If you start to count up from 0 to the largest number will you ever finish counting? It would take literally forever! How about starting to count down from the largest number all the way down to 0? Is it even possible to start, let alone asking how long it would take?! This impossibility faces anyone who says the universe never began to exist or has always existed. Join us to learn more about this simplified philosophical argument for why the universe must have had a beginning.

Chapter markers:
0:00- Intro
0:47- What have we covered so far?
01:57- Premise 2
02:30- What is the philosophical argument for Premise 2
04:54- What is infinite regression?
07:48- How long will it take for today to arrive?
08:11- Example to highlight how we can/can't count
11:22- Where do start counting then?
14:26- The book borrowing example
25:00- Outro


Links and citation:

• Craig, William Lane. Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics 3rd Edition
• Flew, A., & Varghese, R. A., There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
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Just because a sheep has a mother it doesn't mean that the herd (collection of sheeps) would have a mother too. So likewise, just because the things within the universe have a cause/creator it doesn't mean that the universe (collection of all things) has a Cause/Creator. Is that a solid objection? Nope, not really (well the sheep and the herd both have a shepherd so....). Join us as we close down on the defense of part one of the argument for God from the universe's existence. 

Links and citation:

• Dennett, Daniel; Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (New York: Viking, 2006), 242
• Craig, William Lane; Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics 3rd Edition
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If you say God always existed, why not say the same for the universe? If you say that God is 'timeless', what does that even mean? If there was no time prior to the Big Bang, how was God's relation to time? Is He still timeless now? In this episode we give you a sneak peek into the interesting area of God, time and eternity and conclude our look at the objections from one of atheism's most prolific thinkers to God creating the universe out of nothing.

Chapter markers: 
00:00- Intro and Recap
01:37- 3 objections of Mackie
03:11- Creatio Ex Nihilo
05:54- Response to Objection 1
09:38- Response to Objection 2
12:50- Response to Objection 3 and talking about time
22:43- Outro

Links and citation:

• Stephen Hawking as quoted by John Boslough, “Inside the Mind of a Genius,” Reader’s Digest (February 1984), 120; Stephen W. Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, April 1988), 46.
• Craig, William Lane. Reasonable Faith : Christian Truth and Apologetics 3rd Edition
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Hypocrite! Biased! These are descriptions we don't want to hear. We sometimes assume that these don't apply to experts and the best minds out there. But it does apply to all. In continuation of our exploration of the creator behind the universe we take a pit stop to assess what and why one of the best atheist philosophers, J L Mackie, held out his objection against the cause of the universe. You'll be surprised to see how the commoner and the expert are often similar in intellectual inquiry.

Chapter markers: 
00:00- Intro
01:42- Recap of EP 68
03:51- Core of Mackie's objection to KCA
07:28- Number of objections by Mackie
08:48- Why talk of a not so well known philosopher as him?
11:29- The 3 objections
14:38- Why doesn't he deny Premise 1 of KCA?
20:45- Outro

Links and citation:

• J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism (Oxford: Clarendon, 1982), 94
• J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism, 89
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The question remains: if the universe could really come from nothing, then why can't Beethoven or Bhagat Singh pop out of nowhere? If NOTHING created the universe, if really NO-THING created the universe then why the preference for universe(s) alone? Why can't anything and everything appear out of nowhere, from nowhere, and for no reason? How can the lack-of-anything (nothing) have any preference? What are the three solid reasons to say something cannot come from nothing (or that everything that begins to exist has a cause)? Join us to find out.

Chapter markers: 
00:00- Intro
00:19- Recap of EP 67
02:22- Russell's teapot analogy
05:23- Why was the teapot analogy used?
07:28- Mackie's point
08:31- Who is David Hume?
10:34- Mackie and 'Cause and Effect'
13:10- What are the 3 Arguments for Premise 1?
13:30- A1-Metaphysical intuition
17:16- A2-Why doesn't everything/anything come from nothing?
21:36- A3-Our experience 
22:49- Outro

Links and citation:

• J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism (Oxford: Clarendon, 1982), 89
• William Lane Craig & Alex O'Connor: Why Can't Something Come from Nothing? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUhKnzA_0dM)
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Why does it look like philosophers get stuck in mundane and trivial details blowing it out of proportions? For instance, do you think that if you were to 'imagine/conceive' in your mind Dora the Explorer popping into existence from thin air in your room that she could actually appear out of thin air in your room? No right!? But philosopher J L Mackie thinks so. We look at Mackie's absurd position, miracle-denier philosopher David Hume's point of agreement on the Kalam and more in this latest episode.

