Capturing Christianity Podcast: Recent Episodes
Cameron Bertuzzi
My name is Cameron Bertuzzi. I’m a professional photographer doing Christian apologetics, exposing the intellectual side of Christian belief.
In this informal debate, atheist philosopher Ben Watkins and Christian philosopher Dr. Shandon Guthrie discuss the reality of demons. Are there good reasons to think that demons actually exist?Ben Watkins' YouTube channel Real Atheology: @realatheology Dr. Guthrie's website: http://www.sguthrie.net/Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4T5pK6om9MOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
There's a common objection to the Kalam Cosmological Argument that goes something like this: we never actually experience anything beginning to exist, we only ever experience new arrangements of pre-existing material. Hence, since we don't experience things really beginning to exist, the Kalam's causal principle is left unsupported. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Justin Mooney, a philosopher specializing in mereology (the study of part-whole relations) to discuss whether this objection has any merit.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HNs2HpPSfkOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Perry Hendricks--he's a huge proponent of a powerful (and controversial) way to defeat to the problem of evil. Watch to discover his approach!
For more from Dr. Hendricks: https://www.perryhendricks.com/
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zURTe9KsR7s
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In this live interview, I sit down with Eric Hernandez, an experienced Christian apologist, to discuss his thoughts on AI--whether AI will ever become conscious--and what that means for Christianity. We also discuss his work on dualism and reflect on some of the craziest debates he's had with atheists.
Eric Hernandez is a dynamic evangelist and apologist with a heart for proclaiming the gospel and defending the faith on theological and philosophical grounds. He’s a licensed minister, a certified formation therapist, and the Apologetics Lead and Millennial Specialist for The Baptist General Convention of Texas. He holds an associate degree in social science, a bachelor’s degree in theology, and a certificate in apologetics from Biola University.
In this episode, I sit down with Jimmy Akin to discuss some of the craziest episodes he's covered on his Mysterious World podcast. From demons to aliens, the world is actually way more mysterious than we realize!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRHjTC7hRY
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Dr. Josh Rasmussen was our fifth presenter at CCv1. In this talk, he presents a a new ontological argument based on the positivity of a perfect being.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3ipEeIiRM
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Dr. Braxton Hunter was our fourth presenter at CCv1. In this talk, he presents a CORE FACTS argument for God. After his talk, we took a few questions from the audience.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LR3YMdpzBEOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
Dr. Sy Garte was our third presenter at CCv1. In this talk, he presents an argument for God from biology. After his talk, we took a few questions from the audience.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw7DG7L6GswOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
Dr. Liz Jackson was our second presenter at CCv1. In this talk, she presents on the topic, "Should We Want God to Exist?" After her talk, we took a few questions from the audience.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sukh4FeGaEoOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
The title for this one is pretty self-explanatory. These are the top 10 Christian/Atheist debates that I think everyone should watch.#10 The Euthyphro Dilemma - Matt Flannagan vs Jason Thibodeau#9 From Necessary Being to God? | Dr. Graham Oppy & Dr. Rob Koons#8 Randal Rauser the Atheist vs. Joe Schmid the Theist (Devil's Advocate Debate)#7 Daniel Dennett vs Alvin Plantinga Debate REMASTERED#6 William Lane Craig v Erik Wielenberg | "God & Morality" | NC State - Feb 2018#5 William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican: "Does God Exist?", Birmingham University, October 2011#4 Is God Necessary for Morality? | William Lane Craig & Shelly Kagan at Columbia University#3 William Lane Craig and Sean Carroll | "God and Cosmology" | 2014 Greer Heard Forum #2 Russell-Copleston Debate on God's Existence (1948)#1 Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens - Full Debate [HD]Honorable Mentions:Craig vs. RosenbergLennox vs. DawkinsCraig vs. LawPeoples vs. AhmedArbour vs. OppyRasmussen vs. OppyCraig vs. TooleyCraig vs. DraperWhite vs. EhrmanCraig vs. Penrose Craig vs. LudemannMiller vs. CavinFeser vs. OppySpecial thanks to Joe Schmid from Majesty of Reason for giving feedback on earlier versions of the script.
In this episode, I sit down, in-person, with Alex O'Connor from @CosmicSkeptic to analyze 10 different slogans that atheists have put forward over the years.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo1VrBKTza8Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this interview, Dr. Braxton Hunter (@BraxtonHunter) offers what he believes is the strongest argument against Calvinism. This interview was filmed at CCv1.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWIWv69D_0Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this in-person interview, Cameron sits down with Dr. Liz Jackson to discuss whether we should (or should not) want God to exist. This topic is also known as the axiology of theism.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G66qBl_57j8Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this in-person interview, Cameron sits down with Dr. Josh Rasmussen to discuss why people are more than just their material bodies. This interview was filmed at CCv1.Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZh0JEz8hUOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In his Philosophy of Religion class at Huntington University, Dr. Tedla Woldayohnnes invited Dr. Joshua Sijuwade to present his essay, "Grounding and the Existence of God" with a response from Prof. Graham Oppy. Prof. William Hasker and Dr. Susana Gómez were also participants in the discussion.As for the format of this video, it opens with a 50-minute presentation from Dr. Sijuwade of his argument to the class, followed by a 50-minute dialogue between Sijuwade, Oppy, Hasker, and Gomez. Btw, sorry in advance for the poor quality of audio at times, Zoom certainly has its limits. In any case, please enjoy!Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4EO4cXTjMOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this video, Cameron Bertuzzi and James White discuss the papacy, White's top objections to Catholicism, and more!This video originally aired on The Dividing Line: https://youtu.be/Y8woTgHoR0AOur Website: www.capturingchristianity.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity
In this interview, I sit down in-person with Dr. Mike Austin to discuss Christian moral virtue (topic #1) and gun ownership (topic #2).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsIUnwZDoxg
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In this Q&A, I'm joined by Michael Jones from @InspiringPhilosophy to discuss your questions related to Christian theology. Let the questions begin!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClTwLPRJJl0
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In the second session recorded at CC Exchange 22, Alex O'Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) and Trent Horn (The Counsel of Trent) engaged each other in conversation over the topic of why they are/are not a Christian.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYrfKHSV2k
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In this video, I sit down (for a second time) with Trent Horn to discuss Catholicism--my journey, his latest arguments, and the like.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZPBIyyrskg
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In this interview, I'm joined by astronaut, research scientist, and Christian Dr. Leslie Wickman to discuss how, in her view, modern science affirms theism.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzPATGVsykw
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Dr. William Lane Craig recently claimed that he wants to lower the "epistemic standards" for Christian belief. His comments have sparked outrage in the atheist community. Some atheists have even claimed that his comments totally discredit his work more generally. In this video, Dr. Craig explains how his comments are completely in line with current philosophical thinking on pragmatic/epistemic rationality.
Link to Dr. Craig's Original Remarks: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/questions-on-quantum-mechanics-certainty-and-extreme-resistance
Link to Our YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp5MK1GP3OM
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Sam Harris recently said on the @Triggernometry YouTube channel that if Heaven is real, why can't we see it with our telescopes? In this video, I'm joined by PhD candidate Cruz Davis who will analyze Sam Harris' comments from a Christian philosophical perspective.
Full video of Harris's comments: https://youtu.be/DDqtFS_Pvcs
Link to Our YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDO99A1z5Zs
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In this interview, I sit down with Dr. Tyler McNabb to discuss which other world religions are actually consistent or compatible with theism.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO63XqGRau4
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In this video, I chat with Dr. Kevin Vallier, a Christian political philosopher, about his journey from atheism to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cse2B-L-IXo&t=29s
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In celebration of our 200th podcast episode, I (Sawyer) interview Cameron on various topics ranging from Marvel movies, food, his confidence in Christianity, and how Capturing Christianity started a conference.
You won't find this interview anywhere else, folks. Let us know if you want more like it!
