with astrophysicist Hugh Ross

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Everyday Apologetics: Fine-Tuned Hypernova Rate

with astrophysicist Hugh Ross and biochemist Fazale Rana

Dig Deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVN3VuKKvM&list=PLUwTeBAi_JFG-J6mqU3em0LV7pFUiq9wp&index=7

Science-Faith Connection: Geological Evidence for Design

with geologist Ken Wolgemuth

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Culture Talk: Is it Rational to Be a Christian?

with Unbelievable? host Justin Brierley

Dig Deeper: https://youtu.be/a2m8Jj9LFbI

Everyday Apologetics: How Does Dice Point to God’s Existence?

with Unbelievable? host Justin Brierley

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Science-Faith Connection: Creating Conversations on Faith

with Unbelievable? host Justin Brierley

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Three points to consider in end times eschatology

Applying intellectual virtues to conspiracy theories

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Why conspiracies theories are popular

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