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Discussing Miracles on “Doubts Aloud” 1

Sep

5

2020

I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on Doubts Aloud, which is a podcast hosted by three ex-Christians (now skeptics), on the topic of miracles. That episode was just released, and I’d love to hear your thoughts! (If you don’t have Apple Podcast, then you should be able to find it on other ...

A Manual For Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian (A Review)

Aug

18

2020

Peter Boghossian is an atheist philosopher and professor at Portland State University. In this book, he intends to equip an army of “street epistemologists” with the tools to use everyday life interactions as interventions to show people that faith is a bad epistemology and to disabuse them of it. His target is not religion, but ...

The God Delusion: Child Indoctrination and the Atheist’s Vanishing(?) Consolation 1

May

23

2020

This is the final post in a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous post was The God Delusion: Are The Bible and Religion Poisons To Society? (Chapters 7 & 8). After reading back through my previous post, one thing I want to emphasize is that I don’t disagree with everything Richard ...

The Nature of Consciousness (Real Seekers Podcast) 1

Mar

30

2020

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Real Seekers podcast to debate the nature of consciousness with Travis (atheist) and Dale (Christian) last week. After a quick intro, the episode plays in full. Let me know what you think! You can also check out Dale’s post about the episode, as well as ...

Epistemology: 10 – Knowledge Bracketing 2

Feb

27

2020

Available on your podcast platform of choice here. In this episode, I describe the most important tool for breaking down and questioning any cherished belief. It’s also an indispensable tool for all objective investigation. So what are you waiting for?? Listen already! You can also leave me a voice message here, and I’ll try to ...

Miracles Debate (Real Seekers Podcast) 1

Feb

8

2020

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Real Seekers podcast and discussing / debating miracles with Matthew (atheist) and Dale (Christian) last week. After a quick intro, the episode plays in full. Let me know what you think! If the Anchor.fm widget isn’t showing up above, click here to listen. When I ...

Epistemology, Relationships, and Life

Dec

12

2019

I originally wrote the below as part of an online exchange with a friend. I realized that it’s a great illustration of how principles of epistemology affect personal relationships, and ultimately all of life, so I thought I’d share. I know it’s easy to hear a bunch of mumbo-jumbo philosophical terms and ask, “Does this ...

Epistemology: 9 – Heuristics, or the Surprising Virtues of Fallacies [Podcast] 2

Nov

7

2019

What is a heuristic? How do they function within our epistemology? Are they irrelevant once you find a deductive argument for your position (spoiler: No!). Listen to find out! Available in podcast format here. You can also leave me a voice message here, and I’ll try to respond to any questions in the next episode.

LIVE DEBATE! Theories of Justice: Is Retribution Necessary? [Podcast]

Oct

7

2019

I had the distinct pleasure of debating my friend Brandon Bartlett about philosophical theories of justice this past Saturday night. Brandon has a degree in philosophy and was a debate champion in high school, so he was definitely up to the task. Does a person have to be punished for justice to be served? What ...

Miracles: A Robert and (atheist) Ryan discussion [Podcast]

Aug

6

2019

Ready for some R&R? Robert and atheist friend Ryan discuss miracles in this episode. Before watching, I highly recommend watching at least 10 minutes of this talk (it should automatically start at the 35 minute mark), since I reference it at multiple points. In particular, it includes an interview with Barbara Snyder, who was instantaneously ...