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In this special episode of Capturing Christianity, Randal Rauser (Progressive Christian) and Joshua Swamidass (Conservative Christian) dialogue about the key differences between Progressive and Conservative Christianity.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s36s_2xX54k
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In this video, Dr. Gavin Ortlund lays out C. S. Lewis' famous 'Liar, Lunatic, or Lord' trichotomy. This is actually a really fun argument to think about. If it works, it's another way to know that (a) God exists, and (b) Christianity is true.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dHK_2k9WE
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I've recently changed my mind on some Catholic-related doctrines. In this livestream, I explain what they are and the research that lead to me changing my mind.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlGGViZUsgU
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In this in-person interview, I sit down with Catholic Answers apologist Trent Horn to discuss his intellectual journey all the way from Deism to Catholicism.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vQGGlfZsjk
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In this interview, I sit down with Dr. Tomas Bogardus to discuss a new forthcoming paper he wrote entitled, "If Naturalism is true, then Scientific Explanation is impossible."
Link to Dr. Bogardus's Paper: https://philpapers.org/archive/BOGINI.pdf
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LdjZ-7adds
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Matt 16:18 is the famous passage that says: "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it." The question that will be discussed in this dialogue is who the rock is referring to. Does it refer to Peter? To Jesus? To someone/something else?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2M4jIWqeI
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In this video, I sit down with my friend Ben Watkins to discuss his journey from Christianity to atheism.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A74K7P2FvA&t=1s
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Dr. Sy Garte is a retired biochemist. For most of his life, he was an unbelieving atheist. In this interview, he details his journey from being an atheist scientist to a believing Christian.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMBQwGzn_TE
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In this livestream, I'm joined by Joe Heschmeyer to discuss his case for the papacy. Why is the papacy so important? Well, if it's true, then Catholicism is true. If it's false, then Catholicism is false. It's one of Catholicism's most distinctive doctrines.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kulehiDK0BY
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Ever wondered what a case against the papacy might look like? In this livestream, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, a Protestant expert on Roman Catholicism, presents his case against the papacy.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCLzEI92gI
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Daniel Speak (Ph.D., University of California, Riverside) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. He specializes in metaphysics (especially the metaphysics of free will) and the philosophy of religion. He also has research and teaching interests in ethics and epistemology. His book The Problem of Evil was published in 2014 by Polity Press. In addition, he is the co-editor (with Kevin Timpe) of Free Will and Theism, a collection of essays focused on central issues of overlap between the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of action (Oxford University Press, 2016). He has published chapters or articles in The Oxford Handbook of Free Will (2nd Edition), Faith and Philosophy, Res Philosophica, The Philosophical Quarterly, Religious Studies, The Routledge Companion to Free Will, and (as they say) elsewhere.
Feel free to follow him at: https://lmu.academia.edu/DanielSpeak
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEexALvv5GE
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In this video, I'm joined by Dr. William Lane Craig to respond to Stephen Woodford's video in which he purports to debunk every theistic argument in a mere 14 minutes.
Link to Stephen's Video: https://youtu.be/o9Ctc9LlfiA
Link to this YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Hu720zsWI
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In this video, I respond to Cosmic Skeptic's video "Christianity's Biggest Problem."
Alex's original video: https://youtu.be/5KDnnp0sDkI
DESCRIPTION #1: The example Grandin cites comes from a book on this, Antoinio R. Damasio "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain." And she also cites for the chapter as a whole "Freeman, W., and J.W. Watts. 1950. 'Psychosurgery in the Treatment of Mental Disorders and Intractable Pain.' Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher."
Also, just as a general rule, if you just google leucotomies and pain you'll find all kinds of stuff on this connection between leucotomy patients and people reporting reduced suffering. They did leucotomies in the 50s and 60s and they were way weird.
DESCRIPTION #2: “A hypothesis h suffers from probabilistic tension if and only if h is logically equivalent to some conjunctive hypothesis, h1& h2, such that either P(h1| h2) is [greatly lesser than] 1 or P(h2| h1) is [greatly lesser than] 1: that is, one conjunct of the hypothesis is very unlikely, conditioned on the other conjunct. Among other things, a hypothesis h that suffers from probabilistic tension will be very unlikely: since P(h) = P(h1& h2) = P(h1| h2) x P(h2) = P(h2| h1) x P(h1), it follows that if P(h1| h2) is [greatly lesser than] 1 or P(h2| h1) is [greatly lesser than] 1, then P(h) is [greatly lesser than] 1.” In our case, atheism represents h. If h is really the conjunction of Atheism & Evolution, as Alex assumes, then we can represent Atheism as h1 and Evolution as h2. Since the probability of Evolution on Atheism is very unlikely, the probability of h2 given h1 is also very unlikely. Following Collins, this leads us to conclude that the intrinsic probability of h is very unlikely.
DESCRIPTION #3: BOOKS: -Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil by John Schneider -God, Evolution and Animal Suffering by Bethany Sollereder -The Groaning of Creation: God, Evolution and the Problem of Evil by Christopher Southgate -Animal Suffering and the Problem of Evil by Nicola Hoggard Creegan -Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering by Kyle Keltz DISSERTATIONS: -The Problem of Evil and Animal Suffering: A Case Study by Faith Pawl -All Creation Groans: A Theodicy for Suffering Animals by Matthew Douglass OTHER RESOURCES: -The Problem of Evil by Peter van Inwagen (has a chapter on animal pain) -A Random-Based Theodicy for Evolutionary Evils by Josh Rasmussen and J. Wesling -Certain global theodicies: e.g. skeptical theism, multiverse models, etc.
DESCRIPTION #4: Why Didn't God Just Create Everyone in Heaven?? - https://youtu.be/kOmOLre6CyM
DESCRIPTION #5: http://dustincrummett.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/philosophy-of-religion-for-all-final-version-4-13-2019-1.pdf
DESCRIPTION #6: There aren't a lot of arguments for the conclusion that animals are essentially non-rational, and the ones that exist are not very good.
Special thanks to Wade Tisthammer (@Maverick Christian), Justin Mooney, Joe Schmid (@Majesty of Reason), Josh Rasmussen (@Worldview Design), Dustin Crummett, & Liz Jackson (@PhiLizophy) for providing helpful comments on earlier drafts of the script.
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Back in June of 2020, YouTuber Arvin Ash published a video that attempts to scrutinize the Fine-Tuning Argument for God's existence. In this response video, cosmologist Luke Barnes, who also happens to be my favorite superhero, explains Arvin's many mistakes.
Link to Arvin Ash's Video: https://youtu.be/sm0Ul-Ym8Ys
Link to this YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi54OCH34pU
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It's been exactly a year since our last interview with Dr. Gleoples, arguably the most influential alincolnist on the internet. In this video, we catch up on everything he's been up to, including a new hit show he's started called "The Alincolnist Experience."
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLSQYPjzKqc
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In this incredibly important episode, I speak with Dr. Penn Gleoples, an eminent Lincoln mythicist, about his skepticism about the existence of "Abraham Lincoln." He argues that reason and logic require us to doubt there ever was such a person.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZMN9hRfrRs
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In this livestream, I'm joined by expert historian Dr. Gary Habermas to discuss some new evidence he's found in support of the resurrection of Jesus.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMx1OikHC8U
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Joe (@Majesty of Reason) has recently defended the Ontological Argument in a peer-reviewed academic paper that is currently under review. In this conversation, Alex (@CosmicSkeptic) pushes back.
Alex's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor Joe's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWRKmcplBTYQS49AVGsLgw
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czPBS4FVi2Q
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On January 28, 1948, British philosophers Frederick Copleston and Bertrand Russell debated the existence of God on BBC radio. Dr. Josh Rasmussen joins me to dissect the section of their debate focused on the argument from contingency.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Y2agEAN_w
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In this informal debate, Chris Date defends Annihilationism and Keith Giles defends Universalism.
