Sep 3, 2026 · 15 min · 6 segments
What could a notorious serial killer possibly teach us about the existence of God? In this thought-provoking episode of *Faith and Science*, host Kaysie Vokurka sits down with Dr. John Ashton to…
Casey VerkerkeHostAnd it's quite interesting because he committed these crimes because essentially, although he grew up in a Christian home, went to school, learned about evolution, believed in evolution, believed in a sense, yep, we're just here, we're here, random processes, survival of the fittest.
And so he committed these horrendous murders, which are really horrific in detail.
And when he was being tried, he actually came to realise that he actually felt sorry for what he did.
As he thought about it, as he was confronted, particularly in the court, with what he had done, he was overwhelmed with this sense that he'd done something really, really bad.
And I think later on the challenge came from, you know, why does he feel this way? And it led him to the conclusion that one day he will be accountable.
And so this is one of the interesting things that comes out of the creation model, that we were created by God.
We've essentially rebelled against God, like rebellious children that turn against their parents and disobey their parents.
One day there will be accountability because he had this tremendous sense of That I must be accountable for my actions.
And it's quite interesting because he committed these crimes because essentially, although he grew up in a Christian home, went to school, learned about evolution, believed in evolution, believed in a sense, yep, we're just here, we're here, random processes, survival of the fittest.
And so he committed these horrendous murders, which are really horrific in detail.
And when he was being tried, he actually came to realise that he actually felt sorry for what he did.
As he thought about it, as he was confronted, particularly in the court, with what he had done, he was overwhelmed with this sense that he'd done something really, really bad.
And I think later on the challenge came from, you know, why does he feel this way? And it led him to the conclusion that one day he will be accountable.
And so this is one of the interesting things that comes out of the creation model, that we were created by God.
We've essentially rebelled against God, like rebellious children that turn against their parents and disobey their parents.
One day there will be accountability because he had this tremendous sense of That I must be accountable for my actions.
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