Must science and religion conflict? In our final conversation with Ben Spackman, he will compare two events that require a lot of faith to believe: Noah’s Flood and the resurrection of Jesus. What can we
President McKay was an educator before he was called to be an apostle and future church president. Was he more open to evolution than other LDS leaders? Ben Spackman will answer that question. Ben: When people
Many fundamentalist Christians insist on a literal reading of Genesis. Ben Spackman says that the meaning of the word “literal” has literally changed over the centuries! Ben: The idea of a literal reading goes way,
The Book of Genesis describes the creation of the earth in 7 days. Can that be interpreted through a scientific viewpoint? Ben Spackman will answer that question. Ben: So Genesis 1 is supposed to be set
For millennia, mankind believed the earth was flat. Does the Bible support that view? Ben Spackman says yes. We’ll talk about a biblical world view, and how we’ve come around to believe the earth is
Many people like to say that man evolved from Apes. We’ll talk about that assumption, and I’ll ask Ben Spackman his opinions on the evolution of man. GT: So, let’s talk a little bit about your
Early Mormon apostles BH Roberts, John A. Widtsoe, and James E. Talmage seemed to be very amenable to evolution. It seems like Joseph Fielding Smith on the other hand, had an outsize influence on LDS
Can evolution be reconciled with the Bible? Ben Spackman is a Ph.D. candidate at Claremont Graduate University, and he says “Yes, but not the way people think.” He introduces us to the idea of “Concordism.”
