William Lane Craigs Double Standards for Belief - In his own words! @CounterApologist

Counter Apologist Oh my god, he admit it!

Not a lot of speaking by me in this video, I wanted to play Craig in his own words at each step talking about how he wants Christianity to be true, so he lowers the bar for belief in Christianity AND raises the bar for defeaters for Christianity.

Then he talks about how other religions have similar justification for belief, but he supposedly has defeaters for those religions.

But then he admits that if he were presented with a defeater for Christianity that he couldn't answer, he would keep on believing based on his subjective religious experience.

He even dodges the problem related to how other religions could do this to his supposed defeaters to them by begging the question.

References to everything played in this video, I encourage you to watch/listen/read them to ensure I have taken nothing out of context:

Craig Lowers the Bar for Christian Belief & Raises it for Defeaters for Christianity: youtube.com/watch?v=K-5Q_zx9Etc

Craig talks about epistemic justification on the basis of subjective religious experience and how he supposedly has defeaters for other religions, but not his own: youtube.com/watch?v=yp5MK1GP3OM

Craig talks about how if he is given defeaters, arguments and evidence he can't answer, his subjective religious experience overrides those defeaters and he keeps on believing: youtube.com/watch?v=2C3T17aKPCI

Craig's Podcast Episode on Defeater-Defeaters: reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/questions-on-intrinsic-defeaters-necessary-beings-and-inspiration

updated 2 years ago

William Lane Craigs Double Standards for Belief - In his own words!

Counter Apologist 2022-08-26 | Oh my god, he admit it!

Not a lot of speaking by me in this video, I wanted to play Craig in his own words at each step talking about how he wants Christianity to be true, so he lowers the bar for belief in Christianity AND raises the bar for defeaters for Christianity.

Then he talks about how other religions have similar justification for belief, but he supposedly has defeaters for those religions.

But then he admits that if he were presented with a defeater for Christianity that he couldn't answer, he would keep on believing based on his subjective religious experience.

He even dodges the problem related to how other religions could do this to his supposed defeaters to them by begging the question.

References to everything played in this video, I encourage you to watch/listen/read them to ensure I have taken nothing out of context:

Craig Lowers the Bar for Christian Belief & Raises it for Defeaters for Christianity: youtube.com/watch?v=K-5Q_zx9Etc

Craig talks about epistemic justification on the basis of subjective religious experience and how he supposedly has defeaters for other religions, but not his own: youtube.com/watch?v=yp5MK1GP3OM

Craig talks about how if he is given defeaters, arguments and evidence he can't answer, his subjective religious experience overrides those defeaters and he keeps on believing: youtube.com/watch?v=2C3T17aKPCI

Craig's Podcast Episode on Defeater-Defeaters: reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/questions-on-intrinsic-defeaters-necessary-beings-and-inspiration

If a god Existed, We Would Have Been Created in Heaven

Counter Apologist 2023-08-20 | A fun video countering theodicies about why there is evil in the world, framed around the idea that god wouldn't create us directly in heaven - which would be a world with no evil or suffering.

You can watch Cam's original video here: youtube.com/watch?v=kOmOLre6CyM

Countering the Greater Goods Necessitate Evil Theodicy

Counter Apologist 2023-08-11 | It seems one of the most reliable ways to get me to make atheism and philosophy of religion videos lately is to show me something so stupid I feel the need to respond.

Well congratulations to Capturing Christianity, because he's done it with this attempted theodicy and pathetic attempt at a reversal on the problem of evil.

Should Atheists & Secularists ally with the Religious Right against Wokeism?

Counter Apologist 2023-06-13 | I know it's been a long time since I've put anything out, but life has really been a bit crazy.

I saw something so incredibly stupid, the idea that atheists and secularists should ally with the Religious Right in order to stop "the woke" which basically means trans people.

Yeah. I saw that and just wanted to make a quick video discussing how utterly insane that is.

You can read the article here: europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/believe-in-believers

Interview with Dr. Joshua Rasmussen on Universalism & his Philosophical Theology

Counter Apologist 2022-11-18 | I was very excited to be able to talk to Dr. Joshua Rasmussen about his views on universalism and questions related to that, but then when we got to actually have the discussion it really went beyond my expectations.

