The Invention of Lying
What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…
Carl Sagan: The Skeptic's Sceptic
This extended review provides some excellent responses to arguments that Sagan used and which keep cropping up today.
A Clash of Fundamentalisms
Denis Alexander rassesses Richard Dawkins' two part Channel 4 TV programme The Root of All Evil? as a piece of propaganda. Anyone who is…
The Historical Reliability of Mark's Gospel
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Does the Bible Support Slavery?
Does the Bible condone slavery – at the very least by not condemning it? This lecture examines some of the issues we need to consider.
Wars are caused by greed, not religion
An interview with Keith Ward on the reasons for war, the existence of God and the science-religion debate.
The Textual Histories of the Qur'an and New Testament
Dr Keith Small describes his research into the 'textual history' of the Qur'an, and compares it with that of the New Testament.
Challenging the New Atheist view of Old Testament Ethics
This talk challenges the New Atheist interpretations and condemnation of the Old Testament, including the destruction of the Canaanites.
Archaeology and the Historical Reliability of the New Testament
Peter S. Williams examines the historical reliability of the New Testament in the light of the findings of archaeology. “On the…