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Matt Dillahunty and Glen Scrivener debate whether the Christian atonement boils down to 'God sacrificing himself to himself for a weekend' as Matt claims. Watch their Big Conversation in full
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The Big Conversation Season 2:
1. Alister McGrath & Bret Weinstein: Pt 1 Pt 2
2. Roger Penrose & William Lane Craig
3. Bart Ehrman & Peter J Williams
4. Dave Rubin & John Lennox Pt 1 Pt 2
5. Tom Holland & AC Grayling
6. Matt Dillahunty & Glen Scrivener
The Big Conversation Season 1:
Jordan Peterson & Susan Blackmore
Steven Pinker & Nick Spencer
Derren Brown & Rev Richard Coles
John Lennox & Michael Ruse
Daniel Dennett & Keith Ward
Peter Singer & Andy Bannister -
The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with the Templeton Religion Trust
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Matt Dillahunty and Glen Scrivener debate whether the Christian atonement boils down to 'God sacrificing himself to himself for a weekend' as Matt claims. Watch their Big Conversation in full
For more debates, updates and a bonus clip of Matt and Glen discussing the Trans controversy that divided The Atheist Experience sign up at
Listen to more sparkling conversations every week via the Unbelievable? podcast
The Big Conversation Season 2:
1. Alister McGrath & Bret Weinstein: Pt 1 Pt 2
2. Roger Penrose & William Lane Craig
3. Bart Ehrman & Peter J Williams
4. Dave Rubin & John Lennox Pt 1 Pt 2
5. Tom Holland & AC Grayling
6. Matt Dillahunty & Glen Scrivener
The Big Conversation Season 1:
Jordan Peterson & Susan Blackmore
Steven Pinker & Nick Spencer
Derren Brown & Rev Richard Coles
John Lennox & Michael Ruse
Daniel Dennett & Keith Ward
Peter Singer & Andy Bannister -
The Big Conversation is produced by Premier in partnership with the Templeton Religion Trust
Videos, updates, exclusive content
For weekly debates between Christians and sceptics subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast
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What is a Blood Sacrifice?Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing and offering of an animal usually as part of a religious ritual or to appease or maintain favour with a deity. Animal sacrifices were common throughout Europe and the Ancient Near East until Late Antiquity, and
continue in some cultures or religions today. Human sacrifice, where it existed, was always much more rare. All or only part of a sacrificial animal may be offered; some cultures, like the ancient and modern Greeks, eat most of the edible parts of the sacrifice in a feast, and burnt the rest as an offering. Others, including the ancient Hebrews, burnt the whole animal offering, called a holocaust. Animal sacrifice should generally be distinguished from the religiously-prescribed methods of ritual slaughter of animals for normal consumption as food.
Who is GOD?In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power)
omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.
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<li>In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe</li>
<li>In deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe</li>
<li>Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God</li>
<li>In pantheism, God is the universe itself</li>
<li>In atheism, God is purported not to exist, while deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism. </li>
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