We touch on those initial topics, but we really hit a wide variety of topics and different models of god, specifically with relation to what omniscience and omnipotence means or doesn't mean and the ways that Dr. Rasmussen squares those views with Christianity.

Honestly I can't remember a time when I have been more sympathetic to a sort of theism than after talking with Josh about these topics. I can honestly say that I'm agnostic towards the sort of god we discussed.

Of course the sort of god we discussed is not the classical kind of omnipotent and omniscient god of classical or personal theism.

The Utter Failure of the Free Will Theodicy

Counter Apologist 2022-10-18 | This video gets quite technical and it's a good reminder that you can find a transcript of this on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-utter-failure-of-free-will-theodicy.html

It is highly recommended that you follow along if things get confusing with an audio presentation.

This video is aimed at showing how the Free Will Defense to the Logical Problem of Evil fails, even if we grant that Libertarian Free Will exists and is coherent.

The central part of the critique is aimed at Molinism, the theological solution to god having omniscience of our "free choices" while somehow preserving the libertarian free will of creation and how that ends up not precluding a that god could create what I call "Heaven World" where any natural number of beings never do any evil and always freely choose to love god.

I also point out how William Lane Craig's attempted to response to this problem about god not having free will is demonstrably false.

References:
Definition of Rigid Designator: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rigid-designators/
Dr. William Lane Craig's Demonstrably False Attempt at saying his god has free will even if he can't freely choose to do otherwise: reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/is-god-able-to-do-evil
Dr. Joshua Rasmussen's paper on why having Free Will results in a "better situation" if not a better person or place: philpapers.org/rec/RASOTV

Answering @TestifyApologetics on Whether Doubting Christians Should Avoid Critics of Christianity

Counter Apologist 2022-10-07 | Erik from @TestifyApologetics has stirred up some controversy with his advice for doubting Christians telling them to avoid atheist videos or books until they're able to steelman their Christian faith.

He then went on Braxton's channel to expand on this and I believe exposed some double standards and some cherry picked criteria to favor his views and dismiss others. In particular he ends up contradicting his argument against my Countering the Resurrection video, and the argument against miracles.

Note that while I'm critical of Erik here, I am criticizing his arguments. He himself is an honest person that is simply mistaken, do NOT engage in insults or straw mans of his position.

Erik's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=wDvEYlwo_F0&t=2s
Erik's appearance on Braxton's Channel: youtube.com/watch?v=9H3jVNC8S5Q&lc=UgzMl9KEiF66a46qNmt4AaABAg.9goeAtMC73y9gpU1Fx2NHP

Check out my & Ryan from @RealAtheology appearance on @EmersonGreen Counter Apologetics Podcast!

Counter Apologist 2022-10-05 | Emerson, Ryan, and myself did almost 2 hours worth of philosophical discussion on the indefensibility of hell as eternal conscious torment.

You can find the video here, and I believe it should be going out to the podcast feed for Emerson's show.

youtube.com/watch?v=nCBD7q5FNe0

Emerson's Channel: youtube.com/c/EmersonGreen
Real Atheology's Channel: youtube.com/c/RealAtheology

William Lane Craig Cherry Picks His Standards for Christian Belief

Counter Apologist 2022-08-25 | I held my fire on criticizing Doctor William Lane Craig for his comments on "lowering the epistemic bar" for Christian belief until he made clarifications on Capturing Christianity. Suffice it to say I think his Pascal's Wager take on the standards to believe or disbelieve something have a lot of problems.

Here are the links to the videos I'm sampling in this critique.

Doctor Craig's Original Podcast where he talks about "lowering the bar for Christian belief" because he finds Christianity to be so beautiful: youtube.com/watch?v=K-5Q_zx9Etc

Doctor Craig goes on Capturing Christianity to respond to his Critics: youtube.com/watch?v=yp5MK1GP3OM

No @CapturingChristianity Atheism doesnt logically lead to despair!

Counter Apologist 2022-07-14 | Today @CapturingChristianity posted a video with Dr. McIntosh about how Atheism Logically leads to despair (youtube.com/watch?v=qJ0ayWlrVfM) and it wasn't the usual claptrap about how life has no meaning on atheism, an argument I've already responded to on this channel.

Rather he goes on to make a very weird and what I feel is self-contradictory argument about how life gets "too much meaning" if we cease to exist when we die and we can't know what actions to take in order to maximize our meaning.

