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#88 Can There be Evidence for God? | Eight Philosophers Debate

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The Uncertainty Podcast
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Jun 11, 2026
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Summary

Is it even possible to have empirical evidence for God's existence? What if the stars realigned to spell out "I exist! Sincerely, God." Wouldn't THAT count as evidence for God? It seems that the answer is yes. But then, various objections to arguments for God seem to imply that even this extravagant, awesome evidence for God would not be any evidence whatsoever for theism. To many philosophers, that implication implies that these objections prove too much, and must therefore fail. In this debate, eight philosophers go head-to-head over these fascinating questions. Video of this interview is available on YouTube . To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating, either via PayPal or Buy Me a Coffee . Follow me on X because you’re awesome . EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:10 Miles Donahue’s opening statement 00:07:46 Brian Cutter’s opening statement 00:13:16 Noah McKay’s opening statement 00:18:30 Travis Dumsday’s opening statement 00:23:30 Paul Draper’s opening statement 00:29:15 Alex Malpass’s opening statement 00:35:18 Nathan Bray’s opening statement 00:40:41 Kevin Scharp’s opening statement 00:47:15 Miles Donahue’s cross-examination 01:03:22 Alex Malpass’s cross-examination 01:20:15 Brian Cutter’s cross-examination 01:33:41 Nathan Bray’s cross-examination 01:49:03 Paul Draper’s cross-examination 02:01:21 Travis Dumsday’s cross-examination 02:10:54 Kevin Scharp’s cross-examination 02:24:49 Noah McKay’s cross-examination Get full access to Miles K. Donahue at mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe