337 - Spirit of God Hovering Over the Waters in a Formless, Empty Earth

What if in the "Genesis 1 beginning," things had already began?  What if the infamous, "In the Beginning" beginning, happens to be about  one small area, guarded by an angel (Garden of Eden).  S. Joshua Swamidass, MD, PhD,  author of The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, challenges widely-held presuppositions held about the Genesis creation story and has put his tenure on the line for being forthright with the role that his faith plays in how he sees the world. 

In this episode he talks how a plain reading of Genesis  can still be supported by science.  Oh yeah, and he believes in evolution.  But according to Dr. Swamidass, humans still lack amazement for the good stuff. 

How are we not more fascinated by existence in general?  Or the existence of consciousness?  He demonstrates well the ability to maintain what most of his atheist colleagues would call "good science" while still being a self-proclaimed, "Christian first, scientist second" person.  And while he's here, we also manage to talk conspiracies, AI, Mars exploration and how it's hard to get ethics out of science, especially in regards to abortion. 

At top of episode, Jack Hoey and Ellen Mauro defend some very cynical comments they made on a previous episode about speaking in tongues.  Chip Judd challenges their views on a means of prayer he practices every day and claims to be why he is the man he is today. 

Joshua Swamidass, MD, PhD // Twitter 

Ellen Mauro Instagram
Chip Judd Instagram // Website
Jack Hoey Instagram //  Twitter

Joey/PWNA Instagram and Twitter

Join us as a Patron!
Join our mailing list to keep up with everything.
Tip any amount $ to Venmo for a PWNA Sticker.

Join the PWNA Discussion Facebook Group
[email protected]  for correspondence.

Theme song, courtesy of Derek Minor
Other music originally composed by  Joel Hamilton and Joel Hamilton + friends. 

Executive Producer of PWNApod:  Jared Svendsen

Send a text to the crew (we may read these on air)

Host and producer, Joey Svendsen also hosts and produces two other podcasts, coming more from the church world:

Seacoast Church's Things You Won't Hear on Sunday Podcast
&
The Endurance Factor Podcast

Other podcasts affiliated with co-hosts of PWNA:
Jed's Church & Other Drugs
Matt's The Great Deconstruction