Answering Dr. Browns Questions for Atheists

Counter Apologist 2022-07-07 | Dr. Michael Brown put some questions for atheists out there and I was tagged as possibly giving him an answer. He said he's asking to genuinely get an understanding of atheists and I decided to meet him at his word.

I also wanted to get myself going on making some videos again and this was an easy way to grease the wheels.

I hope you find this enjoyable, the questions were decent and I was happy to summarize my current views on them.

Countering Trent Horn on Trans Rights

Counter Apologist 2022-02-24 | @TheCounselofTrent put out a video alleging that there is One Question Transgender Advocates Can't Answer that I came across today that I watched because of my recent interactions with Trent and I decided to make a response video, especially in light of what's going on with Trans rights in Texas right now.

You can take a look at Trent's video here: youtube.com/watch?v=O_tIEGaXgCE

I do my best to show the flaws in Trent's biological reductionist view of gender on its own terms, and point out how his "simple answer" has a lot of philosophy baked into it that is not at all simple.

I then present what I think is a far better view of gender that is trans inclusive and why that fits far better with the vast majority of interaction with other people regardless of whether they're cis, trans, non-binary, or genderfluid.

I welcome feedback if I've made any mistakes.

If you'd like to get far more in depth answers on Philosophy of Gender I strongly recommend both ContraPoints and Philosophy Tube both of which are channels run by trans people who have formal philosophy training and have done quite a lot of work on the topic:

youtube.com/c/ContraPoints
youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube

Countering the Contingency Argument & Defending Brute Facts

Counter Apologist 2022-02-14 | You can read a transcript of this video at my blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2022/02/countering-contingency-argument.html

This video gives a counter to the Contingency Argument and defends the notion of brute facts, attempting to show how any world view, including theistic ones where they claim god is a necessary being end up with Brute Facts or they get stuck with a modal collapse, where nothing is contingent.

I also counter a defense of the Trinity as not being Brute, provided by a Christian Apologist I both like and respect, @DryApologist You can check out his video on the topic that I quote in this video here: youtube.com/watch?v=c0ZdrUU0eKM

William Lane Craig badly responds to the Problem of Heaven + Evil

Counter Apologist 2022-02-06 | Very impromptu video this morning as I happened to see @CapturingChristianity posted a short video with William Lane Craig on the problem of evil, or at least why we weren't created directly in heaven since heaven is a place where there is no sin.

I literally sat down and did a one take recording and response because I think the problems with his response are pretty blatant once you've gotten to know his schtick.

William Lane Craigs Self-Referentially Incoherent Meta-Ethical Theory

Counter Apologist 2022-01-31 | I was made aware of William Lane Craig responding to the incoherence of grounding "objective" moral values in god's nature, where he defines Objective = Mind Independence and says that god is literally a disembodied mind.

I cover why exactly why Craig's defense fails and his meta-ethical theory is still incoherent.

I go over how if his solution had worked, it would end up undermining his moral argument for the existence of god.

I conclude by pointing out how Craig's definition of objectivity doesn't

References:
Craig Says God’s Nature is the grounding of goodness: youtube.com/watch?v=Rm2wShHJ2iA (26:02 – 26:24)

Craig’s Podcast Response to me, defining objective as mind independence: reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics#_ftn2 (5:13 – 5:28)

Craig's attempted defense of god's nature being mind independent: youtube.com/watch?v=onnG3cMG_c0&t=4454s (1:14:14 - 1:16:57)

Yes, Repeatable Empirically Verifiable Miracles would prove god exists! (Response to Trent Horn)

Counter Apologist 2022-01-21 | Trent Horn, a Catholic apologist, recently brought up my thought experiment about how repeatable empirically verifiable miracles wouldn't actually prove that god exists, and that atheists who say it would are actually making a mistake, or even contradicting themselves if they have ever used the "god of the gaps" objection.

I tackle his argument related to this to show where I think he's wrong.

