Should Christians Lower their Bar of Evidence? Christian Idealism 2022-08-12 | Today I am joined by a group of Christians to help in my response to paulogias and mythvisions video about a question I asked Craig a month ago. My question had to do with the nature of evidence and a commitment to Christianity. Below is my full question to Craig: (Hello, Dr. Craig, I've enjoyed your ministry and it has helped strengthen my faith over the years but I have recently been having troubling thoughts in my mind. My trouble is that one of the things about Christianity is that it requires a lot of work to follow. In order to follow Christ you have to orient your entire life around him. Christianity is not just a set of propositions that one holds, but it's a faith-practice, a way of life. With that in mind, wouldn't the smart thing to do is require very high epistemic standards before one decides they will dedicate their life to Christ? If you're going to live for Christ then wouldn't it be smart to actually meet Jesus Christ in person or even talk to his mother Mary or an angel? I know you often mention the witness of the Holy Spirit as a way that one can have direct access to God but I have done meditative prayer and deep meditation for years upon years and nothing has come up in terms of God speaking to me directly where I know it wasn't just my own imagination. Many of my fellow Christians have had similar concerns on this also. This is perhaps my biggest struggle and I cannot seem to get it out of my head as it is causing me to abandon the Christian life because I cannot have high epistemic confidence that Christianity is true. Kyle, United States.) If you dont believe that I was the Kyle that asked this question to Craig I will show in the begging of the stream that I was. And no I didn't leave Christianity Videos we are responding too youtu.be/jjHo7qDLuNE youtu.be/9LRWEoTtlII
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I was wrong about Universalism Christian Idealism 2024-09-03 | Here is the original video I included: youtu.be/2n9SM_gaB2o?si=fJfV1iigdR_qBOX1 Here is my paper on hell: https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/123396668
The Shroud of Turin: A Cautious Exploration Christian Idealism 2024-08-28 | I am joined by Daniel Lowry, who is familiar with the Shroud of Turin literature. We are here today to break down the recent findings and explore the Shroud with a cautious and balanced approach. In this stream, we won't be taking a skeptical or dogmatic stance; instead, we'll objectively examine the evidence, discuss various perspectives, and consider the historical, scientific, and theological implications of the Shroud of Turin. Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or simply curious, this exploration aims to provide an in-depth and thoughtful analysis of one of history's most debated relics. Join us as we navigate through the complexities and uncover the facts behind the Shroud of Turin. For more on Daniels work see: daniellowrycomposer.com Stuff we Discussed David Falk: youtu.be/2f-tQJJS9Qs?si=bEdVBsjzY2WyaFRw Dan: youtu.be/XHgqkP-Nws4?si=eJKgssNua5m4W1G5
The Shift in Capturing Christianity Content Christian Idealism 2024-07-21 | Here I give my opinion and the context for @CapturingChristianity in regards to why he has decided to go into out of the ordinary topics
Philosophy Workshop at @doxasticmastery Christian Idealism 2024-07-13 | Link to workshop docs.google.com/forms/d/1JDqIdAZhFWQy0_FRF3-KBPMAgssw8RBwVK9_YqXBM8k/viewform?edit_requested=true
Going off Grid Christian Idealism 2024-05-18 | For those who need worldview coaching please email me at maskedapologist@gmail.com and I will send you information for where to go
Talk with Matthew Adelstein on why he became a Theist Christian Idealism 2024-05-14 | Today I talk with Matthew Adelstein on his conversion to Theism, we discuss why he converted, Go over the arguments that convinced him, go over why the objections to those arguments are unsuccessful and what he thinks regarding the problem of evil (Theisms biggest challenge) and where he will go from here His Blog on his announcement regarding Theism: benthams.substack.com/p/god-exists Substack: substack.com/@benthamsbulldog
Advice for Single Catholics: A Response to Christopher West Christian Idealism 2024-05-12 | In this stream I do an analysis of Christopher West response to a question I asked him on his podcast. For more context listen at: at the 31 minute mark: askchristopherwest.com/272
Resurrection Debate Christian Idealism 2024-03-29 | for a link to the debate: youtube.com/live/7Z_16ISkhhQ?si=jU6nlqbDXzW6IS-Z
Dominican Discernment & Channel Updates Christian Idealism 2024-02-08 | Some updates on my channel and what is next for my philosophical & spiritual journey For those who want to read Truth Tellers blog post in response to my work, see: secularapologist.blogspot.com/2024/02/theism-confirmation-and-axiology.html?m=1
Critical Review of A Declaration of War on Young Apologists Christian Idealism 2024-01-05 | Today I am reviewing an article that was recently published by Chris Stockman and Will Hess, Enjoy!!! Link to full article: thechurchsplit.com/index.php/2024/01/03/a-declaration-of-war-on-young-apologists/?fbclid=IwAR33MtT2c_1x1-07DRDTrydrhXtsiP4Ohy_t202upRtLQl-S07g-50Ke57w
Does Christian Theism Provide A Likely Answer To The Problem Of Evil? || Kyle Alander vs Eric Mackie Christian Idealism 2023-12-30 | My Debate with Eric Mackie on the Problem of Evil
Moving on from YouTube Christian Idealism 2023-07-02 | This will be my final stream for a while, I am deciding to do my philosophical research outside this platform and I will announce some final projects and where you can expect to see me. Just know that this is NOT the end of this channel. It is instead a vehicle for which I will reference my own work rather than these videos being my work. I will explain where we shall all go on from here
Theism & Weighted Averages Christian Idealism 2023-06-15 | I will show in this video why conjoining theism with auxiliary hypotheses about value does not decrease the probability of theism. Thus Pr(Theism) ≡ Pr(Theism + Axiology) (Video is part of a larger series in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)Theism & Axiology #2: Theism & The Logic of Science (2.1)Theism & its Limits: Meta-Principles (2.2)Theism & Confirmation (2.3)Theism & Bayesian Learning (2.4)Theism & Weighted Averages (2.5)
