Still Unbelievable!

In this episode of Still Unbelievable! Matthew is joined by David from Skeptics and Seekers to talk about Public Execution and Deconstruction.But first an update. It's a Couple of months since Episode 156, this is because Matthew has moved house and now lives in a seaside property that's over 100 years old. In the time there's been a complete rewire and some major plumbing works. The renovation project is going to be on-going to several years, but for now we're able to plan, script and record shows. So Still Unbelievable is going to continue and we'll try to get back to the regularity of a year ago. There are interviews to plan and response episodes to script. Thanks for your patience, as always feedback to [email protected]'s my conversation with David.

Episode 156 - A lesson in fact checkingThis 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 Christianshttps://www.jordanraynor.com/five-mere-christianshttps://somersetuk.borrowbox.com/product/DRA_6616304/title/five-mere-christianshttps://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/the-church/christian-leadership/five-mere-christians-9780736991704/2) Hannah Morehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Morehttps://www.hannahmoreletters.org/hannah-more/biography3) 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=frontcover4) a secondary source - suggests Cheddarhttps://www.thomasgenweb.com/shipham_history_p146_147.jpg5) Text of Charlotte M. Yonge on Hannah Morehttps://archive.org/stream/hannahmore00yon/hannahmore00yon_djvu.txt6) map location - wringtonhttps://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=11.37) map location - shiphamhttps://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/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 AtheistMatthew 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/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 episodehttps://coldcasechristianity.com/podcasts/podcasts-about-gods-existence/does-god-exist-a-cold-case-detective-reacts-to-tiktok-atheists-podcast/2) Major Crime Investigation Manualhttps://library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Major-Crime-Investigation-Manual-Nov-2021.pdf3) Methodology of a Murder Investigationhttps://dspace.aab-edu.net/bitstream/handle/123456789/567/Mentor%20Shabani%20-METHODOLOGY%20OF%20THE%20MURDER%20INVESTIGATION.pdf4) did the universe begin?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol7IWdtCS2Q5) fine tuninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ-fj3lqJ6M6) evolutionary flaws disprove designhttps://www.titan.uio.no/english/2020/evolutionary-flaws-disprove-theory-intelligent-design.html7) Friedmann equationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedmann_equations8) Paolo Saracenohttps://cortonafriends.org/paolo-saraceno/9) abigenesishttps://biologyinsights.com/can-life-come-from-non-life-a-look-at-abiogenesis/?utm_source=copilot.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-026-01969-w?utm_source=copilot.comhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/anthropology/abiogenesis.php10) are viruses alive?https://scienceinsights.org/are-viruses-dead-or-alive-the-debate-explained/?utm_source=copilot.com11) DNAhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6360/?report=reader&utm_source=copilot.com---------Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 storyIn 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 bloghttps://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/2) Graceful Atheisthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matthew-taylor-confessions-of-a-young-earth-creationist/id1456800368?i=1000442160645https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/30/matthew-taylor-why-we-podcast/3) Life unwastedhttps://lifeunwasted.org/matthew-learning-to-stay-when-leaving-is-normal-s05e03/---------Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 atheistsIn 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 podcasthttps://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-worldview2) objective morality discussionhttps://philosophy.acadiau.ca/tl_files/sites/philosophy/resources/documents/Maitzen_ABM.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com---------Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/apostate-stories-of-deconversion/https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 GodAlso 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=6RvABkX8LnM2. Greg Ganssle (Biola University) https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/greg-ganssle3. J.L. Schellenberg – Divine Hiddenness Argument (overview) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/divine-hiddenness/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hBpZ-ystOg&list=PLKuMaHOvHA4qePAEaCyr77IieZRtuqEYm4. works by Justin Barrett and Pascal Boyerhttps://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9fdfa5e2-249c-46fd-87da-0d13b60c3c37/files/m7e131b8b0742d6390becc105d9845469?utm_source=copilot.comhttps://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]!Skeptics and Seekershttps://skepticsandseekers.squarespace.com/Matthew's DNA traits reveal videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qO8drPlx7w---------Still Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book:https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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 StarsIn 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 starshttps://www.eerdmans.com/9780802884367/to-rebehold-the-stars/https://www.tiffanyyeckebrooks.com/books2) 2014 Aalto University Studyhttps://www.aalto.fi/en/news/finnish-research-team-reveals-how-emotions-are-mapped-in-the-body3) The Body Keeps The Scorehttps://www.besselvanderkolk.com/https://www.simplypsychology.org/the-body-keeps-the-score-summary.html4) Apocryphahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha5) The Maccabeeshttps://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10216-maccabees-books-ofStill Unbelievable! book: https://amzn.eu/d/fmsN1CwApostate book: https://amzn.eu/d/9RIUZYxTo contact us, email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our 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/