Real Seekers

Co-hosting on Faith Unaltered, that no good heretic David Russell shows us videos from the recently "deconstructed" movement. I'm not impressed with their "arguments"- truly an utter, utter failure! RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/real-seekers-blogs-january-2024-beyond/

Barrie Schwortz, was the official STURP photographer and owner of the Shroud.com website, but he was much, much more, he was also a proud father, loving friend and just an all-around wonderful human being. Sadly, Barrie passed away a few weeks ago on June 21st 2024 at the age of 77 years old. Over a dozen Shroud experts, both Pro and Skeptic alike, put the Shroud Wars on hold to honour the memory...

Jack Markwardt and Hugh Farey return to continue their discussion comparing the evidence for the Image of Edessa vs. the Image of God Incarnate hypotheses for where the Shroud was in pre-medieval times. In this episode, we move on to cover the next 400 years from 501-900 A.D. RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/shroud-wars-panel-review-part-4-the-shrouds-history-from-4...

In Part 3 of my Bible Study we switch gears to focus on the historical authenticity of the Shroud. We go over the argument from Art History, Numismatics/Coins, the Sudarium of Oviedo, the 5 First-Century Scientific dating techniques and possible references to Shroud images in the NT. RSM Blog (with my Slides for free) =

Recent convert to the Orthodox religion is John Newby of John 20:28 Apologetics. Tyler Fowler invited David Russell and myself as Protestants to probe and challenge John on why he switched from Protestant to Orthodox. The conversation was unexpectedly cordial given the format proposed by Tyler and much more substantive than my convo with someone like Jay Dyer! RSM Blog = https://realseekerministri...

This is Part 2 and this time we get a little bit technical as we cover the scientific evidence pertaining to various image-formation explanations for the Shroud of Turin. In the end, we know the images are not due to random chance, natural laws or regularities involving a decomposing corpse nor are they due to human artistic design in the medieval era; thus, the Shroud images must be due to miracu...

In Part 2 on Argument Reconstruction, we go over another helpful visual tool for reconstructing arguments, namely Argument Diagramming. RSM Blog (with my slides for free) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/

I go over Part 1 of Unit 3 on Argument Reconstruction, this lecture gives helpful tips for reconstructing arguments into "Standard Form". RSM Blog (with Slides) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/

Dr. Helmut Felzmann joins David Russell and myself to evaluate his worldview to see how it jives with traditional Christianity. RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/real-seekers-blogs-january-2024-beyond/

Craig Truglia joins me to discuss his article concerning the authenticity of St. Dionysius the Areopagite's writings! RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/real-seekers-blogs-january-2024-beyond/

This time we cover Inductive Logic and finish off Unit #2. RSM Blog (with my Slides) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/ Donation Links: Link Tree= linktr.ee/realseekers PayPal = paypal.me/RealSeekers Patreon = patreon.com/RealSeekers

Phil Bair joins me to discuss his new book, "Biblical Justification: How Man-Made Tradition has Corrupted the Biblical Doctrine of Justification". RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/phil-bair-shows/

Dr. Kelly Kearse saw my Panel Review Part 12 show with Hugh Farey and Bob Rucker and he wished to come on to do a one on one to represent his own position on the ordinary natural mechanisms like Maillard reaction + skin contact as a way of explaining the body images and humidity imprinting of the bloodstains. This will provide you with the perspective of a Shroud expert who actually advocates for...

I encountered Tyler Vela in Capturing Christianity's live chat the other day and he claimed that Shroudies are akin to flat Earthers; them's fighting words Tyler lol! I like Tyler and consider him an online friend, so I have invited him on the show to discuss my methodology with regard to assessing miracles in favour of Christianity (the historical evidence for the Rez, the Shroud, etc.) a...

Otangelo has recently just published a great new book providing scientific evidence based on modern cosmology which proves that God exists. He comes on to share his knowledge and findings :) RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/05/the-creators-signature-in-the-cosmos-with-otangelo-grasso/

My friend and brother, Rev. Sule Prince, was kind enough to let me teach a 4-week Bible study on the Shroud of Turin at his church (Oakwood Wesleyan Church) every Thursday night at 7 pm Eastern. Most at the church had never heard of the Shroud before, some (including the Pastor) were slightly skeptical of it, but by the end of night 1, I had already managed to convince most of them that there is m...

Tyler Fowler invited me on Faith Unaltered to speak about God and time with Dr. Nathan Jacobs. RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/real-seekers-blogs-january-2024-beyond/

Shabir Ally kindly agrees to return to discuss the historicity of Jesus' crucifixion with Dale. RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/05/05/answering-islam-shows-dr-shabir-ally-on-jesus-death-divinity-solo-lecture/

In this lecture, I finish our evaluation of deductive arguments by explaining truth tables for checking validity, deductive argument patterns in Predicate Logic and Deductive Strength vs. Weakness. RSM Blog (with my Slides for free) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/ Donation Links: Link Tree = linktr.ee/realseekers Pay Pal =...

In Lecture 3, we come to the first class of Unit #2 on classifying and categorizing arguments. We focus on deductive arguments and assess what the components of a good deductive argument are. Finally we look at the concept of validity and some examples of valid vs. invalid deductive argument patterns in sentential/propositional logic. RSM Blog (with my Slides) = https://realseekerministries.wordpr...

This Lecture we cover the topic of what is knowledge in terms of a Justified True Belief. RSM Blog (with my Slides) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/

This is the first lecture of my Philosophy: Critical Thinking & Logic course. We cover an introduction to critical thinking. RSM Blog (with my slides for free) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/patreon-philosophy-courses-critical-thinking-logic/

Famous Catholic apologist has gone from debating theology with Dr. James White to arguing the case for Geocentrism- the notion that the Earth is the center of our solar system and universe. I don't buy it myself, but let's hear out what Robert has to say. RSM Blog = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/real-seekers-blogs-january-2024-beyond/

In this episode of Faith Unaltered, we are looking at some of the kinda cringy things said by Dave Farina of ‪@ProfessorDaveExplains‬, Joe Rogan of ‪@joerogan‬, Terrance Howard, and AJ Gentile of ‪@TheWhyFiles‬ in some of their more recent episodes, regarding Christianity. You would think these top researchers mentioned above, as well as Joe & Terry, would get their facts straight before sayin...

Dane has recently become convinced that Roman Catholic Eucharistic Miracle claims are generally true and scientifically proven, HOWEVER we invite Kevin, who is an ex-Catholic, now Agnostic, on the show, to discuss why he believes this NOT to be the case! Join us! RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/conversations-with-kevin-nontradicath-shr...