Science, religion and the future of humanity Nick Spencer vs Emily Qureshi Hurst hosted by Andy Kind

For too long, the 'science and religion' debate 👩‍🔬✝️ has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles, and quantum theory, and not enough on the essence of what it means to be human. This is a mistake argues one of our guests today, Christian academic Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow at Theos, in his new book 📚 'Playing God: science, religion and the future of humanity.' Back on the show is Emily Qureshi-Hurst expert on the philosophy of time ⏳. Emily is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Oriel College, University of Oxford and together Nick and Emily sort out the role of science 🔬 and belief 🙏 when it comes to questions of personhood and the future of humanity. Ably led by host Andy Kind, Unbelievable? digs back into that perennial question, 'can science and religion come together - furiously or fruitfully - over the status and nature of what it means to be human'?
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📺 Can Science tell us what it means to be human? Philip Ball and Nick Spencer on The Big Conversation
📺 Are we just our brains? Sharon Dirckx and Emily Qureshi-Hurst on Unbelievable? Podcast

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Vitality is the opposite of depression, not happiness.

[@martinploughboy988]

What a shame not to have a Christian viewpoint, that is a viewpoint taken from Scripture, not a viewpoint of someone who says they are Christian.

[@trevornunn3285]

Humans are the ones who make up gods

[@ShellacScrubber]

Notice how rigorous Sharon Dirckx is when she attempts to dismantle and discredit scientific explanations for the particular phenomena being discussed.

[@mohamedali2858]

Have yous seen the one who has taken his own whim as his god, and Allah has misguided him despite his knowledge, and has sealed his hearing and his heart, and has placed a veil over his sight?

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Humans play god because god doesn’t exist to do it himself