Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago
#philosophy #theology #christianity #god #apologetics #leibniz #theism #reasoning #reason #catholic #islam
In this video, I'll talk about Gottfried Leibniz' and Thomas Aquinas' ideas around why something exists
References:
[1] G. W. Leibniz, “The Principles of Nature and of Grace, Based on Reason,” in Philosophical Papers and Letters, G. W. Leibniz and L. E. Loemker, Eds., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989, pp. 636–642. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1426-7_67.
[2] G. W. Leibniz, “The Ultimate Origin of Things,” 1697.
[3] T. Aquinas, Summa Theologica. R. & T. Washbourne, 1922.
[4] (Quoted in) D. C. Lindberg and R. L. Numbers, God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science. Univ of California Press, 2023.
#philosophy #theology #christianity #god #apologetics #leibniz #theism #reasoning #reason #catholic #islam
In this video, I'll talk about Gottfried Leibniz' and Thomas Aquinas' ideas around why something exists
References:
[1] G. W. Leibniz, “The Principles of Nature and of Grace, Based on Reason,” in Philosophical Papers and Letters, G. W. Leibniz and L. E. Loemker, Eds., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989, pp. 636–642. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1426-7_67.
[2] G. W. Leibniz, “The Ultimate Origin of Things,” 1697.
[3] T. Aquinas, Summa Theologica. R. & T. Washbourne, 1922.
[4] (Quoted in) D. C. Lindberg and R. L. Numbers, God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science. Univ of California Press, 2023.
![My 3 Intellectual Reasons for Not Believing in God
#god #christianity #philosophy
In this video, I want to talk about my top 3 reasons for why I did not believe in God when I was a skeptic (and why these reasons were, for me, built on dubious assumptions)
References:
[1] David Wootton - The Fear of God in Early Modern Political Theory (1983)
[2] David Wootton - Humes ‘Of Miracles’: Probability and Irreligion (1990)
[3] John Earman - Hume’s Abject Failure (2000)
[4] Alasdair MacIntyre - After Virtue (1981)
[5] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/
[6] G. E. M. Anscombe - Modern Moral Philosophy (1958)
[7] C. S. Lewis - Miracles (1947)
[8] Alvin Plantinga - Where the Conflict Really Lies (2012)
[9] Charles Taylor - A Secular Age (2007) My 3 Intellectual Reasons for Not Believing in God](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IuTzSvIBScA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Pseudoskepticism (Bogus Skepticism)
In this video, Ill explain some of the issues around pseudoskepticism and why many skeptics or former skeptics have issues with mainstream skepticism as a social identity.
References:
[1] Truzzi - Zetetic Ruminations on Skepticism and Anomalies in Science (1987)
[2] Quite and Ullian - Web of Belief (1978)
[3] Bond - Why I Am No Longer a Skeptic
[4] Weinberg - Against Philosophy
[5] Hyslop - The Bias of Skepticism (1909)
#skeptic #skepticism Pseudoskepticism (Bogus Skepticism)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jbtg5dQr-zw/mqdefault.jpg)





![The Euthyphro Dilemma
In this video, Ill talk about the Euthyphro dilemma and why I do not see it as a serious challenge to Christian theism or theism in general. Thank@TheologicalDissent for the video idea.
References:
[1] Plato. Euthyphro. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Independently published, 2020.
[2] G. W. Leibniz, “Reflections on the Common Concept of Justice,” in Philosophical Papers and Letters, G. W. Leibniz and L. E. Loemker, Eds., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989, pp. 561–573. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1426-7_60.
[3] Plato, The Republic. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2021.
[4] Plato and B. Jowett, Apology. Independently published, 2020.
[5] Plato, Laws. Independently published, 2020.
[6] H. Chadwick, Early Christian thought and the classical tradition: studies in Justin, Clement and Origen, 1. issued as an academic paperback, Reprint. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.
[7] W. Morriston, “Must There Be a Standard of Moral Goodness Apart from God?,” Philosophia Christi, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 127–138, Apr. 2001, doi: 10.5840/pc2001318.
[8] W. L. Craig, On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision. David C Cook, 2010.
[9] M. Martin, The Cambridge Companion to Atheism. in The Cambridge companions. New York: Cambridge university press, 2007.
[10] J. Hare, “Religion and Morality,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2019., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2019. Accessed: Dec. 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/religion-morality/](https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/religion-morality/)
[11] J. E. Hare, God’s Command. in Oxford studies in theological ethics. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2015.
#apologetics #christianphilosophy #philosophy #philosophyofreligion #religion #godisgood #god #christianity #christian #theology #catholic #plato #socrates The Euthyphro Dilemma](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mo_298ssiDE/mqdefault.jpg)


![Can there be Good without God?
In this video, I want to explore the question of whether there can be Good without the existence of God
#christianity #god
References:
[1] Richard Joyce - The Evolution of Morality (2006)
[2] Richard Joyce - The Myth of Morality (2001)
[3] G.E. Moore - Principia Ethica (1903)
[4] David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature (1739)
[5] Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics (A long time ago)
[6] Alasdair MacIntyre - After Virtue (1981)
[7] Sharon Street - A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value (2006) Can there be Good without God?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NkbkaXSgAqE/mqdefault.jpg)