Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
#theism #christianity #god #philosophy
In this video, I'll 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] reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/god-time-and-creation
[5] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/eternity/
[6] CS Lewis - Miracles
#theism #christianity #god #philosophy
In this video, I'll 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] reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/god-time-and-creation
[5] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/eternity/
[6] CS Lewis - Miracles


![Christian Arguments For and Against Gay Marriage
#christian #apologetics #debate
In this video, Ill lay out the Christian arguments for and against Gay marriage. Unfortunately this debate is often accompanied by name calling and other unhelpful rhetoric that generates more heat than light. My goal here is not to try and convince you one side is correct, but rather to lay out the arguments on each side.
References:
[1] J. D. Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America. Basic Books, 1992.
[2] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[3] Tertullian - On Repentance
[4] A. MacIntyre, After Virtue. A&C Black, 2013.
[5] V. Paul, Humanae vitae. na, 1968.
[6] R. I. Krasner, The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease, and Public Heatlh. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2009.
[7] S. Mowbray, “Deadly Diseases That Plagued People in Ancient Times are Similar to Those of Today,” Discover Magazine, Mar. 07, 2024. Accessed: Oct. 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/deadly-diseases-that-plagued-people-in-ancient-times-are-similar-to-those-of
[8] B. Pickett, “Homosexuality,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Spring 2021., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2021. Accessed: Oct. 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/homosexuality/
[9] C. G. Kruse, Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012.
[10] R. Scroggs, The New Testament and Homosexuality: Contextual Background for Contemporary Debate. Fortress Press.
[11] J. Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the 14th Century. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
[12] “Debating Bible Verses on Homosexuality,” The New York Times, Jun. 08, 2015. Accessed: Oct. 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/05/us/samesex-scriptures.html, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/05/us/samesex-scriptures.html Christian Arguments For and Against Gay Marriage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eUgKr-806P0/mqdefault.jpg)







![Russells Teapot
#atheism #theism #apologetics #philosophy #philosophyofreligion #epistemology
In this video Ill explain what Russells teapot is and four reasons why it is a poor analogy to belief in God
References
[1] R. Monk, Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970. New York: Free Press, 2000.
[2] S. James, “Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 11: : Last Philosophical Testament 1943‐1968,” Reference Reviews vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 10–10, Jan. 1997, doi:10.1108/rr.1997.11.5.10.278
[3] B. Garvey, “Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence, and the Atheist’s Teapot,” Ars Disputandi, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 9–22, Jan. 2010, doi: 10.1080/15665399.2010.1082001
[4] M. Truzzi, “Zetetic Ruminatrons on Skepticism and Anomalies in Science,” Citeseer_ vol. 12–13, pp. 7–21, 1987.
[5] A. I. Goldman, “What is Justified Belief?,” in Justification and Knowledge: New Studies in Epistemology, G. Pappas, Ed., D. Reidel, 1979, pp. 1–25.
[6] T. Reid, An Inquiry Into the Human Mind, 6th Ed. Bell & Bradfute, 1810.
[7] E. T. Bell, The Development of Mathematics. Courier Corporation, 2012.
[8] A. Hájek, “Interpretations of Probability,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Winter 2023., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2023. Accessed: Jul. 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/probability-interpret/
[9] N. J. Chambers, Reconsidering creation Ex Nihilo in Genesis 1. in Journal of theological interpretation supplements series. University Park, Pennsylvania: Eisenbrauns, 2020. Russells Teapot](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lKsqdTf0tpw/mqdefault.jpg)