Chris Date is a well-known evangelical Christian author, editor, blogger, podcaster, debater, and speaker. Representing a global movement known as Rethinking Hell, Chris has published three articles in academic journals and two books on the topic of hell, including Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism, and A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary.
Keith Giles is a former pastor who abandoned the pulpit to follow Jesus and ended up founding a church where 100% of the offering is given away to help the poor in the community. He is the author of several best-selling books including "Jesus Undefeated: Condemning The False Doctrine Of Eternal Torment". He has appeared on CNN and was recently interviewed by USA Today, BuzzFeed, and John Fugelsang's "Tell Me Everything." He also co-hosts the insanely popular Heretic Happy Hour podcast and the new Peace Catalyst Podcast. He lives with his wife, Wendy, in El Paso, Texas.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbg4w4FPVIc
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@Capturing Christianity, @Majesty of Reason, @Deflate, and @CosmicSkeptic join forces to discuss Christianity, their personal journeys, and other fun stuff.
Capturing Christianity Exchange 2022 is an in-person event on May 21, 2022 featuring an exchange of ideas between Cameron Bertuzzi, Alex O’Connor, Lukas Rueegger, and Joe Schmid. Event attendees will have an opportunity to witness first-hand a fresh exchange of ideas between many popular philosophy of religion YouTubers.
To buy tickets to CC Exchange 2022: https://capturingchristianity.com/events/cc-exchange-2022/
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTtSJZTUQWI
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Guillaume Bignon was once a hardcore atheist. After he began looking deeply into philosophy and apologetics, however, he realized that the weight of the evidence fell on the side of Christianity. Here's his story.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7DfssJ5kE
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Dr. Eric Yang is a leading expert on the logical problem of the Trinity. In this livestream, Dr. Yang joins me to answer YOUR questions on The Trinity.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHqa1W3xIk&t=7s
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In this live interview, I chat with Christian philosopher Dr. Jc Beall about his book "The Contradictory Christ." In it he argues that the role Jesus occupies in orthodox Christian theology (being both divine and human) demands a contradiction.
Dr. Beall's book "The Contradictory Christ": https://amzn.to/2VsxNZ9
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WXOZaQ1bo
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Christmas is coming early, fam! In this episode, I chat with Dr. Joshua Sijuwade (aka Ripped Swinburne 2.0) about his newly developed argument for the existence of God from grounding.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS4Tyxu47Nk
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Dr. Luke Barnes was our very first main session speaker at CCv1. In this talk, he presents on the topic, "The Universe is No Accident." After his talk, we took a few questions from the audience.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxCbK8tQel0
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In this livestream, I talk with UK radio host Justin Brierley about his 10+ years of experience hosting dialogues between Christians and atheists. Did any debates cause him to doubt? How does he manage not to get defensive?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5UHkkXYAs
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In this livestream, Dr. Josh Rasmussen (@Worldview Design) joins me to explain a Modal Argument from Contingency. This is a particular kind of cosmological argument that combines logical and existential data. In English, it's a ridiculously strong argument for God's existence.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXtE8lZ4Sk
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In this week's livestream, I'm joined by biochemist Sy Garte to discuss his recent journey from atheism to Christianity.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbuMwT_KhM
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In this video, I'm joined by Dr. Luke Barnes and Maverick Christian (Wade Tisthammer) to respond to Paulogia's critique of my video on the Puddle Analogy to Fine-Tuning.
Paulogia's critique: https://youtu.be/eJQ54wKlD2Q
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DC0pEQE0J8
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In this video, I explain why the Puddle Analogy against the Fine-tuning Argument for God fails (on multiple levels).
1: The likelihood principle says that “if some evidence is more likely on Hypothesis 1 than Hypothesis 2, then that evidence confirms Hypothesis 1 over Hypothesis 2.” Here’s a quick example: suppose you’re playing Poker and the guy to your left has been dealt a Royal Flush the last 5 hands. Being dealt 5 Royal Flushes in a row is likely on the hypothesis that he’s cheating and unlikely on the hypothesis that he’s not cheating. This fact therefore provides evidence that he’s cheating over not cheating. And btw, anybody actually in that situation would (without a doubt) suspect that he’s cheating.
2: See number three at this website: http://home.messiah.edu/~rcollins/Fine-tuning/FT.HTM
3: https://youtu.be/58brbYwN0Q0
4: (Same link as #3) https://youtu.be/58brbYwN0Q0
5: Universes by John Leslie: https://amzn.to/2E4PrWP
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This video features an interview I did on the question: "Why does God allow Evil?" on the Bible Dingers Podcast.
Check out the Bible Dingers podcast: https://www.bibledingers.com/
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Does having hundreds of arguments for God actually do any philosophical work or is it a rhetorical gimmick? Dr. Ted Poston and Dr. Chad McIntosh join me to discuss a very interesting argument for the existence of God: The Argument from All the Arguments.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44j7_xz9VGU&t=133s
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In this video, Dr. Chad McIntosh presents over 100 arguments for the existence of God. Each argument is presented in visual form followed by recommended sources for further research. At the end, we discuss what a similar list of arguments for atheism would look like (and what it would imply for the theistic list of arguments).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7ANgO2ZBU&t=763s
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In this video, Dr. Chad McIntosh presents over 100 arguments for the existence of God. Each argument is presented in visual form followed by recommended sources for further research. At the end, we discuss what a similar list of arguments for atheism would look like (and what it would imply for the theistic list of arguments).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7ANgO2ZBU&t=763s
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Dr. Lydia McGrew is a widely published analytic philosopher and author. She received her PhD in English from Vanderbilt University in 1995. She has published extensively in the theory of knowledge, specializing in formal epistemology and in its application to the evaluation of testimony and to the philosophy of religion. She defends the reliability of the Gospels and Acts in her books Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts, The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels From Literary Devices, and most recently The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ld1Jv-hU0
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In this interview, I'm joined by Nick Quient, a PhD student in New Testament, to discuss the issue of the ordination of women in the Bible. Is Christianity sexist?
Nick Quient is a PhD candidate in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, AU. He also earned an MA in New Testament from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA from Biola University. He has published in the Canadian-American Theological Review, Priscilla Papers, and the Evangelical Review of Theology and is the author of “The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills” (Wipf & Stock, 2019). He is an ordained Baptist pastor serving in Southern California.
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In this interview, I talk with New Testament Scholar Marc Turnage about the portrayal of Pilate in the Gospels. Do the Gospels make Pilate appear too nice?
Marc Turnage holds an MA in Jewish History and New Testament Backgrounds from Jerusalem University College. He is currently finishing his PhD in the Land of Israel Studies Department at Bar Ilan University located in Ramat Gan, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Esther Eshel.
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In our previous dialogue (linked below), Catholic Apologist Suan Sonna (left) said that he's got a silver bullet argument for the truth of Catholicism. That's what Suan and I discuss in this episode.
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Btw, Suan Sonna is the brilliant Catholic.
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Matt Fradd and I had an informal debate a couple years ago on the Eucharist that was released to our respective patrons. We talked and thought it was time to release it to the public. Enjoy!
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In this livestream, you had the opportunity to ask Dr. William Lane Craig and/or Dr. Ryan Mullins ANYTHING about the doctrine of Divine Simplicity!
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This is basically an overview of many philosophical puzzles brought about by the concept of prayer. If God knows what we will pray before we pray it, does it matter if we pray? Is God praiseworthy even though He didn't choose to be Good?
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Christian philosophers Philip Swenson (left) and Taylor Cyr (right) have different answers to the question of whether God's foreknowledge precludes human free will. In this live discussion, they air out some of their differences and, in the process, introduce us to a flourishing dialogue happening in academia.
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In this live discussion, Dr. Kirk MacGregor and Dr. Alex Malpass take opposing positions on the so-called grounding objection to Molinism.
