Is The Universe Really All That Special?

About this episode

Gavin Ortlund presents a brief argument for Christianity and its implications regarding the uniqueness of the universe.

Gavin Ortlund provides a 5 minute case for Christianity. How well does it hold up? Cards: The TRAD WIVES of TikTok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRhm6te-Fg Christianity Makes No Sense: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLbOEx_k9dkfxNakkxrOJRdc3qE80piCg Original Video: https://tinyurl.com/2b9579td Sources: The Not-So-Fine Tuning of the Universe: https://tinyurl.com/2bt53k78 A brief history of the multiverse: https://tinyurl.com/29bzt9w7 Bouncing cosmologies: https://tinyurl.com/2c7s88rp The history of bloodletting: https://tinyurl.com/2ykqnjxe Acts of Thomas: https://tinyurl.com/2auovroy Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer: https://tinyurl.com/y5gfydoe Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/viced-rhino-the-podcast--4623273/support . All my various links can be found here: http://links.vicedrhino.com This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org

People in this episode

Host: Viced Rhino

Guest: Gavin Ortlund

Topics covered

• Christianity
• universe
• multiverse
• cosmology
• intercessory prayer
• science

Keywords

• Christianity
• universe
• multiverse
• cosmology
• intercessory prayer
• science
• Gavin Ortlund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christianity

Books & works: The Not-So-Fine Tuning of the Universe, A brief history of the multiverse, Bouncing cosmologies, The history of bloodletting, Acts of Thomas, Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer

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