21 NOV 2023 · We are all familiar with the concept of tuning, particularly in regard to musical instruments. We know that to "stay in tune" means to play with the right pitch and to harmonize with other instruments. Even the untutored ear knows when a piano is out-of-tune: something sounds out-of-balance and disjointed. Sounds that only roughly track […] The post https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2023/11/21/life-in-a-finely-tuned-universe-with-luke-barnes/ appeared first on https://webtalkradio.net.

12 OCT 2023 · With the recent attack on Israel by Hamas and the horrors of war spread throughout the media, it might help to remember that Islam and Judaism pray to the same God. Judaism traditionally teaches that one connects with God through following the commandments, or the mitzvot.  In his new book, Transcendental Judaism: Enlivening the Eternal Within to […] The post https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2023/10/12/transcendental-judaism/ appeared first on https://webtalkradio.net.

26 SEP 2023 · In our current mechanical worldview, we view the brain as a biochemical machine consisting of intricate particles known as neurons. As an engineer’s design and technology limit the function of a machine, so the DNA molecule limits the function of the brain. Simply put, machines do not have visions, out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, spiritual awakenings, […] The post https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2023/09/26/breaking-through-the-limits-of-the-brain-with-joseph-selbie/ appeared first on https://webtalkradio.net.

12 SEP 2023 · In his groundbreaking 1993 book, The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World, Amit Goswami used the findings of quantum theory to argue that consciousness creates what we perceive to be the material world.  This conclusion is in direct opposition to scientific materialism, which holds that consciousness — if it even exists — arises […] The post https://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2023/09/12/amit-goswani-and-the-future-of-the-consciousness-first-movement/ appeared first on https://webtalkradio.net.

3 MAY 2021 · In his new book, Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People, Rabbi Wayne Dosick, PhD, combines inspiration with revelation, adds a few words of wisdom, and then splices in a series of enlightening tales exemplifying the point at hand.  He shines a light on the common ground to all religions, which are all rooted in one Source, and then compares the vision of religion to the deep problems of the current age. By laying one over the other the contrasts become vividly apparent, as evidenced by the multiple ailments of modern society, including crime, hatred, racism, and the battlefield we call politics. 

8 FEB 2021 · Throughout history, humans have always had extraordinary experiences we often called miracles—events that fill us with wonder and bafflement.  The problem is that under our current scientific worldview, miracles are not supposed to occur because they constitute a violation of the laws of nature.  But suppose that what we call miracles actually reveal the true nature of the physical world, which is not limited by what science now classifies as the "laws of nature."  In his new book, The Smile of the Universe: Miracles in an Age of Disbelief, this week's guest, Dr. Michael Grosso, concludes that miracles are facts of the natural world that point to something super-natural.  These accounts take us beyond conventional religion and science to explore the outer reaches of human potential. 

5 OCT 2020 · As the case against materialism builds, the credentials of the opponents to this pessimistic view of the world continue to increase.  This show's guest, Dr. Harald Walach, holds a double Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, and History and Theory of Science.  He is currently a professor with Poznan Medical University in Poznan, Poland, and author of more than 170 peer reviewed papers, 14 books, and 100 book chapters. He is also the main author of a special report issued by the Galileo Commission, entitled, Beyond a Materialistic Worldview: Towards an Expanded Science.  As Dr. Walach writes, the purpose of this enterprise is to "find ways to expand the scope of science so that it is no longer constrained by an outmoded view of matter and physical reality, and can explore and accommodate significant human experiences, especially evidence indicating that consciousness may go beyond the brain."  Indeed.  As Philip and Dr. Walach discuss on this show, eventually the tipping point will be reached and materialism, the doctrine that the world consists only of impersonal particles and forces, with no purpose, meaning, or goal, will pass away into history. 

13 JAN 2020 · The Source with a capital S is a neutral, "new age" term referring to the ground of Being. But it has a richer meaning than the Big Bang of modern cosmology or Darwin's primordial swamp out of which life supposedly arose. This Source organizes life, gives it coherence, and injects it with meaning.   If all things came from the Source, then it would seem helpful if we "went home" and reconnected with it.  In fact, this might be the source of what we know as a religious experience.  In his forthcoming book, Reconnecting to the Source: The New Science of Spiritual Experience, How it Can Change You, and How it Can Transform the World, Ervin Laszlo, twice-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, author of 90 books, and a pioneer of the "new age," presents the case for why we must move to a new paradigm the goes beyond science's current confining materialistic perspective.  In this show, Philip explores Dr. Laszlo's half-century quest to understand the world and what we are doing here.  

11 NOV 2019 · Along with Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin is one of the two leading scientists in our modern era.  The topic of evolution dominates biology and has permeated our thinking far beyond Darwin's original conception of the subject.  To believe in evolution is tantamount to being considered a civilized human being.  But a major problem presents itself:  how many people actually understand what Darwin said or what natural selection means?  How many people realize that according to modern Darwinians, such as Richard Dawkins, the entire living world arose through the mindless selection of random mutations?  Can a world with such obvious signs of design have arisen without a designer?  On today's show, Philip interviews Professor Michael Behe, the author of the best-selling book, Darwin's Black Box and the new book, Darwin Devolves:  The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution (https://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Devolves-Science-Challenges-Evolution/dp/0062842617%20).  These science books raise a difficult question for the Darwinian model: random, directionless mutations are much more likely to destroy a living organism than create a new one. If so, then how did random mutations create the living world?  Listen in for the answer to this question.

21 OCT 2019 · Perhaps no other-worldly phenomenon captures the mind more than near-death experiences.  We are all born with an innate hope that there is something beyond this physical world, and near-death experiences give us a glimpse that these hopes are real.  This show's guest P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D (http://pmhatwater.hypermart.net/)., had two near death experiences when young.  40 years and 18 books later, P.M.H. is one of the world leading authorities on this rich and fascinating topic. Are NDEs real?  Listening to P.M.H., there appears to be only one answer to that question.