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The Doubts Aloud Podcast!

Join us as we allow doubts to be voiced regarding faith, religion and worldviews. Two of us have been Christians and none of us believe, so our current conclusion is that the doubts regarding Christianity are justified, but we are keen to question ourselves and hear Christian arguments and hear from Christian guests. Our background means that our conversation with Christianity will tend to dominate over other faiths.

We are Frances Janusz, Andrew Whyte and Ed Atkinson. We value the use of reason and evidence to assess matters of faith and worldview. (Should we doubt those assumptions?). We will consider philosophy, theology, Biblical Studies, human experience from the thinking layman’s viewpoint. We greatly value respect for those we disagree with and engaging in discussion. Meet us all in person at the monthly Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group in central London

https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London

Andrew Whyte one of the hosts of Doubts Aloud has his own "Christian Diversity" YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIyesuRCrlRFYCYs_XMDKhd_MAyeF8esH

For those not familiar with the Christian Premier Radio Unbelievable Show that we praise, it is podcast as “Unbelievable?” and on the web:
https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable

Andrew’s appearances on Unbelievable were 31/10/2009 on the Return of Jesus, 26/04/2014 with Greg Boyd on Doubt and 10/07/2015 with Nabeel Qureshi on Christian Diversity.
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Episodes
  • Episode 100 - Celebrating our 100th Episode with John Nelson

    Episode 100 - Celebrating our 100th Episode with John Nelson
    Jun 6 2026
    Show Notes

    We started with Episode 1 in Feb 2018, today we celebrate our 100th Episode with friend John Nelson, who is now the main host at Unbelievable?. We discussed John’s PhD thesis book on what Jesus looked like, his work at Unbelievable?, his tour with Alex O’Connor and his blog “Behind the Gospels”.

    We then dove into a specific issue on the background to the gospels – the transmission of the traditions about Jesus’s teaching and actions from his ministry up to the gospel documents.
    And NEWS – Ed’s discussion on evolution with John & Denis Alexander which we raked over in episode 98 has been released by Unbelievable?. See links.

    Links:
    Unbelievable? Show with Ed on evolution:

    “Can a Loving God Use Evolution?” Denis Alexander vs Ed Atkinson hosted by John Nelson, 4 June 2026

    John’s book: “Jesus' Physical Appearance: Biography, Christology, Philosophy”
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jesus-Physical-Appearance-Christology-Philosophy/dp/0567723208

    John’s “Behind the Gospels” blog:
    https://www.behindthegospels.com/

    The book: “Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins” by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper”:
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Big-Bang-Cosmic-Origins-ebook/dp/B0DKBHH3YN?ref_=ast_author_mpb

    More recent Unbelievable?

    Shows:

    Richmond Wandera – “My Father was murdered… a sponsor saved my life” Richmond Wandera Interviewed by John Nelson, 18 March 2026

    “What would it take for Alex O’Connor to believe Jesus rose from the dead?” Trent Horn v Alex O’Connor, 30 April 2026

    Hiddenness: “Why Doesn’t God Show Himself?” Dan Paterson vs Joe Schmid hosted by John Nelson, 12 February 2026.

    Uncommon Ground podcast, Episode 7, hosted by Justin Brierley: “Stephen Meyer & Phil Halper: The Big Bang and Fine Tuning. Does the science of the Universe point to God?”

    Bart D. Ehrman’s latest book: “Love Thy Stranger: How Jesus Transformed Our Moral Conscience” April 2026

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Thy-Stranger-Transformed-Conscience-ebook/dp/B0FKMJZJ1V/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title

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    Please keep giving feedback and ask questions using: doubtsaloud@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 99 - C.S. Lewis's Trilemma

    Episode 99 - C.S. Lewis's Trilemma
    May 7 2026
    Show Notes

    We start by dipping into the book with 50 arguments for God and a chapter “Jesus as God” which says that if we ditch 4th & 5thC debates and modern categories of Trinity, we see Jesus expressing his divinity in his own way. It explains Jesus’ caged language on this as Jesus needing to avoid being stoned for blasphemy.

    We look at some of the key passages in the gospels, in particular looking for differences between the author’s view and Jesus’ proclamations regarding whether he was God. This leads on to the Liar Lunatic Lord argument made famous by CS Lewis, and the sceptics’ 4th option “Legend”.

    We look at the “Liar” option. And we offer you: Misquoted, Misunderstood, Mythologised and Mistaken.

    Links:

    Books:
    “Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy and Science” by Mike Licona and William Dembski.

    CS Lewis - “Mere Christianity”

    Bart Ehrman - “How Jesus Became God”

    Richard Carrier’s blog:
    https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/20130

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 98 - When a Christian fully embraces evolution

    Episode 98 - When a Christian fully embraces evolution
    Apr 6 2026
    Show Notes
    Ed has recently recorded an Unbelievable? Show with Dr Denis Alexander who is an evangelical Christian, a biologist and author of books like “Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?”. Denis fully embraces evolution. While these ideas are fresh, we took the time to think through how a deep thinking Christian reconciles evolution and faith as it informs theology on suffering, God’s intervention in the world, salvation, the soul and Adam & Eve.

    Links:
    Denis uses John Stott’s idea that Adam was “Homo Divinus”. Here is a fairly short Stott quote:
    https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thepangeablog/200
    9/01/13/quote-to-ponder-john-stott-on-creation-and-evolution/

    Creation Or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creation-Evolution-Do-Have-Choose/dp/1854247468

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    Please give feedback and ask questions using: doubtsaloud@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 24 mins
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