You can watch Trent's original video on this topic here: youtube.com/watch?v=D8Dnm6gqKDs

Is there an Objective Evidential Filter for Historical Miracle Claims? (Response to @Testify Pt. 2)

Counter Apologist 2022-01-21 | This is Part 2 of my response to @TestifyApologetics and his video about DOUBTS, an evidential filter for miracle claims. You can watch Erik's video here: youtube.com/watch?v=q06a2ztp_N0

Basically Erik presents an evidential filter developed by Christian philosopher and apologist Tim McGrew and I break down how the resurrection story actually would violate some of these criteria and how it's not really "objective" or "religiously neutral", and why in principle we couldn't come up with such a thing without having god need to continually interact with the world with repeatable verifiable miracles.

Responding to @TestifyApologetics on Miracles (Part 1)

Counter Apologist 2022-01-19 | Links:

@TestifyApologetics / Erik's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=1iIv3jidvnw
My discussion with Erik and Caleb about miracles on the Exploring Reality channel: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2237&v=Q4FDGYON8DI&feature=emb_logo

This video goes over a response to my arguments and I counter his counter arguments. :)

An Atheist Christmas? (Yes!) Is Christmas Pagan? (No!)

Counter Apologist 2021-12-07 | You can read a transcript of this video at my blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2021/12/an-atheist-christmas-is-christmas-pagan.html

This video is both defending the idea that atheists can celebrate Christmas without being hypocritical AND defending the fact that many of these celebrated Christmas traditions are not actually pagan in origin.

Resources mentioned in the video:
Dating Christmas to Dec 25th, by Andrew Mark Henry: youtube.com/watch?v=3DHbOpS-N0c
Inspiring Philosophy on Supposed Pagan Origins of Christmas: youtube.com/watch?v=DfcvJWPTY64
Tim O'Neil from History for Atheists: historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas

The last link from Tim contains a LOT of resources for further reading about a variety of claims regarding supposed pagan origins of Christmas traditions.

What Evidence do I have for Atheism (Responding to Camerons 3 Questions for Atheists)

Counter Apologist 2021-12-02 | Cameron from Capturing Christianity had "3 Sincere Questions for Atheists" video and since I already had something written up to address the meatiest question he had, I figured I'd put out a quick response.

The main question is "What Evidence do you have for your atheism?".

You can view Cameron's questions here: youtube.com/watch?v=89tcsb2aPLI

Countering Frank Tureks Dishonesty, Pop Apologetics About Sex, and Diet Presuppositionalism

Counter Apologist 2021-10-22 | Capturing Christianity released a video with popular level Christian apologist Frank Turek that was so bad I felt it needed to be responded to immediately.

You can watch the original video here: youtube.com/watch?v=UyBDyBsrx-4&feature=youtu.be

Please bear with me in this video as it's my first time attempting to do some live playback and commentary.

Unfortunately as a result of the impromptu nature of this video, I do not have a transcript.

Also I'm adding a pre-emptive correction that came after recording: Frank's book released in 2014, so this isn't a book tour to cover for a lost one during the pandemic. Frank and Cameron were just doing product placement.

Gun Politics: Terrible Arguments for Gun Control in the Supreme Court NYSRPA v Bruen Case

Counter Apologist 2021-09-26 | This is a big diversion from my normal Philosophy of Religion videos where instead I discuss gun politics. Please let me know how you feel about non PoR videos on my channel!

You can read a transcript of this video on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2021/09/gun-politics-terrible-arguments-for-gun.html

Link to the Amici Brief filed by 150+ Senators and House Members: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-843/193275/20210921160349789_20-843_Amicus%20Brief.pdf

Link to data showing Concealed Carry Permit Holders are among the most law abiding populations in the US: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3463357

Epistemology Discussion with Randal Rauser

Counter Apologist 2021-07-07 | After my last video critiquing Alvin Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology in combination with Randal Rauser's apologetic in his newest book Jesus Loves Canaanites, we had a discussion about it on his channel which you can view here: youtube.com/watch?v=IdVPHM8Yczw

After our discussion I had thought of some potential pitfalls for his positions, but rather than trying to make another "Countering" video I decided it would be best to have another discussion about those issues instead.

Please excuse the sudden jump about 22 minutes in, my youngest daughter gave us a small interruption. Also editing isn't really my forte.