Theism & Bayesian Learning Christian Idealism 2023-06-09 | In this video I go over theistic updating and how we can update on the evidence we find on the world. A Bayesian learner tries to find the most probably hypothesis h from a set of hypotheses H, given the observed data.So the two methods of theistic updating are (see the video for more details)1. We update our auxiliary assumptions conditional on some evidence. Here we apply this updating rule: The probability of (E conditional on T&A1) is greater than the Probability of (E conditional on T&A2)2. We update our background evidence to include new evidence in it so that we can in fact predict the observation, here we apply this updating rule: The Probability of (T conditional on O&K) is less than the probability of (T conditional on K) prior to some newly discovered value, but once a new value (or V for short) has been discovered we update so that the Probability of (T conditional on O&(V&K)) is greater than the probability of Probability of (T conditional on V&K) Papers cited: philpapers.org/rec/WALTAA-3 http://joshualrasmussen.com/articles/how-valuable-could-a-person-be.pdf (Video is part of a larger series in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)Theism & Axiology #2: Theism & The Logic of Science (2.1)Theism & its Limits: Meta-Principles (2.2)Theism & Confirmation (2.3)Theism & Bayesian Learning (2.4)
Theism & Confirmation Christian Idealism 2023-06-06 | In this video I go over how theism makes predictions and the rules involvedTheistic Confirmation Rules T= Theism A= Auxiliary Axiological Theory 1. T&A are relevant to each other 2. The probability of (A) is not zero and is not intrinsically improbable 3. E doesn't decrease the Probability of (A)4. E doesn't entail a violation of the ultimate goodness principle and doesn't satisfy the axiological irrelevance thesis 5. E is a subset of (T&A) 6. The probability of (E conditional on T&A) is greater than the Probability of (E conditional on T¬ A)Theistic Updating Rule The probability of (E conditional on T&A1) is greater than the Probability of (E conditional on T&A2)(Video is part of a larger series in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)Theism & Axiology #2: Theism & The Logic of Science (2.1)Theism & its Limits: Meta-Principles (2.2)Theism & Confirmation (2.3)
Theism & Its Limits Christian Idealism 2023-05-31 | In this video I go over a few meta-principles that will demonstrate Gods non-existence (and existence of course) Special Thanks to Tim Howard of Invoking Theism for helping me with the scriptTheism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)Theism & Axiology #2: Theism & The Logic of Science (2.1)Theism & its Limits: Meta-Principles (2.2)
Theism & The Logic of Science Christian Idealism 2023-05-30 | In this video I first argue against the hypothetical-deductive model of scientific confirmation and against falsificationism. I then argue that the logic of science is the conjunction of Bayesian probability theory and confirmational holism. I then present the formal framework for how theism makes predictions about the world. This is based off combining the works of Nevin Climenhaga and Richard SwinburneI used handouts 5 & 6 for some historical examples from here: sites.google.com/site/nevinclimenhaga/probability-handouts?authuser=0 (This video is part of a much wider series that is in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)Theism & Axiology #2: Theism & The Logic of Science (2.1)
Does God exist? Schieber vs Hernandez (Critical Debate Review) Christian Idealism 2023-05-20 | Here I will be giving my critique of BOTH Justin Scieiber & Eric Hernandez on the question about Gods existence Debate: youtube.com/live/a1YA2yQPzZM?feature=share
My Journey as a Catholic & my tie breaker in favor of Catholicism Christian Idealism 2023-04-05 | I go over my journey as a catholic as it is close to the 1 year anniversary of my initiation into the Catholic Church
Theism & Simplicity Christian Idealism 2023-04-01 | In this video I argue that simpler worldviews are not (unrestrictedly) more probable than complex ones. This has implications for debates in the philosophy of religion regarding the intrinsic probability of theism and naturalism. This video is based on the work of Nevin Climenhaga: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZV6qsH2nQ_a9GY2Ii3xUBiYEePanM1Ch/view?usp=sharing(This video is part of a much wider series that is in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Theism & Simplicity (1.3)
My view of the Atonement Christian Idealism 2023-03-27 | Here I go over my view of Jesus Atonement on the cross, This is a model I am developing as a inspired by Pope John Paul II Theology of the Body.Original Discussion: youtube.com/live/DKrGaBhi-5c?feature=share
Theism & Background Knowledge Christian Idealism 2023-03-24 | In this video I address an important objection to Theism which is that Theism conflicts with our background knowledge. Enjoy!(This video is part of a much wider series that is in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Theism & Background Knowledge (1.2)Papers cited: philarchive.org/archive/SIJGAT
Theism & Probability Theory Christian Idealism 2023-03-22 | Recap: to recap the series, in part 1 I presented my particular model of God. Then in part 2 I presented a case for why the intrinsic probability of theism is higher than that of naturalism. In part 3 I presented a cumulative argument that shows how theism in many respects has more explanatory power than naturalism. And in the last video of this series I responded in detail to the problem of evil and the problem of divine hiddenness which are considered the two most important objections to the theistic hypothesis. In this video I plan to do something a little bit different. Ever since I began this series my views have changed on the topics of metaphysics and probability theory. Given this the structure of my case for theism will look different than my previous videos, But this will provide me the opportunity to build on what I have said before in my previous videos. So Let's begin (This video is part of a much wider series that is in the works)Theism & Method #1: The Structure of Epistemic Probability (1.1)Paper Cited (special thanks to the work of Nevin Climenhaga): philarchive.org/rec/CLITSO-13
