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To conclude our series of political economic topics, let's derive some Biblical principles of economics (and against tyranny) as we break down the Tale of the Superblians. As many humans in our story replaced simple Biblical rules for tyrannical man-made rules, they drove the benevolent Superblians away from earth. Over time, when the fog cleared, at least one started to realize the evil they had...

Welcome to the first made-up, imaginary, fictional type story on Truthspresso! This episode is part 3 and concludes the Tale of the Superblians. Jake arrives at the convention center after Dr. Tom Words finished delivering a speech against Dr. Paul Drugman's article in the New Dork Times. Jake still wants to meet Dr. Words before he has to catch his plane. As Jake befriends Superblians, he has the...

Welcome to the first made-up, imaginary, fictional type story on Truthspresso! Guess what: I was wrong ! It turns out as I write this silly story, part 2 will not conclude the Tale of the Superblians. We pick up our story a year after the Superblians "invaded" from outer space. Listen in as our antagonist Jake has to battle two opposing economic ideas about these benevolent aliens. Are their impro...

Welcome to the first made-up, imaginary, fictional type story on Truthspresso! I am planning to wrap up the economics series with the Tale of the Superblians. Part 1 introduces the main characters and our rather unique situation. Part 2 will show how our unusual story shockingly concludes. If you like Sci-Fi, I hope you will bear with me in my first attempt at a Sci-Fi short story that also teache...

Continuing with parsing through the politics of income inequality, we shift from the myths and articles to get down to some simple questions. We consider these few basic thoughts: College shows why incomes differ. Different majors offer different skills that have different levels of supply and demand. People intend to go to college for a return on investment. Jobs are different and command differe...

Income inequality has become a hot button issue in this last decade. Concerns range from the idea that it will destroy civilization to simply "It just isn't fair!" Well, this episode will present four common claims about how income inequality is "unfair" and answer them" The rich are getting richer and the poor are staying poor. The United States is the worst offender for income inequality. The po...

Joe from WalkwithGod joined me on Wednesday to chat about the upcoming election and politics from a Christian perspective. What made this fun is that we didn't plan out our discussion. Neither of us knew the other's views until right before hitting the record button! Joe described himself as a "centrist." I described myself as "libertarian-leaning." Both of us feel a little like outsiders looking...

We shift from the overpopulation myth because respectable mainstream opinion has changed. Even the political left has criticized the former overpopulation alarmism as potentially "racist" and bigoted toward poorer people. But the new alarmism in the recent decade is that "income inequality" is the new dragon to slay. We tackle two claims of how income inequality crushes civilization: Income inequa...

After seeing that some people sympathize with Thanos against the Marvel Avengers for the fate of the universe, we look at another model of population growth trends that is becoming more mainstream. The Demographic Transition Model (DTM) provides four to six stages of population growth to show how it naturally levels off after spiking. This model correlates statistics about birth rates, death rates...

We continue discussing the overpopulation myth that still hasn't died. We start with some 21st-century statements from the infamous Paul Ehrlich, proving that he hasn't recanted his failed prophecies of overpopulation fearmongering. Next, we review an article from Forbes that tries to convince the world that Thanos, the supervillain from the late Marvel Avengers movies really did nothing wrong. Ac...

This episode was inspired by something my wife showed me from a campaign called "One Planet One Child." From Thomas Malthus in the 1790's to Paul Ehrlich in the 1960's and beyond, some economists and scientists have feared the doom of humanity. This doom is mass suffering and starvation of millions of people ever at the door. The cause? Overpopulation. We look at Paul Ehrlich's predictions in the...

This is part 2 of an interview with Jamal Bandy, host of the Prescribed Truth podcast. Jamal explains what "social justice" and "critical theory" are as elements of Marxist philosophy. The word "race" has been added to make "critical race theory" an issue of U.S. history. Jamal gives some heartfelt and keen insights into misunderstood realities of both the present and the past that are often fuel...