You can view my original critique here: youtube.com/watch?v=8vWgjQtutRw
Or you can read a transcript of that on my blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2021/06/countering-plantingas-reformed.html

You can view my first discussion with Randal over on his channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=IdVPHM8Yczw

You can check out Randal's own blog here: randalrauser.com

And you can buy a copy of Randal's latest book Jesus Loves Canaanites here: smile.amazon.com/Jesus-Loves-Canaanites-Biblical-Intuition-ebook/dp/B092TPRXPB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Z61O6D6FG4YQ&dchild=1&keywords=jesus+loves+canaanites&qid=1625623723&sprefix=jesus+loves+canaanites%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

Countering Plantingas Reformed Epistemology & Randal Rausers Apologetic

Counter Apologist 2021-06-21 | You can read a transcript of this video at my blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2021/06/countering-plantingas-reformed.html

Reading Randal's latest book "Jesus Loves Canaanites" I realized there's a contradiction in his wider apologetic effort and his endorsement and defense of Alvin Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology, putting modern apologists in a dilemma with no good options.

Interview with Elephant Philosophy

Counter Apologist 2020-11-02 | A few weeks ago I came across a theistic YouTube channel named Elephant Philosophy and I really came to appreciate his approach even though we disagree. His video on how his views changed seemed almost exactly like my journey except he started as an atheist and then ended up as a Christian theist.

He really focuses deeply on the latest in philosophy of religion and I knew I would love to sit and have a chat about our respective journeys.

You can check out his great channel here: youtube.com/channel/UCFAApTW3CQHEClUvNALUTcg

The Nature of the Atheist/Theist Debate (A Response to Braxton Hunter)

Counter Apologist 2020-10-30 | I've been thinking a lot about the nature of the Atheist/Theist debate and the subjective argumentative stalemate it ends up being and then I saw this video by Braxton Hunter of Trinity Radio that really motivated me to put my thoughts into a video and talk about why it's important we start extending olive branches to each other.

You can view Braxton's video here: youtube.com/watch?v=11GHb91PkGI

You can read a transcript of this video at my blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-nature-of-atheisttheist-debate.html

Countering the Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus (Short Version)

Counter Apologist 2020-08-31 | This is an more condensed version of my much longer and more in depth video on the resurrection.

You can instead read a transcript of this video on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2020/08/countering-resurrection-argument-short.html

If you would like to attempt a rebuttal, or just like what you hear and want more in depth analysis, please checkout the longer video on my channel here: youtu.be/zz6GapB6DMI

Or you can read the long transcript on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2020/08/countering-resurrection-argument-full.html

Countering the Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus

Counter Apologist 2020-08-31 | This is the in depth version of my argument countering the argument for the resurrection of Jesus.

You can instead read a transcript of this video on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2020/08/countering-resurrection-argument-full.html

If this video seems far too long, you can watch a condensed version that's only about 15 minutes long on my channel here: youtu.be/X78blLAlnO8

Or you can read the short video transcript on my blog here: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2020/08/countering-resurrection-argument-short.html

Grieving as an Atheist

Counter Apologist 2018-12-13 | This video is about grieving as an atheist and the complications caused by doing that while also having to interact with Christians and Christian beliefs.

Transcription/Blog: counterapologist.blogspot.com/2018/12/grieving-as-atheist.html

Scientific Study: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Stoeckle-Thaler-Final-reduced.pdf

PZ Meyers on the Study: freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/06/07/writing-synopses-of-science-articles-is-hard

Calvinist Blog: http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2018/11/deathbed-atheism.html

My guest appearance on the Real Atheology Podcast

Counter Apologist 2017-06-22 | I was on Episode 11 of the Real Atheology Podcast, hosted by Justin Schieber and Ben Wakins.

You can listen to this episode via their website, or head on over to their YouTube channel

Real Atheology Episode 11: realatheology.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/265
Real Atheology Episode 11 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=KTm9sSQjUnU

Quick Counters to the Moral Argument - Moral Duties

Counter Apologist 2017-06-11 | For a transcript of this video, please check out my corresponding blog post: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2017/06/quick-counters-to-moral-argument-moral.html

My original Countering the Moral Argument Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html
William Lane Craig's Podcast Response & Transcript: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics
My Counter Response to William Lane Craig Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/countering-moral-argument-part-2.html

Quick Counters to the Moral Argument - Value

Counter Apologist 2017-06-11 | For a transcript of this video, please check out my corresponding blog post: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2017/06/quick-counters-to-moral-argument-value.html

