Counter Apologetics show

Counter Apologetics

Summary: An informal look at religious apologetics and philosophy from an atheist and naturalist perspective.

Podcasts:

 CA131 What would convince you? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:37

What would convince you of God’s existence? Specifically, the Christian God. What would change your mind and cause you to convert? I name three things: Christian aliens, miracles, and religious experience. That’s not an exhaustive list, but those things would dramatically raise my credence in Christian theism. I spend the most time talking about religious … Continue reading CA131 What would convince you? →

 CA130 Am I Agnostic? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:10

The world is religiously ambiguous: It can be interpreted in various incompatible ways, and the interpreters are not necessarily violating any standards of rationality in doing so. As for me, I don’t feel any position being forced on me by the evidence. My best efforts to judge the total balance of evidence weighing for and … Continue reading CA130 Am I Agnostic? →

 CA129 Universalism Debate: John Buck vs. Emerson Green | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:47:46

Returning guest John Buck joins me to debate universalism, eternal conscious torment, and other topics related to hell and the afterlife. My Playlist on Hell Linktree

 CA128 No, math does not prove God | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:06

I respond to the wildly popular Redeemed Zoomer video about proving God’s existence with math. To see the open hangout that took place afterwards, you can watch the original livestream (unedited with no postscript) on YouTube Linktree

 CA127 What’s wrong with the moral argument? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:16

We wrap up our series on the moral argument for theism, summarize several problems with the argument famously associated with William Lane Craig, and discuss two other moral arguments for God that are not abysmal failures like the standard moral argument. Linktree

 CA126 Euthyphro’s Revenge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:38

Today, we continue our series on the moral argument for theism. We discuss the Euthyphro dilemma, Hume’s Law, and explore a back-and-forth between William Lane Craig and Michael Huemer on the question, “Why obey God?” Common Mistakes about the Moral Argument | Majesty of Reason Majesty of Reason – Moral Arguments for God: An Analysis … Continue reading CA126 Euthyphro’s Revenge →

 CA125 The Moral Argument for God | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:23

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And morality. The standard moral argument popularized by William Lane Craig and others goes as follows: (1) If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.  (2) Objective moral values do exist.  (3) Therefore, God exists.  Today, we cast some doubt on the … Continue reading CA125 The Moral Argument for God →

 CA124 Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Conversion to Christianity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:34

Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently announced her conversion to Christianity. But has she only adopted a form of cultural Christianity? I examine her reasons for becoming a Christian and draw some parallels between Ayaan and another political convert: Andrew Tate. I think her reasons for adopting Christianity are quite clearly explicated, even though some Christians have … Continue reading CA124 Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Conversion to Christianity →

 AMA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:22:30

I recently asked for your questions, and I posted my responses on YouTube here. We touch on compatibilism, NDEs, aliens, euthanasia, abortion, death anxiety as an atheist, idealism, incest, Islam, Mormonism, subjectivism, psychophysical harmony, and more. (For those listening via podcast, I left the introduction in to preserve the timestamps for those who want to skip … Continue reading AMA →

 CA123 Christian Universalism w/ Andrew Hronich | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: Unknown

I’m joined by Andrew Hronich, author of Once Loved, Always Loved: The Logic of Apokatastasis. We discuss universal reconciliation, eternal conscious torment, annihilationism, and much else!  Watch the interview here Linktree

 Where New Atheist Epistemology Goes (Very) Wrong – Interview on Adherent Apologetics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:09:45

Here’s my appearance on Adherent Apologetics to talk about the recent series of Counter Apologetics episodes on epistemology. Where New Atheist Epistemology Goes (Very) Wrong | @EmersonGreen | Ep. #259  5 Mistakes Atheists Make About Epistemology  4 Things I Learned About Epistemology Epistemology playlist on YouTube Linktree 

 Debate: Is God Finite? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:19:33

Alex Strasser (Protestant) and John Buck (Catholic) debate the merits of finite theism, the view that God is limited in power. Theistic finitism is less vulnerable to the problem of evil than perfect being theism, but are there other trade-offs that make the notion of a finite God less defensible overall? John is defending the … Continue reading Debate: Is God Finite? →

 CA122 Substance Dualism w/ Michael Huemer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:37:27

Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to defend interactionist substance dualism, the view that the mind and body are composed of different substances and can exert causal influence over each other. Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy  Linktree

 CA121 Encountering Mystery w/ Dale Allison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:53

Today I’m speaking with Dr. Dale Allison, historian and author of many books, including The Resurrection of Jesus, The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus, and our subject today, Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age. The subtitle of the book notwithstanding, the unusual experiences we discuss are not explicitly religious. They’re usually interpreted … Continue reading CA121 Encountering Mystery w/ Dale Allison →

 Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:06

Today, I defend the controversial idea that ordinary and extraordinary claims don’t require the same evidence. Linktree

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