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On August 27, 2021 at 7pm Central, Benjamin Blake Speed Watkins debated Trent Horn ( @The Counsel of Trent ) on the topic of whether God exists. This was a live, in-person, formal debate happening only at the CCv1 Conference.
DEBATE FORMAT 15-min Openings 7-min First Rebuttal 4-min Second Rebuttal 30-min Moderated Dialogue 30-min Q&A (2 min response/1 min counter-response) 5-min Closings
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For the first time ever, Trevor, my brother, comes on CC to talk about his story. He'll also be answering any questions you have for him. Neither of us have done anything like this yet, so it'll be a lot of fun.
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Hey CC team! Meet Brittany, my beautiful wife! We're taking your questions LIVE.
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In this livestream, Dr. Josh Swamidass and Dr. James Tour discuss whether science has come anywhere close to explaining the origin of life on planet Earth.
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In this live interview, I'm joined by Michael Jones (from Inspiring Philosophy) to talk with Dr. S Joshua Swamidass about his new book "The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry." In the book, Dr. Swamidass argues that contemporary science is fully compatible with a de novo account of Adam and Eve.
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Atheist YouTube Paulogia recently attempted to refute Dr. Andrew Loke's arguments for the post-mortem appearances of Jesus by appealing to the work of other Christian scholars. In this video, Dr. Loke responds to Paulogia's claims.
Paulogia's video: https://youtu.be/8qtfFPd_R_E
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In this interview, I discuss the nature of the appearances of Jesus with Christian philosopher Andrew Loke. In his book "Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ," Dr. Loke offers a new, transdisciplinary approach to assessing Jesus' resurrection.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18BpNNp0HJs&t=7s
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Reformed Epistemology is the view that belief in God can be rational even without arguments. Dr. Tyler McNabb joins me to answer common objections to this view. Send in your objections live!
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In this live interview, I talk with Dr. Tyler McNabb about whether we need proof to know that God exists.
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In this livestream, I discuss Presuppositionalism with Dr. Josh Rasmussen. Do we need to presuppose God's existence in order to make sense of knowledge?
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In this in-person interview, I sit down with Dr. Richard Howe to discuss his objections to Presuppositionalism. He makes some very important distinctions that help clarify where the view goes wrong.
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In this livestream, I'm joined by Ronald Cram, Dr. Luke Barnes, and Dr. Aron Wall to review the William Lane Craig/Sean Carroll debate on God and cosmology that took place in 2014. We play and comment on select clips from the debate.
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In this livestream, Dr. Sean McDowell joins me to discuss and review his recent debate with Paulogia on @Unbelievable? about the martyrdom of the apostles. The last section of this interview features live Q&A with Dr. McDowell!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk7GhsVYZHE
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In this engaging livestream, Dr. Andy Bannister, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, provides 3 reasons why Muslims ought to seriously consider the truth of Christianity.
Dr. Bannister is an adjunct speaker with RZIM, winsome author, and holds a PhD in Islamic studies. When not traveling, speaking, or writing, he is a keen hiker, mountain climber, and photographer.
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In this week's livestream, Dr. Tomas Bogardus and I take a close look at whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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In this week's livestream, medical doctor Joseph Bergeron refutes the theory that the disciples hallucinated the risen Jesus. Dr. Bergeron has co-written an academic paper with Dr. Gary Habermas where they go into more detail.
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In this livestream, Dr. Ted Poston answers YOUR questions on the various arguments for God's existence.
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In 2016, outspoken atheist activist Dan Barker released a book entitled "God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction." In this debate, Dan engages Christian theologian Randal Rauser on the topic of whether the Christian God is worthy of worship.
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J. P. Moreland and I both suffer from anxiety. In this interview, I discuss his book "Finding Quiet" in which he outlines the practices that brought him peace.
Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace: https://amzn.to/2NXETBp
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Lee Strobel joins me IN-PERSON to discuss the practices he's developed to investigate life's biggest questions.
Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books and curricula that have sold fourteen million copies in total. He currently serves as Founding Director of the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University.
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In this 90-minute livestream, I'm joined by Dr. David Wilkinson and Dave Hutchings to answer YOUR questions on God, science, and mathematics.
Dr. David Wilkinson is Principal of St John’s College and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He lives in Newcastle with his wife Alison and has two grown up children. He is a writer and speaker on Christianity and Science not just in the UK but around the world. He has doctorates in astrophysics and theology and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Methodist minister, and author of many books.
Dave Hutchings is a Physics teacher at Pocklington School near York, England. A Fellow of the Institute of Physics, he has written several books about the relationship between science and religion and speaks regularly on the topic around the country at conferences, schools, universities, and churches. David has also run multiple training events for science teachers, specializing in dealing with common misconceptions in the discipline. He lives in York with his wife and two young daughters.
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J. Warner became a Christ-follower at the age of thirty-five after investigating the claims of the New Testament gospels using his skill set as a detective. His story is super unique!
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In this livestream, Dr. Luke Barnes answers YOUR questions on the fine-tuning argument for God's existence. Dr. Barnes is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Western Sydney University, Australia. He works on cosmology, galaxy formation, and the fine-tuning of the universe for life.
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In this live interview, I sit down with cosmologist Luke Barnes to discuss the evidence that the universe is fine-tuned for life.
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In 2011, Dr. James N. Anderson co-authored a peer-reviewed paper arguing that God's existence can be inferred from logic. In this interview, we chat about his argument and take questions from the audience.
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In this video, professional logician Tim McGrew explains various rules of inference and how they relate to discussions about God's existence.
Dr. Timothy McGrew is Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. A specialist in theory of knowledge, logic, probability theory, and the history and philosophy of science, Dr. McGrew has spoken at Oxford, MIT, and other universities as well as at many churches and seminaries across the United States and overseas. He has also engaged in public debates on the meaning of faith, the rationality of belief in miracles, and the historical reliability of the Gospels.
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In this interview, I'm joined by a very good friend of mine, Adam Coleman, to discuss some of the things that are unique about black atheism and why Christians today should be aware of the movement.
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In this interview, I sit down with Dr. Tim Hsiao to discuss his views on moral philosophy, sexual ethics, and abortion.
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In this interview, Dr. David Falk lays out several lines of archeological evidence that support a real Exodus event as recorded in the Bible.
Dr. David A. Falk holds three master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool, and is a research associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. He studies ancient Egypt and the Bible, and in 2020 published the book "The Ark of the Covenant in its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey."
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In this interview, I chat with Michael Jones (of InpsiringPhilosophy) about the first few chapters of Genesis. Do they teach that the universe is young? What about Adam and Eve?
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In this joint interview, I'm joined by Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. David Baggett to discuss the merits of different versions of the moral argument for God's existence.
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In this live interview, atheist professor Dr. Erik Wielenberg defends objective morality.
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Dr. Robin Collins, Dr. Josh Rasmussen, and Cameron Bertuzzi have a casual conversation about the fine-tuning argument. We discuss the strongest versions, strongest objections, and take questions from viewers.
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In this live interview, I interview Dr. Michael Brown, one of the foremost experts in the world on answering Jewish objections to Jesus' messiahship.
Dr. Michael Brown holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University, has served as a visiting or adjunct professor at a ton of prestigious universities, and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly publications, including the Oxford Dictionary of Jewish Religion and the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Dr. Brown is the author of more than 30 books, including the highly-acclaimed five-volume series, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, which we’ll be talking about tonight, and most recently “Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don’t Believe In a Pre-Tribulation Rapture (2019).”
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In this informal dialogue, atheist Alex O'Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) discusses the merits of the so-called 'Evil God Challenge' with Christian philosopher Max Baker-Hytch.
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In this informal debate, Chris Date and Clinton Wilcox discuss their opposing views on the fate of the unsaved. Chris believes in Conditional Immortality, the view that the unsaved will not live forever. Clinton believes in the Traditional view, that the unsaved will live forever in a state of conscious torment.