My original Countering the Moral Argument Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html
William Lane Craig's Podcast Response & Transcript: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics
My Counter Response to William Lane Craig Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/countering-moral-argument-part-2.html

Quick Counters to the Moral Argument - Brute Facts

Counter Apologist 2017-06-11 | For a transcript of this video, please check out my corresponding blog post: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2017/06/quick-counters-to-moral-argument-brute.html

My original Countering the Moral Argument Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html
William Lane Craig's Podcast Response & Transcript: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics
My Counter Response to William Lane Craig Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/countering-moral-argument-part-2.html

Quick Counters to the Moral Argument - Objectivity

Counter Apologist 2017-06-11 | For a transcript of this video, please check out my corresponding blog post: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2017/06/quick-counters-to-moral-argument.html

My original Countering the Moral Argument Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html
William Lane Craig's Podcast Response & Transcript: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics
My Counter Response to William Lane Craig Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/countering-moral-argument-part-2.html

Countering the Moral Argument Pt 2: Responding to William Lane Craig

Counter Apologist 2016-10-17 | For a transcript of this video, please check out my corresponding blog post: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/10/countering-moral-argument-part-2.html

My original Countering the Moral Argument Video & Transcript: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html
William Lane Craig's Podcast Response & Transcript: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/apologetics-against-christian-apologetics

William Lane Craig asserts that god is a disembodied mind:
Text: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/popular-articles-does-god-exist
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=fEw8VzzXcjE (12:41 Timestamp)

Larry Arnhart's book: Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature: amazon.com/Darwinian-Natural-Right-Biological-Philosophy/dp/0791436942/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476437321&sr=1-4&keywords=larry+arnhart

Erik Wielenberg’s “Value & Virtue in a Godless Universe”: amazon.com/Value-Virtue-Godless-Universe-Wielenberg/dp/0521607841

Is God Necessary for Morality? William Lane Craig vs Shelly Kagan Debate: youtube.com/watch?v=SiJnCQuPiuo

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3082
Used with permission, Thanks Zach!

Countering the Moral Argument

Counter Apologist 2016-05-13 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

My blog post for a transcription of this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/countering-moral-argument.html

A much longer and more in depth version of this topic can be found on my blog here: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/note-this-is-much-longer-version-of-my.html#more

References:
William Lane Craig appealing to moral intuitions: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/does-god-exist-1

Michael Horner's paper on "Evidence for God from Morality": http://powertochange.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Evidence-for-God-from-Morality-for-my-blog-version.pdf

Michael Horner's "Graded Absolutism" (46:45 time stamp): youtube.com/watch?v=xjRvRoHZxfI

William Lane Craig defends the Amalekite Genocide: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/slaughter-of-the-canaanites

William Lane Craig admits Modified Divine Command Theory derives an ought from an is: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/does-theistic-ethics-derive-an-ought-from-an-is

Countering the Kalam (5) - Responding to William Lane Craig

Counter Apologist 2014-09-22 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For more detailed information, please see my blog post for a transcription of this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2014/09/countering-kalam-5-responding-to.html

Special Thanks:
Dan Fincke http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers (Take Online Philosophy Classes with Dan here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/take-a-class-with-dan )
Dan Linford http://skepticfreethought.com/libere
Skepticism First http://twitter.com/SkepticismFirst
Jonathan Pearce http://www.skepticink.com/tippling
Justin Schieber & Jeremy Beahan http://www.doubtcast.org

Link to Craig's Response: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-the-kalam-cosmological-argument-circular

References:
[1] "On Mellor and the Future Direction of Time", by Lisa Leininger http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/dhm11/images/MMRAnalRev.pdf
[2] http://philpapers.org/surveys
[3] http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/p-zombies-are-inconceivable-with-notes-on-the-idea-of-metaphysical-possibility

Virtual Beers with Jonathan Pearce, Justin Schieber - Evidential Problem of Evil!

Counter Apologist 2013-09-02 | Virtual Beers with Jonathan Pearce and Justin Shieber

In this Virtual Beers we discuss the Evidential Problem of Evil and the issues that come up with common theistic responses to the Problem of Evil.

