“Pick your Poison”: Naturalism’s Cosmological Dilemma
From The Sean McDowell Show by The Sean McDowell Show
May 8, 2026 · 55 min
About this episode
Dr. Stephen Meyer discusses the cosmological dilemma faced by philosophical naturalism in response to Sir Roger Penrose's critiques.
In this episode, Dr. Stephen Meyer is back to set the record straight and unpack the bigger argument his critics keep missing. This is the first part of a response to Sir Roger Penrose who recently pushed back on a previous conversation with me on the show. Stephen calls it a "pick your poison" argument and once you see it, you can't unsee it. It's a dilemma at the heart of modern cosmology that philosophical naturalism has not been able to escape. *Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA ( https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf) *USE Discount Code [smdcertdisc] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program ( https://bit.ly/3AzfPFM) *See our fully online UNDERGRAD DEGREE in Bible, Theology, and Apologetics: ( https://bit.ly/448STKK) FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://x.com/Sean_McDowell TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sean_mcdowell?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmcdowell/ Website: https://seanmcdowell.org Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .
People in this episode
Host: Sean McDowell
Guest: Dr. Stephen Meyer
Topics covered
- naturalism
- cosmology
- philosophy
- apologetics
- criticism
- science and religion
Keywords
- naturalism
- cosmology
- Stephen Meyer
- Roger Penrose
- apologetics
- philosophy
- science
- religion
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