Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
In this video, I want to ask whether Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence.
This is not really a response to @EmersonGreen as much as an exploration of a few ideas in his video youtube.com/watch?v=ULIRA7Lcfe8&pp=ygUNZW1lcnNvbiBncmVlbg%3D%3D
In other words, I agree that it seems we need more evidence for claims that are more "wild," however there is a subjectivity when it comes to our own beliefs that is worth acknowleding.
In this video, I want to ask whether Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence.
This is not really a response to @EmersonGreen as much as an exploration of a few ideas in his video youtube.com/watch?v=ULIRA7Lcfe8&pp=ygUNZW1lcnNvbiBncmVlbg%3D%3D
In other words, I agree that it seems we need more evidence for claims that are more "wild," however there is a subjectivity when it comes to our own beliefs that is worth acknowleding.




![Why I am not a Calvinist
#calvinism #philosophyofreligion #apologetics #predestination #christianity
Hey everyone, in this video Ill explain why I am not a Calvinist by going through several philosophical arguments Ive developed against it. I doubt any of these are groundbreaking but I figured Id make this video anyways because I am concerned Calvinism can lead to misconceiving Gods nature in a problematic way. Most of this video will discuss predestination and double predestination, but Ill also touch on other aspects of TULIP, such as Total Depravity and Unconditional Election.
Two YouTubers who are good candidates to clarify/respond:
@redeemed_zoomer
@TruthUnites
John MacArthur Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WvD_Tvv_o&pp=ygUOcHJlZGVzdGluYXRpb24%3D
References:
[1] C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. Harper Collins, 2009.
[2] M. Webster, “Definition of Calvinism.” Accessed: Sep. 17, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Calvinism
[3] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[4] J. Strong, The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: Every Word of the Bible Indexed, Red Letter Edition. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010.
[5] E. H. Merrill, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: An Exegetical Commentary. S.l.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014.
[6] P. A. Verhoef, The books of Haggai and Malachi, Eerdmans classic biblical commentaries edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018.
[7] J. Hayford, “Understanding God’s Purposes with Israel,” Jack Hayford Ministries. Accessed: Sep. 17, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.jackhayford.org/teaching/articles/understanding-gods-purposes-with-israel/
[8] “Biblehub,” Bible Hub, Expositor’s Bible Commentary, accessed August 20, 2018, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/expositors/genesis/1.html.
[9] T. Aquinas, Summa Theologica. R. & T. Washbourne, 1922.
[10] Aristotle, Rhetoric. S.l.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
[11] R. Dawkins, The god delusion. London: Bantam Press, 2006.
[12] C. Church, Catechism of the Catholic Church. USCCB Publishing, 2000.
[13] A. Plantinga, God, Freedom, and Evil. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1977. Why I am not a Calvinist](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ujwccWpQ8w/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Virtues of Christian Scholarship [Argue like a Christian]
In this video, I’m going to explain what I call the virtues of Christian scholarship. I’ll go through the areas and ideas I found in the Bible that helped me with my own research. The Virtues of Christian Scholarship [Argue like a Christian]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_xe4Oc9LMfg/mqdefault.jpg)
![What the heck are numbers?
#philosophy #mathematics #infinity #math #maths #numbers #number
In this video, Ill be explaining what numbers are, how they are defined, and what their purpose is.
References:
[1] Phillip E. Johnson - The Genesis and Development of Set Theory
[2] Walter Rudin - Principles of Analysis.
[3] Eugene Wigner - The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences. What the heck are numbers?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bV4yAwVgAFc/mqdefault.jpg)

![How can God create time before time?
#theism #christianity #god #philosophy
In this video, Ill explain why I used to think the idea of God was incoherent because it presupposed the existence of time. I had mistakenly thought creation or causation required time.
References:
[1] WLC - Time and Eternity
[2] Richard Swinburne - Is There a God?
[3] https://iep.utm.edu/god-time/
[4] https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/god-time-and-creation
[5] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/eternity/
[6] CS Lewis - Miracles How can God create time before time?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAbxB9YCcOM/mqdefault.jpg)

