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WEEK 1: Dr Joanna Collicutt McGrath | The God Debate | Oxford Union, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DENtQ6PDW3k, (21)AD.
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WEEK 2: Justin Barrett - Why Would Anyone Believe in God? - Veritas at UC Davis, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3GAaswAkc, (26)AD.
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WEEK 3:  Pascal Boyer: UO Today #441, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqKv38pVv4, (24)AD.
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WEEK 4: Ray Paloutzian introduces Lee Kirkpatrick, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o2rjaO9RH8, (1)AD.
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