This is part 1 of an interview with Jamal Bandy, host of the Prescribed Truth podcast. Jamal tells his story of how he was involved in an Apostolic Oneness church and how unexpected events led him to question what he was taught. Jamal learns the truth about God as Trinity and that the Oneness teaching is wrong. He also learns that works don't save him and don't keep him saved, because the Father a...

This episode continues from the topic of the last one by discussing actual problems with democracy. We answer the following questions: What are the problems of democracy? It is not based on absolute, unchanging truth. Eligibility to vote is not certain. A simple majority is not really "the will of the people." 51% can plunder the 49%. It encourages factions to develop. Defensive voting is a consta...

There is a lot of hoopla about the state of democracy in the United States and around the world. Many citizens value the ideals of democracy as sacred and best. Christians should be willing to examine democracy itself and ask some important questions. We ask and answer the following questions: What is democracy? We define the term and compare it to other types of government. Why is democracy appea...

This is part 2 of the last episode. We continue to examine the mindset of war from a Christian perspective by asking questions. This episode asks the last two questions: What about the wars that God commanded? (Gen 50:19; Rom 12:18-21) How should we view our enemies now? (Mat 28:18-19; Mat 5:43-47) We conclude with Psalm 120:2,6-7 to ask the question, "Are we for peace, or are we for war?" Podcast...

We move from the wisdom of the world that war benefits an economy to ask us Christians how we should view war. The Bible gives us some guidance. We ask these four questions: What are human beings? (Gen 9:6) What causes wars? (Jas 4:1-5) When is war justified? (Psa 7:3-5) What is the mindset of war? ("us" vs. "them") I recognize that I presented this episode a little passionately and that it might...

We continue with Paul Krugman's suggestion of a fake threat of aliens invading to stimulate a depressed economy. We look at a blog post he had written for the New York Times where he revealed his inspiration for the blessings of fear and destruction: World War II. Unfortunately, even many conservatives and Christians think like Krugman that war spending helps an economy grow or get out of a slump....

We springboard from Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman's wrong idea about babysitting the economy to an even stranger idea: the threat of an alien invasion would be good for a depressed economy. Krugman thinks its better for people to stop saving money to pay off their debts and squeeze even more money toward building bunkers for a fake threat that aliens would take over. We listen to Krugman h...

Dr. Paul Krugman, world renowned winner of the Nobel Laureate in economics, often appeals to babysitting when trying to explain things in his post-Keynesian way. He seems obsessed with the story of the Capitol Hill Babysitting cooperative because he thinks it proves that printing more money is the cure for recessions. When we look at his own favorite story, we see that it clearly proves the opposi...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion. We talk about how the wrong of abortion is clear, even if some people refuse to accept it. Is the problem really a lack of evidence, or is it that hearts can be hardened to the truth? We talk about the presuppositions of an atheistic worldview vs. a Christian worldview, and how the Bible and the gospel are necessaril...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion. We have emphasized how abortion takes the life of a human being made in the image of God. Unfortunately, the effects of abortion don't stop there. We discuss several of the physical and psychological/emotional effects that the abortion industry tries to suppress. Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University,...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion. Sci-Fi author Patrick S. Tomlinson wrote a series of tweets in October of 2017 that attracted media attention. News articles boasted that Tomlinson's "burning fertility clinic" thought experiment "shut down" "anti-abortion" arguments. Does Tomlinson's argument pose a challenge to the Pro-Life view? We don't think so....

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion. Many abortion advocates now appeal to philosophy to argue that "bodily autonomy" proves that abortion on demand should be legal for any reason, even if the unborn are fully human and have a "right to life." Chelsea and I discuss Judith Jarvis Thomson's "unconscious violinist" thought experiment and the case of McFall...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to continue a series discussing abortion. Abortion advocates often bring up rape and incest as exceptional cases to defend abortion. We analyze these hard cases to see if abortion really should be justified. Perhaps adding abortion to the trauma of a crime is not the ideal solution. Chelsea holds a B.S. in Nursing from Regis University, a Masters in Nursing...