Kresta in the Afternoon – February 4, 2019 – Hour 1
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+ Is Asia Bibi's Nightmare Finally Over?
- Description: Last week Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of Asia Bibi, rejecting a petition filed by the local cleric who levied allegations against her in the first place. She is finally free to leave the country and plans to live in Canada, although there are conflicting reports about whether she has left since she can't safely travel on a public flight. Is her eight-year nightmare finally over? We talk with Nina Shea.
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Nina Shea
Nina Shea is the Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute and has been an international human-rights lawyer for more than 30 years. She works extensively for the advancement of individual religious freedom and is the co-author of “Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Religious Freedom Worldwide” and “Persecuted: The Global War on Christians.” She's also a contributing author to The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East.
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+ "The Maker Thesis" What Science Reveals about God (2 segments)
- Description: Why do we exist? Why does anything exist? We've pondered these questions for thousands of years and today's popular narrative is that it all happened by natural chance. But Melissa Travis isn't satisfied with that answer. There's strong evidence that astronomy, biochemistry and other disciplines are part of a "Maker Thesis" that can answer our deepest questions about ourselves. She joins us.
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Melissa Travis
Melissa Travis is the author of Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation about Faith and Science Reveals about God. She's a professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, a contributing writer for Christian Research Journal, and a homeschooling mom. She is dedicated to exploring the science, theology, and philosophy behind the origins debate.
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Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God
Are We an Accident...or Not? The question of cosmic origins and our place in the grand scheme of things has been debated for millennia. Why do we exist? Why does anything exist at all? Today's popular narrative, based on advancements in science, is that it all happened by natural, random processes. Melissa Cain Travis points to powerful evidence that the opposite is true—that cosmology, astronomy, biochemistry, and other disciplines strongly support what she calls "The Maker Thesis," which explains the origin, rationality, and intricacy of nature and the human mind's capacity to comprehend it. Our universe is made up of numerous complex systems of order that both interact and coexist with each other as if in a carefully choreographed dance. Follow along on a fascinating journey about how the structure of nature and the mind of man resonate in ways that point to a Maker who fully intended the astounding discoveries being made in the natural sciences today. (learn more)
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