Jonathan Pearce
http://www.skepticink.com/tippling @ATipplingPhilo

Justin Schieber
http://www.doubtcast.org @doubtcast

Counter Apologist
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com @CounterApologis

Virtual Beers - Counter Apologist, Justin Schieber, Moonwalking Unicorn

Counter Apologist 2013-08-18 | Virtual Beers - Counter Apologist, Justin Schieber, Moonwalking Unicorn

Our Twitter Handles:
@Counterapologis
@doubtcast
@UnicornOnMoon

Our Blogs:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com
http://doubtcast.org
http://unicornonmoon.blogspot.com

Virtual Beers with Counter Apologist - Randal Rauser (6/13/2013)

Counter Apologist 2013-06-14 | Virtual Beers with Counter Apologist is where I have a conversation (not a debate!) with other people involved in the debate over god's existence online.

This session was with Christian apologist and theologian Randal Rauser and we covered a lot of topics from Metaphysics to Morality and had what I think was a great conversation.

Randal's Blog: http://randalrauser.com

My Blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/counterapologis

This is the first attempt at doing this, and I didn't know how to use Google Hangout's On Air, so instead of swapping between Randal and me talking, the video turned out to only show Randal. My apologies to Randal, I thought it was showing the full screen view that I saw on the controls.

The Argument from Hell (Part 1)

Counter Apologist 2013-05-14 | This argument presents a challenge to Christians who hold to the doctrine of hell. It is an internal critique of Christian theology that shows an inconsistency between the existence of hell and the co

The Argument from Hell (Part 2)

Counter Apologist 2013-05-14 | This video goes into great detail to address most objections Christian apologists have against the Argument from Hell.

My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com

William Lane Craig - Science Denial and Hypocrisy

Counter Apologist 2013-04-02 | My Blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/04/william-lane-craig-science-denial-and.html

My 4th Video in the Countering the Kalam Series where the science discussed here can be explained in much greater detail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWgxIQ035k

Transcription of that video at my blog:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/01/countering-kalam-circular-and.html

Craig calling Young Earth Creationists an Embarrassment:
youtube.com/watch?v=VEQhPvtvc1w
Direct link to full Reasonable Faith Podcast Episode where Craig does this:
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/dr.-craig-on-collins-vs-dawkins-on-design-of-universe

A Response to StupidTheist

Counter Apologist 2013-04-02 | This is a video response to YouTube user StupidTheist

Here is my original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWgxIQ035k
Here is StupidTheist's response to my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgBvVx_RiA&feature=youtu.be

My Blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/04/video-response-to-youtube-user.html

From Fundamentalist to Atheist - My Deconversion Story

Counter Apologist 2013-03-22 | My Blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-deconversion-story.html

For a detailed post on my religious background:
http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/02/but-i-was-true-scotsman.html

Countering the Modal Ontological Argument

Counter Apologist 2013-02-15 | My Blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/02/countering-modal-ontological-argument.html

Much of the information for this video came from Chris Hallquist's Blog: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq

References:

1.) http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/01/the-ontological-argument-in-brief
2.) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/#PlaOntArg

Answering the Big Questions 02 - Meaning and Purpose

Counter Apologist 2013-02-05 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/02/big-questions-02-meaning-purpose.html

Answering the Big Questions 01 - Something vs Nothing

Counter Apologist 2013-02-05 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For a transcript, please see my blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/02/big-questions-01-something-rather-than.html

Countering the Kalam - Done in Five Minutes

Counter Apologist 2013-01-13 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

This is a condensed version of my much more detailed series in Countering the Kalam Cosmological Argument. I made this so people didn't have to watch almost an hours worth of material to get a basic understanding of why the Kalam doesn't provide a reason to believe in a god, let alone prove one exists!

For a much more detailed refutation, check out the main series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_mz_YebHms&list=PL6M9lJ0vrA7E17ejxJNyPxRM7Zki-nS6G

Or with even more detail at my blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/search/label/Countering%20the%20Kalam

Countering the Kalam 04 - Circular and Unscientific

Counter Apologist 2013-01-11 | My blog: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/CounterApologis

For more detailed information, please see my blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/01/countering-kalam-circular-and.html

Some video's that give a better visual explanation of Relativity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C2VMO7pcWhg

Invariance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant_(physics)
Galilean Transformation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_transformation
Lorentz Transformation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation