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Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins talk biology, belief and Covid

The scientists and public figures Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins recently met on a video call to discuss issues of biology, belief and the Covid pandemic. Dawkins is famous as an evolutionary biologist, and also as an energetic apologist for atheism, while Francis Collins is a geneticist and former head of the Human Genome Project, and well known for promoting…

A Wholly Buyable podcast

‘Unbelievably, a collection of 66 books last edited sometime in the 4th century AD is still the world’s No. 1 best seller.’ So begins a new weekly podcast that promises to take listeners on a road trip through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, leaving one significant item of baggage at home – religion. Wholly […]

God save the Queen – we mean it, man!

Richard Burridge, the biblical scholar, author, and former chair of Christian Evidence, pays tribute to the Queen and her deeply held Christian faith in her Platinum Jubilee year. As a child, I was brought up to consider the Royal Family a bunch of rich freeloaders living it up at the expense of us taxpayers – […]

Evidence discovered for crucifixion in Roman Britain

Earlier this year, the first-ever discovery of a British crucifixion victim, dating back to the Roman occupation, was announced by archaeologists. The skeleton of a man in his late 20s or early 30s, which had a large iron nail driven through the right heel bone (the calcaneous), was found just outside the town of Fenstanton, […]

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