Thinking with Dr. Barry Whitney: Recent Episodes
Dr. Barry Whitney
Welcome to Thinking w/Dr. Barry Whitney. This is from Dr. Whitney's university class Justifying Beliefs. The thesis is that we all hold beliefs, and we owe it to ourselves to apply rational testing to justify them.
In this, the long-awaited final episode, Dr. Whitney makes the case for the validity of the Bible by using the manuscripts from other writers throughout history that did not make it into the Bible, including writers who have no religious belief or context in that day. Additionally, Dr. Whitney notes the archeological findings that corroborate the testimonies of the writers of the Bible.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney continues the discourse of Jesus as either Lord, a lunatic, or a liar. By using the biblical narrative and the Jewish culture of his time, Dr. Whitney dispels critics of the validity of the claims of Jesus. Near the end, the validity of the Bible through historical and archeological evidence is discussed.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney unpacks how Christian theologians justify the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Then, there is the justification of the historical accounts of the resurrection. And finally, Dr. Whitney speaks to the psychological character profile of Jesus and why his words plus the fulfilled prophesies justify his claims.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney gives an overview of the entire course before beginning to delve into the trustworthiness of the Christian Bible.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney uncovers a host of naturalistic theories of why the resurrection of Christ isn't true and provides rational reasons why these theories aren't viable. Then he discusses the either/or nature of truth in Western Culture.
Ep 27
In this episode, Dr. Whitney makes the case for miracles outside of scientific parameters and talks about why God doesn't do miracles consistently. Also, Dr. Whitney reveals scientism and how miracles humble science.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney challenges the arguments for and against prophecy and miracles while re-presenting the case for justifying thoughts, beliefs, and presuppositions for validity and rebuttal.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney begins his discourse on prophecy by discussing the imminency and transcendence of God while overviewing the liberal and conservative perspectives on the diminishing of miracles.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney sets up the argument of miracles as a proof for God and sets the ground rules for the positive and negative arguments.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney helps us understand that scientific coincidences that can't be rationally explained are a realistic argument for God as well as not faithist experiences of the presence of God in the lives of individual people.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney introduces the argument for God through the complexity of creation through order and structure, meaning that things were created with a purpose to include anthros, which says creation is about human beings.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney discusses the argument for intelligent design -the anthropic principle and talks about defining what truth is and the arguments of what truth actual is
In this episode, Dr. Whitney makes a case for moral law as a an argument for the existance of God. Additionally he explains the how the moral law doesn't control but protects people from themselves.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney continues Pascal's argument, deepening the reasoning behind his "wager" by revealing the reality of liberal theology, the censorship of ideals outside of science so that one might put away rational skeptism and discover that the road to God starts with faith.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney enters into the creation argument and pinpoints the areas where there are logical fallacies and contractions within science and religion. He also discusses some of the arguments against heaven and eternity.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney answers the question of what God desires from us and presents evidence of the universe's origin
In this episode, Dr. Whitney discusses the prejudice of scientific evidence, explores why the evidence for God isn't clearer and what God actually desires from us.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney challenges the evolutionary theory and the naturalistic worldview by presenting the argument of the truth and validity of the Christian Bible from historical and archeological evidence.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney continues unveiling science's version of the moral law as a subjective majority agreement that disconnects from the law of God and doesn't connect with a naturalist point of view.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney talks about moral law and how to properly argue and refute arguments inside and out of religion and science.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney explores logical arguments that are valid and why some object to belief justification. Dr. Whitney also exposes things that science cannot prove.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney unfolds the idea that nothing can overcome a bias that blocks minds from seeing evidence for any argument and remaining with people who continually feed one's bias narrative.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney teaches about the fallacy of circular arguments that says written texts don't need to be justified. Also, Dr. Whitney reviews arguments for why people of Christian faith choose not to justify what they believe.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney looks at the ignorance of evidence in the culture that leads to apathy. Dr. Whitney also begins to deconstruct basic arguments against belief in God.
In this episode, Dr. Whitney exposes good and bad arguments and reveals how culture has lost the desire to justify beliefs.
In this episode, Dr Whitney reveals how the current culture violates the law of non contradiction without justifying beliefs, becoming subjective and mystical as a culture.
In this episode, Dr Whitney shows how seeking the truth, reason and logic to our beliefs create the basis for our empirical experience. Understanding that all belief systems must face the scrutiny of inconsistency within that system.
In this episode, Dr Whitney unpacks the common position in our culture of justifying our beliefs with weak arguments or privatizing our beliefs. He makes a case that this position leaves us vulnerable, isolated, and uninformed personally with perhaps the most important aspect of our lives. And alienated from each other
In this episode, Dr Whitney explores how beliefs held in influential institutions in our culture can impact us for the rest of our lives and therefore the importance of taking time to test our beliefs.
In this episode, Dr Whitney focuses on the statistics of beliefs in North America, interesting dynamics of the beliefs and highlights some fundamental ironies and contradictions in the culture.
In this episode, Dr Whitney makes a case for the wisdom and importance in taking our beliefs from simple beliefs to ‘why’ we believe what we believe and gives examples. He affirms his biased but stresses the unbiased method in testing beliefs that he recommends and uses in the class.
Spiritual but not religious: Reid Locklin
In the first episode, Dr Whitney paints a picture of the challenges and implications we face in a culture which bases ethic and religious beliefs based predominantly on feelings or science. Then he sets the stage for the class as to how we can begin to learn to justify what we believe - for ourselves and to have reasonable discussions with others.
Book Reference Why should anyone believe anything at all: James W. Sire