Thinking with Dr. Barry Whitney

In this episode, Dr Whitney makes a case for the wisdom and importance in taking our beliefs from simple beliefs to ‘why’  we believe what we believe and gives examples. He affirms his biased but stresses the unbiased method in testing beliefs that he recommends and uses in the class. 

Spiritual but not religious: Reid Locklin

In the first episode, Dr Whitney paints a picture of the challenges and implications we face in a culture which bases ethic and religious beliefs based predominantly on feelings or science. Then he sets the stage for the class as to how we can begin to learn to justify what we believe - for ourselves and to have reasonable discussions with others. 

Book Reference Why should anyone believe anything at all: James W. Sire