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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQukgZawUo Scientism Is Not All In The Head Here’s a case study in which desiring only naturalist scientific explanations won’t get you anywhere – consciousness. When it comes to the mind, one either has to reject the mind and therefore consciousness or reject a purely naturalistic science. Scientism is not all in the head, it seems. TIMELINE: 00:...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfz0XP3oQ4 Other Sources Of Knowledge Well, if science doesn’t give us all knowledge, what are other sources of knowledge? Well here are three areas where we not only obtain knowledge but we tend to have more confidence in it – than even science. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 02:04 – Science Is Showy, Philosophy Is Talky 05:16 – Scien...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L-Xevz0XzU Weak Scientism Is Weak Ok, strong scientism is bad because it denies any other field the ability to provide truth and in making the claim it becomes self-refuting. But what about weak scientism which lets a few areas have their claims to help support the Science(TM)? Well even weak scientism is weak and must be rejected. Find out why in this episode. Or...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HBCrGHHA8 Lairs, Evils Beasts, Lazy Gluttons We are taking a break for the 4th of July weekend but you can listen to the message I taught on Titus 1:10-12 to my (Patrick’s) church’s college group. Here I discuss the types of false teachers Titus will encounter on the island of Crete and why the Greeks on Crete are like the way they are. Having been rea...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_QbvAduXcs Presuppositions Of Science We look at how scientism destroys science by denying the ability to do science. How is that the case? Because scientism denies the six presuppositions of science. We discuss that here. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Introduction 02:59 – Science Has Presuppositions 04:53 – Presupposition #1 – A World Exists Outside Of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znpcFM9N0Mk Scientism Is Self-Refuting Now that we’ve defined our terms about scientism, what makes it so dangerous? Here we introduce that scientism is self-refuting. This matters because the claims scientism makes means that it then makes science impossible to do. Moreland gives six presuppositions that actual science rests upon and in upcoming episodes we&#...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHyoRRQ_zgE The Ugly Source Of Scientism Where did scientism come from? What is the ugly source of scientism? Would anyone be shocked to learn that the love of war and government overreach has led to negative outcomes? This includes universities divorcing their ethics lessons from everything but the humanities. Now, the source for moralism in college is…footba...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5rQgTaqho4 Scientism Ruins Lives Now that we’ve defined scientism, we have to talk about why it matters. How scientism ruins lives of us in our so-called modern world. It is exactly those ideas that the West, western science, and Christianity helped to bake into the culture that are eroding away. It’s almost like a foundation has been replaced with sand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=111s4hd5siM Defining Scientism We kick off our book on scientism by doing what we always advocate for – defining our terms. Here, J.P. Moreland is defining scientism and explaining exactly why it is a dangerous ideology. We then go on to list a few examples from the world of politics, social advice, government schools, and even scientists themselves. TIMELINE:...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-IXFrNM3Q Introduction To Moreland & His Book We kick off our book looking at not only the introduction of the book, but the introduction to Moreland and who he is and his background. This is a wonderful reading on the science background of J.P. Moreland and shows us why he’s the guy to write a book on scientism and its dangers to the Church and the worl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSStQCm-xJs Book 13 Announcement Wow, has it been 13 books already? Why, yes it has. Book 13! This week is introduction week and the links to the book are in this description. Hope you can join us starting next week! BOOK LINKS: Scientism and Secularism – Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology by J.P. Moreland Kindle Paperback Audible (FREE With Membershi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TucwunYIAA Miracle Claims Vs. Hume And as we wind down our takedown of Hume, we take one final look at Miracle Claims vs. Hume. We address the valid question about competing miracle claims as well as looking at if the Western worldview has outpaced the belief in miracles. Is it over? Have miracles been knocked out of the picture? Well – I didn’t hear no...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3TDTXjCkc Hume’s Biased Naturalism Coming into the final episodes of this book, we go after Hume’s naturalism being viewed as unbiased science. In fact, it is biased, can’t help but be biased, and by claiming not to want to take sides in religious debates…takes sides in religious debates. Hume’s biased naturalism has been unchallenged...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nljMdwJ8bOo Hume Humiliated In History After looking at the science and philosophy of Hume, we now look at his take and impact on history. With looking at how the academy views the science of history we see that Hume is humiliated in history because he helped change what good history actually looks like. We discuss what that looks like and the repercussions here. Ti...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewfCZYmu6mc Agents Enter Into The Picture A little shorter episode this week as this section and the next section have two different focuses. We look at how Hume seems to carve out outside agents enter into the picture to save natural law. The only problem with that is then you leave out those pesky humans to be able to enter into the normal course of events to upse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94MYkVIJeks The Bad Effects Of Hume’s Philosophy The bad effects of Hume’s philosophy might not seem apparent on the surface; people have been disagreeing about miracles even as they happen. Yet, Hume supported locking people up in insane asylums who believed miracles happened. And while his support for his movement crumbled while failing to uphold its o...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo9HckuKD4M Circular David Hume & His Critics Finishing up looking at David Hume’s Philosophy and we see that Hume is being so circular that you’ll find yourself dizzy. While he redefines miracles, provides circular arguments, and then begs the question, Hume won’t even allow the possibility of a miracle claim to be presented to be considered....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPNevdoi52c Hume Destroys Testimony – All Testimony Hume is back at it again with destroying more of our ability to know things. Here, we look at how Hume destroys testimony – all testimony. His standard for witnesses is so unreasonable that no witnesses can match it. His description of the normal goings of nature leaves no room for unusual events &#8211...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL3Mrd8EEfk Can Hume Get A Witness? Looking at David Hume’s philosophy on miracles, now we find ourselves not seeing Hume interact with miracle claims, but questioning if someone can even be a witness to a miracle. Can Hume get a witness? It seems his standard is both circular and redefining of key terms. We see that taking Hume at his standard not only allows...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcNw3WYfdac Dismantling David Hume We start dismantling David Hume at the best place to start – the beginning. Hume’s definition of miracles, his epistemology, and his claim of neutrality are the best places to see if the foundation of his critique cracks or even fails to support his claims. Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction 01:35 – Hume & T...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgliE4KSeks The Intro To Critiquing David Hume We enter our into to critiquing David Hume by setting the stage for what our author will talk about. We do what should always be done with philosophical concepts and that is define our terms! Then we provide some background history to set the stage for giving Hume his due. Timeline: 00:00 – Introduction 02:40 &#82...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUdCQOzMLA Unbiased Ancient Historians & Biased Modern Day Ones Before we dig into Hume, we finish our discussion on unbiased ancient historians and then bring in the fact that modern day historians tend to be more biased. Both cases interact with miracle claims but it seems that ancient historians tend to deal with those claims in a more fair way than modern s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zXWaKvVmI Ye Ol’ Skeptics Kicking off our discussion on miracles we go back to Ye Ol’ Times and see if there are any Ye Ol’ Skeptics of miracles claims. Or do we take the Enlightenment unenlightened view that everyone just believed everything and it wasn’t until the Smarty Pants Times did we learn to properly scoff at historical claims of m...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tYmdJ7Zf-U Book 12 Announcement Here’s the announcement for the next book we’ll be discussing. The way we’re going to cover this one is a little different than the ones we’ve done in the past. It’ll be a miracle – if we ever get through it. It’ll take someone with a Keener eye for sure. BOOK LINKS: Main Book – Miracle...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I7g2fDIgto Natural Law & Divine Command Response To Woke Theology In our final episode on Christian Ethics – 4 Views, we cover the issues against Woke Theology from both the Natural Law & Divine Command response. Both responders have three big issues with Prophetic Ethics even if there is some agreement with the theory. Thanks for joining us with this...