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In this live discussion, Christian apologist Michael Jones (of InspiringPhilosophy) discusses whether Christianity is just another "Mystery Religion" with skeptic David Fitzgerald.
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Atheists like to say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. How should we respond to this? In this live interview, I interact with Dr. Tim McGrew and take questions from the live audience.
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In this live discussion, Scott Clifton (TBS) engages with Dr. Josh Rasmussen on the argument from contingency. Is it persuasive?
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In this interview, I'm joined by Michael Jones (of Inspiring Philosophy) and Tim O'Neill (from History for Atheists) to discuss whether Christianity hindered science in the Middle Ages.
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In this live interview, Dr. Kirk MacGregor and I discuss a paper he wrote defending the idea that God's existence is compatible with pointless suffering.
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In this live interview, Dr. Rob Koons and I look at some very new arguments for the second premise of Kalam Cosmological Argument that the universe began to exist. In particular, we look at the Grim Reaper Paradox for causal finitism.
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In this livestream, Matt Fradd explains 7 Catholic things that Protestants can start believing right now. He and I disagree :)
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In this video, Father Vince Lampert, an experienced Catholic exorcist, joins me to answer any and all of your questions.
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In this livestream, Matt Fradd from Pints with Aquinas listens and responds to my TOP 3 OBJECTIONS to Catholicism.
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Dr. Jerry Walls has developed the absolute strongest argument against Roman Catholicism that I know of. In this video, he presents and defends it his argument.
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In this video, Dr. Tyler McNabb (a professional philosopher and convert to Catholicism) tries to convert ME to Catholicism! I'll be interacting with his arguments live, as they happen on the air.
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In this livestream, I chat with Dr. John Peckham about his work on Sola Scriptura. Sola Scriptura (by scripture alone in English) is a theological doctrine held by some Protestant Christian denominations that the Christian scriptures are the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Is Sola Scriptura Defensible?
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There are only a handful of Catholic exorcists currently operating in the United States. In this interview, I chat with one--Fr. Vince Lampert. What do you think? Do demons exist? Are exorcisms real?
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In this video, Bishop Robert Barron is interviewed by Cameron Bertuzzi (a Protestant apologist) about Catholicism, the argument from beauty, Aquinas, Exorcism, and many other topics.
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In this interview, I sit down with budding Christian YouTuber Elephant Philosophy to discuss his philosophical journey from atheism to Christianity.
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In this live interview, Dr. Glenn Peoples and I discuss Partial Preterism, a view about Revelation that says most of what is prophesied in Revelation has already happened.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKte3oRNuE
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In this live interview, I sit down with Dr. Josh Rasmussen to discuss his recently released book "How Reason Can Lead to God."
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjAVIyEIsMc
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In this week's livestream, Dr. Liz Jackson (an expert on Pascal's Wager) joins me in analyzing Cosmic Skeptic's video allegedly "debunking" the argument.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQcdkGmudo
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In this live formal debate, popular YouTubers Inspiring Philosophy (theist) and Apostate Prophet (atheist) square off on the existence of God. Topic: Does God exist?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp2maup4rsM
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Astronomers estimate that there are billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy alone. If we were to find out that intelligent life beyond Earth existed, what would that mean for Christian belief? Would it conflict with the Bible?
In this stream, I'm joined by Christian philosophers Tyler McNabb and Chad McIntosh to discuss their joint work on this question.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyt-O0i6zs
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In this interview, I chat with author Tom Holland about his book "Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World." In it, he argues that our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lehk-ZSsbpI
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In this livestream, Dr. Gary Habermas answers questions on Near Death Experiences, the nature of Resurrection appearances, his work on the Resurrection, the Shroud of Turin, and many others!
Dr. Habermas is one of the world's foremost experts on the evidence for the Resurrection. He is also an avid researcher of Near Death Experiences.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNd8b3f0qsQ
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The Second Coming of Christ is prominent in the New Testament, yet few Christians are actively looking for Jesus' return. In this interview, I chat with Ian Hutchings, father of David Hutchings, about his book entitled "The Return of Jesus Christ, The Christian's (half-forgotten) Hope."
Following a career in Oxford as a languages lecturer, Ian retired to Leicestershire where he became Chairman of Trustees of Wycliffe Associates (UK) a charity which supported bible translation and now as MissionAssist, supports wider Christian mission overseas.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMr0NdpkUSk
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In this live interview, I discuss Dr. Tomas Bogardus' paper entitled "Some Internal Problems with Revisionary Gender Concepts."
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzjPRS6PyU
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Dr. Andrew Loke recently wrote an academic-level book defending the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In this video, Dr. Graham Oppy discusses the merits of the Kalam with Dr. Loke. Is the Kalam sound?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NrTv-Durc
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In this 45-minute interview, Dr. Liz Jackson and I discuss the complicated relationship between faith and reason. How should we define faith? Is faith rational or irrational?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mHcd5D_j4
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In this live interview, I talk with Dr. Michael Heiser about his (somewhat controversial) view that Jesus was not born on December 25.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS7r3_fxzUc
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This episode features Michael Jones (of InspiringPhilosophy) and Ocean Keltoi discussing whether or not the Christmas holiday can be traced back to pagan sources.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgGHZBFH38&t=234s
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In this debate, Stephen Nemes and Ben Watkins debate the Ontological Argument. Roughly, the Ontological Argument states that if God's existence is even possible, then it follows that God exists. With a name like "Ontological Argument," you know that things quickly get way more complicated.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PbTcg-BVK0
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In this live interview, Dr. Jerry Walls and I discuss several atheist objections to the concept of Heaven. Does Heaven make any sense? We'll also be taking your questions live!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da9oVg-WNB8
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In this live dicussion, Tim Hsiao and Britlandt Abney discuss whether recreational marijuana use is morally acceptable. Tim argues no, Britlandt argues yes.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6ClKOAQjQ
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In this live interview, Dr. Josh Rasmussen and I discuss advanced tips for analyzing arguments against God. We draw on recent examples from my back and forth with Rationality Rules on the Kalam Cosmological Argument.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoHvckWOLeU
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The other day, I heard an AMAZING lecture from Dr. Pruss where he presents a cumulative case for God's existence using some of the latest developments in philosophy. I emailed him and asked if I could mirror it here and he said yes! Enjoy!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsFPg3KH84
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In this livestream, Joe Schmid and Chris Tomaszewski discuss the doctrine of divine simplicity. Divine Simplicity says that God transcends complexity and has no parts.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX6di0Au5Kg
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Philosophy professor Tyler McNabb will be sharing tips on how to effectively Street Preach from a philosophical perspective. This is an open forum for Christians to join and ask questions on the topic. Tyler has been street preaching for over a decade. Outside of America, Tyler has done street evangelism in the U.K., Israel, and Central America. One of the ways in which Tyler's approach to evangelism is unique is that he focuses on integrating philosophy into his evangelistic methodology. Tyler is now an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of St. Joseph, Macau..
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6KGt5kP-8&t=1965s
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In this live discussion, Dr. Dustin Crummett and Ben Watkins discuss the mind/body problem. What is the relationship between the mind and the body? Does the soul exist? Does the soul provide evidence for Theism?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNaMCEYgKLo
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This is the remastered and repaired audio from an exchange between Dr. Alvin Plantinga and Dr. Daniel Dennett. The audio was really bad in every iteration I found online, so I had my sound producer Sawyer Hudson doctor it up. The doctored version is still pretty bad but you can at least make out about 98% of what's said.
For a little background on this exchange, Dr. Plantinga was presenting a paper he wrote entitled, "Science and Religion, Where the Conflict Really Lies." Dr. Dennett was tasked with commenting on the paper. That's it. He was tasked with responding to the content. But unfortunately Dennett went way off topic and kind of went on a rant against religious belief. Because of this, to lay audiences it ended up sounding like a debate (even though it wasn't).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f06J2R4MwGA&t=1220s
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In this interview, I sit down with pro-life activist Stephanie Gray to discuss her case against abortion.