Links and citation:

• J. L. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism (Oxford: Clarendon, 1982), 94.
• David Hume, The Letters of David Hume, 2 vols., ed. J. Y. T. Greig (Oxford: Clarendon, 1932), 1:187
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‘It’s impossible that you win the lottery’. Or wait; is it ‘it’s improbable that you win the lottery’? Maybe the right way to say is ‘it’s implausible’. What do these words mean? And why is it important that we know the difference to better articulate our points? In this episode Ankit rejoins Jacob to unpack what is meant by the terms possibility, probability and plausibility. Join them as they continue exploring and explaining the Kalam Cosmological Argument in the Natural Theology series.

Chapter markers: 
00:00 Intro
00:06 Catch up
01:28 Recap of last Episode
01:51 What is KCA?
05:20 Possible vs Probable vs Plausible
08:35 Possibility 
12:31 Probability 
13:36 Plausibility
16:28 Our aim as we defend arguments
19:53 Outro

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In this episode Steven and Jacob explore what it means to deny ‘everything that begins to exist has a cause’ and what we truly mean by ‘nothing’. Join them as they continue exploring and explaining the Kalam Cosmological Argument in the Natural Theology series.

Chapter markers: 
00:00 Intro
00:50 Recap of last episode
01:27 Say it with us!
02:14 Meaning of Cause/Cuz/Because
02:56 Material vs Efficient Cause
05:02 What do we mean by Agent?
07:12 Why the distinction between Material and Efficient Cause?
08:15 What does denial of Premise 1 entail?
11:23 What do we mean by ‘nothing’?
14:03 Nothing has the property of having nothing?!
14:38 Universes alone may come from nothing?
17:58 Summarising the episode
18:32 Is a vacuum nothing?
20:26 Outro

Links and citation:

• Ep #64- The Most UNIQUE Argument For God?: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1034671/episodes/10790768 
• Cosmic Skeptic & Dr. Craig Discuss the Kalam: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdt2bN0x2o&t=0s   
• Physicists & Philosophers reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument featuring Penrose, Hawking, Guth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME 
• PART ONE - WLC Responds to a Video Critiquing Him and the Kalam | Reasonable Faith Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xiuvxoJfY 
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In this episode Steven and Jacob reflect on one of the most unique, respected and convincing argument that points towards God’s existence – the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA). Join them as they begin exploring and explaining the first argument in the Natural Theology series.

Chapter markers: 
00:00 Intro
00:26 Recap of Kalam Cosmological Argument
02:15 How to disprove the Kalam?
03:47 Why the name Cosmological?
06:24 Heard of the Dr. Kalam argument?
08:08 The 3 Cosmological arguments
09:07 Aquinas’ Cosmological argument
12:39 Leibniz’s Cosmological argument
16:00 Who came up with the KCA?
18:17 Plausible vs Probable
20:15 Why is the KCA unique?
21:38 Conclusion
22:04 Outro

Links and citation:

• Watch the entire Areopagus 2022 sessions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iD6gCNfmc&list=PLaYfapFz2p2VS2N2v_OsQBUf6B67sEOo-&index=1 
• The Cambridge Companion to Atheism: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-atheism/6236955319782AE6B18D5E45B4B5129E 
• Physicists & Philosophers reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument featuring Penrose, Hawking, Guth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME 
• PART ONE - WLC Responds to a Video Critiquing Him and the Kalam | Reasonable Faith Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xiuvxoJfY 
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We are back with Season 4 of SAFT Podcast! Join Steven and Jacob as they reflect on the recently concluded Areopagus 2022 and share thoughts on what they learned from the sessions, which session was the most underrated yet the best one at the conference and what’s in store over the coming weeks for the Natural Theology series (the series where we explore in depth and at ease the most convincing arguments for God’s existence). Glad to have you back with us!

Chapter markers: 
00:00 Intro
00:09 Where were we all along?
01:45 The underdog session at Areopagus 2022
05:43 The most anticipated session at Areopagus 2022
06:46 The superb flow of audience questions at Areopagus 2022
08:10 Mini Clubhouse after Areopagus 2022?
11:13 Resuming Natural Theology series
15:38 Quick overview of the Kalam Cosmological Argument
18:08 Outro

Links and citation:

• Watch the entire Areopagus 2022 sessions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6iD6gCNfmc&list=PLaYfapFz2p2VS2N2v_OsQBUf6B67sEOo-&index=1 
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