Real Seekers

This old S&S episode dates back to one of the very first shows we did (the 6th S&S show in 2018), this is the first show where David lays out his case against Genesis and the Fall.  As regulars will be able to tell I've since come a long way in formalizing my views on some of the things mentioned here and I now disagree with a lot of what I said here, but still it is interesting to see where I was when I first converted on some of this stuff :)

Watch out "No True Scotsman Fallacy" proponents.  In this episode I teach David J. that there are means by which we can hypothetically know the difference between a true follower of Christ and the many fake counterfeits who falsely appropriate the name, "Christian".  David and I debate the merits for and against one's ability to do this.

Skeptics have for a long time told me that they emotionally feel that the Bible's stories about the Conquests or God commanding Abraham and others to kill people is utterly repugnant!  

In this episode, I do a solo show on my my own thesis about the role emotions play in moral epistemology based on my Final Essay in my PHL of Emotions Grad seminar.    

I think that Emotions function as moral heuristics in certain circumstances and this translates into moral knowledge, albeit limited moral knowledge.  Emotions are designed only to speak to the issue of Moral Idealness (the equal upholding of all moral principles) not directly on the morality vs. immorality of complex moral dilemmas or situations- they are not designed to adjudicate between the morally justified exemption of a moral principle and an actual immoral violation of a moral principle.

I had to write up an Argumentive Essay for my Philosophy of Mind class, where I outline a couple views of what “Weakness of the Will” (i.e. Akrasia) entails and then develop my own Christian notion of what it is in light of the Biblical account of the Fall of Man.

Hope it’s helpful and informative for you guys :)

In this episode, I continue to assess the warrant for the first of the three premises of our Cosmological argument, this time around I start to lay out my case providing a third Abductive argument (i.e. inference to the best explanation) for proving that our Universe probably began to exist (as a matter of fact).

This show includes a detailed assessment of 2 aspects; Aspect 1 outlines 2 categories of scientific evidence related to origin of the universe- i) the thermodynamic properties of the universe in light of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and ii) the empirical and mathematical evidence associated with the expansion of the universe.  Finally we start off Aspect 2 on proving the Universe beginning to exist a finite time ago is the best explanation by comparing it to various eternal cosmological models (including, the Steady State and Quasi Steady State model, the Oscillating "Big Bounce" models & the Gott-Li "closed Time-like curve" model.  The remaining eternal cosmological models will be assessed in Part 3B.

I'm joined by an all Christian panel, Dr. Mike Licona, Caleb Jackson & Robert L. White, to discuss the amazing historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus.

This show didn't turn out how I originally planned it would!  In this rather turbulent episode of RSM, I'm joined by Flat-Earther David Weiss and Global Earth proponent Teddi "the Bear" Pappas as we discuss some of the evidence for and against a flat Earth.  There are some times where it gets a little heated between the two, but putting that to the side, there are some genuine substantive points and counter points presented in the show that will serve as an introduction to anyone interested in this question.

Enjoy this festive and informative all Christian Roundtable on all things Christmas- no skeptical Scrooges this time :)

This is a Roundtable with Matt, Andrew, David J. and Dale discussing issues pertaining to celebrating Christmas.

I woke up, got an email saying "click this" and I did.  The next thing I know I'm engaging full speed with skeptic David Johnson and his Christian co-host David Russell on the merits of celebrating Thanksgiving and why one should give thanks to God.

Enjoy :)