Stephanie Gray is a seasoned and international speaker who began presenting at the age of 18. She has given almost 1,000 pro-life presentations across North America as well as in Scotland, England, Ireland, Austria, Latvia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Costa Rica.
Stephanie has debated abortion advocates such as physicians who do abortions, which includes debating late-term abortionist Dr. Fraser Fellows in front of medical students at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680xgvO05iI&t=1290s
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Today we have a debate between Ben Arbour and Graham Oppy on the Ontological Argument and whether or not it is a good argument for the existence of God.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udxfuPgq4TY
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In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig answers what one YouTuber called the "best atheist arguments." Featured atheists: Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and George Carlin.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtCnRanSBUg
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Why does God allow evil? Why do we suffer for Adam's sin? Where did cancer and tsunamis come from? In this interview, I talk with Dr. Clay Jones, author of "Why Does God Allow Evil?", about the various Problems of Evil.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlrClxwL0w
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In this livestream, Dr. Mike Licona and Laura Robinson discuss what historical investigation can reveal about the Resurrection of Jesus.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoq4bLxzop4&t=201s
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Over the course of about 2 months, atheist podcaster Justin Schieber and I engaged in a formal written debate on the Problem of Evil. It gets a little technical at points, so I highly recommend reading the transcript (available on our patreon page here: https://bit.ly/2MCrxYp).
The format of the debate was 15 minute openings, 10 minute rebuttals, and 8 minute closings. We each had up to seven days to issue our responses, ask for clarification, etc. It was originally written and later orated for the August 28th, 2017 episode of the Real Atheology Podcast.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOwbSrl-xw
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In this livestream, I interview Dr. Tyron Goldschmidt about his peer-reviewed paper arguing that the Old Testament is historical. In particular, he argues that the Exodus (as described in the Old Testament) should be taken as history.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaLbE5-GJoQ&t=4s
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This episode features a panel discussion on the Problem of Evil between Cameron Bertuzzi, Josh Parikh, Cory Markum, and James Croft.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOxnlZd8jTQ
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In this interview, historian and philosopher Dr. Gary Habermas explains the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. We also talk about NDE's (Near Death Experiences) and the Shroud of Turin.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSG5okmUr8&t=200s
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This discussion features two theists, Glenn Peoples and Randal Rauser, and two atheists, Lance Hannestad and Graham Seth Moore, discussing the conditional premise of the moral argument. All participants affirm the view that moral facts exist and are real, the disagreement is found over the grounding of these moral facts (natural vs supernatural).
The theists contend that God is required to ground moral facts, while the atheists contend the opposite: a satisfactory account of moral ontology can be given purely from a naturalistic perspective.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZnRXXPkhY&t=1s
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In this live interview, I talk with Dr. Lydia McGrew about whether we have good internal evidence that the Bible is true and accurate. Another word for this is "Undesigned Coincidences." Do we have good internal evidence for the historical reliability of the Bible?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7x9p70rrw&t=1s
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This episode features Jeffery Jay Lowder and Wade Tisthammer discussing William Lane Craig's formulation of the Moral Argument for God's existence. Is it sound? Tune in to find out!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLesZ23stA&t=2s
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In this livestream, Michael Jones (from @InspiringPhilosophy) provides an array of evidence for the historical accuracy of Genesis. This evidence will BLOW YOUR MIND.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381o2Gl5Ehc&t=159s
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This Theist/Atheist Discussion features John Cranman (theist) and Cory Markum (atheist). They recently appeared on the Unbelievable? podcast to discuss the moral argument. This is sort of a round 2 for them where we'll get much deeper into the argument.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2nlzdxLJIY
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If you had a difficult time following the Craig/Oppy exchange on our channel (like I did), this video will be a lot of help! Author and physics popularizer David Hutchings joins me to explain what went on in the debate at a level that anyone can understand.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-kuNbHd4A&t=52s
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We have Sterling Contreras (Christian) and Brit Abney (Atheist) on the show today to discuss the First Way of Thomas Aquinas in order to determine if the Argument from Motion is a good argument for God's existence.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSRBF6FhPE
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In this live interview, Dr. Ryan Mullins discusses his work on "Disability Theology." What happens to the disabled at the eschaton? Do some maintain their disabilities? Does everyone receive new bodies and therefore there are no disabilities?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgRH7PopWVs&t=2s
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In this interview, Dr. Justin Barrett, a cognitive scientist of religion, explains why the science shows that religion is never going away.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYB_q_7aiFQ&t=4s
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In this Devil's Advocate Debate, Dr. Randal Rauser (a theist) will be defending God's nonexistence and Joe Schmid (a non-theist) will be defending God's existence. A devil's advocate takes the opposing viewpoint to enrich the debate and develop ideas.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68FxtG49ngY&t=2s
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In this in-depth interview, philosophy professor Rob Koons provides several powerful reasons to think the First Cause is God. We're closing the "Gap" between First Cause and God. Toward the end of the interview, we take your questions.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an_neGBKKo8&t=213s
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What is the nature of morally permissible sex? What sexual ethic should we adopt? In this episode, Tim Hsiao and Benjamin Watkins (of Real Atheology) discuss these questions at length.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fRXF3T560&t=26s
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In this live debate, Dr. Ed Feser and Dr. Graham Oppy discuss whether there are any good arguments for God.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-80lQOlNOs&t=103s
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Some atheists think that the fact there are certain contingent cultural facts about Christians (e.g., that they could have been born in India), means that their beliefs are irrational, unjustified, or unwarranted. In this video, I interview Dr. Tomás Bogardus, an expert on the subject. We discuss a paper he wrote entitled, "The Problem of Contingency for Religious Belief."
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNE8HRHVaxE&t=10s
Link to Bogardus's Site: https://sites.google.com/site/tbogardus/
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In this live discussion, Dr. Graham Oppy engages Dr. Ed Feser on his book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God."
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVDutpB4Cw
Link to Feser's Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621641333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1621641333&linkCode=as2&tag=cc08b9-20&linkId=45b66369712eab68d3a3d658eebef10c
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Today on the show, Andrew Harland-Smith and John Limanto discuss whether or not the theological view of Molinism is true.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUf9wW7Y5s&t=1s
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In this video, I interview Greg Koukl about how to talk to people about Christianity. We talk about his book "Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions." Toward the end we talk about how Tactics differs from Street Epistemology.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_HcKbls_RI&t=7s
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Professional philosopher Tyler McNabb will be dialoguing with Street Epistemologist Hunter Glenn on whether we can know that God exists.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZayT_4ywAc
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Dr. Joshua Swamidass was raised a Young Earth Creationist, was drawn to Intelligent Design, but then came to affirm evolutionary science. How did he change his mind?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEinFT6gSY
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In this Theist/Atheist Discussion, we're tackling the argument from Hiddenness again but this time with a new group. This discussion features atheists and hosts of the Real Atheoloy podcast Justin Schieber and Ben Watkins. The theists are Josh Parikh and Blake Giunta.
The formulation of the argument being discussed is Schellenberg's most recent formulation:
(1) If a perfectly loving God exists, then there exists a God who is always open to a personal relationship with any finite person.
(2) If there exists a God who is always open to a personal relationship with any finite person, then no finite person is ever nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists.
(3) If a perfectly loving God exists, then no finite person is ever nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists. (from 1, 2)
(4) Some finite persons are or have been nonresistantly in a state of nonbelief in relation to the proposition that God exists.
