Apologetics315 Interviews

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian Philosopher Peter S. Williams about his book Outgrowing God?: A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Debate.Find his resources at www.peterswilliams.com2:50 - Introduction to Peter and his various books.5:00 - The goal for writing a book dealing with Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God. 12:20 - The characters in the book, and coming at the God debate from various angles.16:00 - Why address Dawkins and not “the best that atheism has to offer?”19:00 - Key things that Peter would want to challenge Dawkins on in his thinking.22:30 - Addressing inconsistency and lack of philosophical training.24:00 - Problems with requiring “extraordinary evidence” for “extraordinary claims.” The subjectivity of the word “extraordinary.”30:05 - Engaging in the God debate with the best of scholarship.34:00 - Different ways of looking at the Old Testament, and reasons to take it seriously. Accurate incidental details we see in the OT.40:00 - Addressing the