(5) No perfectly loving God exists. (from 3, 4)
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JnWRPT6Wtk&t=142s
Real Atheology Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-atheology/id1200545713
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In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Alex Malpass discuss Dr. Craig's philosophical arguments in defense of the second premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument (that the universe began to exist).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWo9qU2dhpQ&t=5s
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The Euthyphro Dilemma says that either God has reasons for his commands or He doesn’t. Take the second option. God has no reasons for His commands. Well then God’s commands are arbitrary–however, morality can’t be arbitrary. Now take the first option. God has reasons for His commands. Well then these reasons themselves are sufficient to give us moral obligations. No need for God. The Euthyphro Dilemma is meant to show that grounding morality in God is misguided. Jason argues that the Euthyphro Dilemma is sound, Matt argues it is not.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_M19Rv52Og&t=99s
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In this live discussion, Alex O'Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) and Dr. Liz Jackson discuss the merits of Pascal's Wager. Is it sound?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv4jE2TUEGY&t=60s
Cosmic Skeptic's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor
Dr. Jackson's website: http://liz-jackson.com/
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From the Big Bang to Homosexuality to the Problem of Evil, in this interview, Dr. Jerry Walls and I answer some of the hottest objections to Christianity. We couldn't cover everything, so we limited the objections to 5 of the most common we see and hear from culture. They aren't difficult; however, they are the kind of questions that ordinary church people need to really reflect on and think about. Here they are for reference:
- Evolution/Big Bang proves that Christianity is false. (6:30)
- People believe in God because of wish fulfillment. (12:50)
- The Bible seems like it was written by a bunch of uninformed peasants with no scientific knowledge at all. Why should we think that it’s reliable? (17:29)
- Christianity is against gay people. (22:05)
- Why do bad things happen to good people? (28:34)
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vr6uxIGrg&t=1s
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In this informal debate, Ryan Mullins (a Modified Classical Theist) debates Steven Nemes (a Classical Theist) on the nature of God. Is God personal like us?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAJ5yBVGAw&t=111s
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Tyler McNabb is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Humanities) at Houston Baptist University. His specialization is in epistemology and philosophy of religion. In combining these two topics, his current focus has been on defending both proper functionalism and the project of Reformed Epistemology. In addition to his research, he also enjoys teaching, reading theology, witnessing, watching The Walking Dead, and eating Mexican food.
Part 1 provides a bit of background information about Tyler and then goes into the intricacies of Reformed Epistemology.
In Part 2 we discuss the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. Tyler articulates a new version of the argument that avoids a number of objections
In Part 3 we discuss an abductive version of the moral argument. We touch on a wide number of subjects rather quickly and succinctly. Buckle up!
Link to the YouTube Videos: P1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUU2VUod0U&t=10s P2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlsoZZ5q68&t=4s P3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMcuoJ_v4k&t=417s
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In this video, I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Mullins (Theistic Personalist) and PhD candidate Steven Nemes (Classical Theist) to introduce something that is known as the "Theistic Personalist vs Classical Theist" debate. This debate has a rich history, but many people aren't even aware it exists!
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQyEO7cOExc
Link to Dr. Mullins' podcast: https://www.rtmullins.com/podcast
Link to Steven Nemes' Website: https://stevennemes.com/
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This discussion features two Christian guests on the question of the doctrine and nature of hell. Does the Bible teach that hell is eternal separation from God, as is traditionally believed, or is hell something else altogether? Chris Date, an annihilationist, runs a website called Rethinking Hell where he defends a "conditional immortality" perspective. Jason Crowder is a traditionalist, he believes that hell is eternal.
We are discussing a positive case for Chris' view. He argues firstly that the Bible teaches we are not inherently immortal, immortality is a gift from God. And then secondly that the doctrine of the atonement (Christ's atoning work on the cross) makes better sense from an annihilationist point of view.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnL2-woG2I&t=1s
Chris's Website: www.rethinkinghell.com
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In this in-person interview, I sit down with Alisa Childers to discuss "Progressive Christianity." Is this new movement dangerous to Christianity?
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ6doQsSQLU
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On this episode, we have two professional philosophers Graham Oppy and Josh Rasmussen coming together to give us their best explanations for the origins of reality.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sVvxZk--qs
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In this week's livestream, I discuss a few arguments for Dualism with Dr. Josh Rasmussen and Dr. Dustin Crummett. Dualism is the view that humans are comprised of physical and non-physical components (body and soul).
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrreQMO1D48&t=414s
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This Theist/Atheist Discussion features a number of guests, most notably Tyler McNabb and Stephen Law (who recently had an exchange on Unbelievable? on the subject of Reformed Epistemology). The other guests joining are: Cameron Bertuzzi (myself), Josh Parikh, Perry Hendricks, Brett Lunn, Ben Watkins, Ben Bavar.
The topic of discussion is Alvin Plantinga's (in)famous Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism. The argument roughly states that the probability our cognitive faculties are reliable given Naturalism & Evolution is low. Hence, the person that believes N&E has a defeater for all of their beliefs, including belief in N&E. Belief in N&E is therefore self-referentially incoherent and cannot rationally be accepted.
Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUeGYXb_ITk&t=348s
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In this livestream, Dr. Mike Licona and Dr. Gary Habermas, two of the top Resurrection scholars in the world, provide historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6XhMySxdY&t=1s
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This discussion features Michael, mastermind behind the popular "Inspiring Philosophy" YouTube channel, and Cory Markum, co-host of "The Hinge" podcast. We will be discussing a historical case for the Resurrection of Jesus.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzjLxYvlUw&t=16s
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In this video, Matt Fradd and Cameron Bertuzzi discuss how Catholics and Protestants can have better conversations. We also introduce a new series of videos we'll be doing for our patrons.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaILRk9z3ic&t=4s
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Ben Arbour is a philosopher and expert on the Ontological Argument for God's existence. In this interview, we explore the version he thinks is best and cover several of the most popular objections.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t8xFlRM0vY
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In this live discussion, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Joshua Swamidass discuss their overlapping work on the historical Adam and Eve. Dr. Swamidass has argued that a recently created Adam and Eve is fully compatible with contemporary science.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhznTACRjSU
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In this live discussion, Dr. Luke Barnes and Dr. Alex Malpass discuss the fine-tuning argument for God.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzM_tBPm-0&t=85s
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In this live discussion, Dr. Josh Rasmussen and Alex O'Connor (@CosmicSkeptic) discuss how theists and atheists can overcome their bias to seek truth.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpoq080UYRA&t=849s
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In this live discussion, Matt Dillahunty debates philosopher David Baggett about his abductive version of the moral argument.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeOWtmCoCs&t=3s
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David's Website: https://www.moralapologetics.com
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In this interview, I sit down with Dr. David Wood to discuss Muslim apologetics and whether his methods are too controversial. After watching, you might change your mind!
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xce-7zYYwrg
Dr. Wood's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Acts17Apologetics
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Here we feature a discussion between Josh Rasmussen and Lance Hannestad on the argument from contingency.
Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjKoa4-x_BQ
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In this livestream, Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Graham Oppy discuss whether the applicability of math to the universe is best explained by Theism.
Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/8WE1y00bwCU
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This is the fifth and final episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject.
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This is the fourth episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection. In this series I’m joined by Dr.’s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject.
Dr. Miller has been on the podcast before. He and I discussed the prior probability of the Resurrection. Super interesting exchange of ideas on that one, please go give it a listen if you haven’t. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with degrees in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience) and Medicine & Surgery. He’s currently teaching Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Baker-Hytch is actually new to the show. In 2010 he received his Masters in Ethics, Religion and Society from the University of Exeter and later went on to receive a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Both of these guys are extremely intelligent and also well-versed in the evidence for the Resurrection. In Part 5 we talk about a book they’ve written together on the subject.
Part 4 starts a discussion about the various explanations on offer for the historical facts surrounding Jesus’ resurrection.
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This is the third episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject.
Dr. Miller has been on the podcast before. He and I discussed the prior probability of the Resurrection. Super interesting exchange of ideas on that one, please go give it a listen if you haven’t. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with degrees in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience) and Medicine & Surgery. He’s currently teaching Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Baker-Hytch is actually new to the show. In 2010 he received his Masters in Ethics, Religion and Society from the University of Exeter and later went on to receive a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Both of these guys are extremely intelligent and also well-versed in the evidence for the Resurrection. In Part 5 we talk about a book they’ve written together on the subject.
Part 3 picks up right where we left off after part 2.
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This is the second episode of a five-part podcast series on the historical case for Jesus' resurrection. In this series I'm joined by Dr.'s Calum Miller and Max Baker-Hytch, both of whom are well qualified to speak on the subject.
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Did you know that Christianity is true? No, I mean like it’s actually true. It’s not just something that people believe. You know, I say that a lot, but today on the podcast we’re going to prove that. The next five episodes feature a discussion between myself, Dr. Calum Miller, and Dr. Max Baker-Hytch on the historical case for the Resurrection of Jesus.
Dr. Miller has been on the podcast before. He and I discussed the prior probability of the Resurrection. Super interesting exchange of ideas on that one, please go give it a listen if you haven’t. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with degrees in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience) and Medicine & Surgery. He’s currently teaching Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford. Dr. Baker-Hytch is actually new to the show. In 2010 he received his Masters in Ethics, Religion and Society from the University of Exeter and later went on to receive a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Both of these guys are extremely intelligent and also well-versed in the evidence for the Resurrection. In Part 5 we talk about a book they’ve written together on the subject.
My producer, Sawyer Hudson, was telling me that this was his favorite podcast series we’ve done so far. I’m so stoked for you guys to hear it. I pray that it encourages and edifies.
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I was browsing Facebook the other day (as I often do) and came across a paper that looked really interesting. It was titled: "From a Cosmic Fine-Tuner to a Perfect Being." That caught my attention immediately because Fine-Tuning Arguments have traditionally been thought of as to only get us to a cosmic designer, not all the way to God (classically conceived). After reading the paper, I found it so interesting that I contacted the author, Justin Mooney, and invited him on for an interview. This podcast episode is the result!
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In this episode, I interview Dr. Anne Jeffrey on whether we'd have any reason to do what's morally right if God did not exist.
Difficulty: Advanced | This podcast is philosophically challenging
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The 20th episode of the podcast is all about dealing with doubt. Is doubt a sin? How can people with a public platform deal with doubt? What does the Bible say about doubt? Dr. Bobby Conway, author of Doubting Toward Faith, joins us to discuss these questions and more.
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In episode 19, Dr. Calum Miller and I complete our discussion of the Prior Probability of the Resurrection. Episode 18 laid a lot of groundwork for 19. Go listen to it if you haven't! In episode 19, we get a real understanding of what it takes to form an accurate prior probability for Jesus' Resurrection. We address several objections like, "dead people tend to stay dead, so in all likelihood, Jesus stayed dead too, " "miracles almost never happen, so the Resurrection probably didn’t happen," and "any naturalistic theory is going to be more probable than God raising Jesus from the dead." All are shown to be lacking.
Toward the end we address some of the concerns that historians like Mike Licona have against using Bayes Theorem in historical arguments.
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Over the next two episodes, Dr. Calum Miller and I discuss the Prior Probability of the Resurrection. "What the heck is that?" you might be asking yourself. Skeptical arguments against the resurrection of Jesus, for example, the objection that dead people usually stay dead or that miracles never happen, are really arguments that Jesus’ resurrection is supremely unlikely before we look at any of the evidence. Episodes 18 and 19 take these objections to task. Is Jesus' Resurrection all that unlikely before we look at any evidence?
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We’ve come to the end. Not the end of Capturing Christianity, but to the end of our 4-part series on the contingency argument. As mentioned, we’re wrapping up our 4-part series on the argument from contingency which in my mind is the strongest argument for God’s existence. Please go back and listen to the previous 3 parts. Don’t start at this one. It’s not going to make any sense. The argument from contingency has two stages. Stage 1 is about establishing that a necessary being exists, and Stage 2 argues that this necessary being is God. In this episode we wrap up our discussion of Stage 2, that the necessary foundation of reality is God. It’s not the universe, it’s God.
In this episode we discuss the problem of evil and its impact on Josh's perfect being hypothesis.
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After we finished recording this 4-part series, I had the sense that this was going to be one of the most important things we’ve ever done. Actually, I had that sense before we even recorded. We’re in the middle of a 4-part series on the argument from contingency. It’s the absolute best argument for God’s existence. Well at least in the mind of one lowly photographer. I really like it. Makes a lot of sense, I know of very few good objections to it.
Each episode I mention that the contingency argument is split into two stages. Stage 1 is about establishing that a necessary being exists, while Stage 2 argues that this necessary being is God. The previous two episodes, 14 and 15, were devoted to Stage 1, and now we’re beginning our discussion of Stage 2. Sometimes Stage 2 is referred to as the “Gap Problem” in the literature. This conversation blew my mind in all sorts of ways. I’m sure you’ll know what I mean when we get there. Here is part 3 of our series on the argument from contingency, Stage 2 with Dr. Josh Rasmussen.
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In Part 2 of our series on the contingency argument, Dr. Rasmussen and I discuss various objections to principles of explanation. This is a continuation of our discussion of Stage 1. The next two episodes move on to discussing Stage 2. Make sure to listen to episode 14 before this one!
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The argument from contingency is my favorite argument for God’s existence. Hands down. And to kick this series off, which is actually our first 4-parter, I’ve invited Dr. Josh Rasmussen. He is the foremost expert in the world on this argument. Over the past year that we’ve been corresponding, he’s also grown to be a great friend and mentor. I can’t say enough about him.
If I were still charismatic, I would say that I know in my heart of hearts (ie: my "knower") that this series will stand as some of the most important content we'll ever produce. It's that good! If you've ever doubted God's existence, this series is for you. If you want to learn more about what we discuss in Part 1, see the link below:
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Episode 12 kicks off a short, 2-part series on Pascal's Wager. I remember hearing the wager years ago thinking to myself it sounded pretty reasonable. If Christianity is true, there's tons to gain, and if it's false, very little to lose. That seems to make it pretty rational to commit to God. It wasn't until years later that I heard good objections to the Wager--the kind of objections that really made me doubt its validity.
Fortunately for us, we have an expert on Pascal's Wager, Dr. Michael Rota, to help us think through this very interesting argument. He's written a book entitled Taking Pascal's Wager where he updates the argument and defends it against the biggest objections. If sound, Dr. Rota's version of the Wager makes it reasonable to commit to God even if you're just 50% sure of his existence, thus, lowering the bar for Natural Theology. Definitely give this one a listen!
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In episode 11, Dr. Andrew Moon and I continue our discussion of Reformed Epistemology, the view that belief in God can be rational without arguments.
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In this episode, I discuss whether the story of Jesus was copied from Pagan myth. I'm joined by Mary Jo Sharp--she's an expert on this question.
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In this episode, Dr. Glenn Peoples and I discuss what the heck is going on with the Gift of Tongues. We focus primarily on what the Bible has to say about it and the implications that has on how its practiced in the church.
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In this episode of the podcast, I interview Richard Swinburne, one of the most eminent Natural Theologians of all time. Toward the end he gives two arguments for Dualism (roughly the idea that we humans are composed of two substances, one physical and one non-physical). Really interesting interview!
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In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Jerry Walls to discuss how an all-loving God could send anyone to Hell. Definitely one of my favorite episodes thus far!
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Tyler Dalton McNabb and I discuss introductory concepts in epistemology, how these concepts apply to religion, the importance of epistemology, and more. Make sure to download this one!
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In this episode, I'm in discussion with Christian philosopher Dustin Crummett asking how any rational person can believe that Noah's Ark actually happened.
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In Episode 2 of the podcast I discuss with Randal Rauser the question of what happens to those that have never heard of the Gospel. Do they automatically go to Hell?
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In episode 1 of the podcast, I share my own personal story and the story of Capturing Christianity. I then explain what listeners can expect from the podcast. Enjoy!
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