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Philosophy and Faith

Welcome to Philosophy and Faith, where our goal is to help you navigate your intellectual and spiritual journey, especially in regards to topics like God, doubt, faith, meaning and purpose. Your hosts are Nathan Beasley and Daniel Jepsen And together they discuss the big questions that humans have wrestled with for thousands of years.

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36:40

God, Time and Eternity

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/04/02

A discussion about the nature of time and of God's eternity, especially about whether God's eternity means simply everlasting duration or atemporality. We also discuss theoretical physics, prayer, and Bruce Almighty.

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41:58

God and the Universe

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/03/18

This episode focuses on the relationship between God and the universe. More specifically we will address:The problem of evilWhy naturalism makes the problem of evil worseWhy the church has sometimes come across as anti-sexTheism vs. naturalism and eastern thought on this questionIs the ultimate nature of reality personal or material, and what difference does this make?Will we have physical bodies after death and resurrection?and more

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43:45

Knowing God, part 2: Knowing the Unknowable God

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/03/12

How can we know the God who transcends human categories and ways of knowing? Some thinkers have said that we can only have "negative" knowledge about God: that the only thing we can say of Him is that He is not like the things of this world.But is it possible to go beyond that, and, if so, how?This episode also includes a discussion of the following:How negative theology paved the way for mysticism, both in the western church but especially in the Eastern (Orthodox) church.The meaning of iconsHow

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33:44

Knowing God, part 1

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/03/05

How can we know God?He's not a part of this universe of time, space, with its forms of causation, movement, or even being. So how is it possible to know Him?That is what this episode deals with.Note: we did have some technical problems with the audio on this one, so parts of it are a bit muffled (but not too bad).

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01:01:21

Beauty

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/02/26

In this episode we dive into aesthetics, the study of beauty and art. WE have a few digressions here, including one about Van Gogh and another about micro-bears on the moon. Yeah. But we also talk about:Defining beautyWhy Plato didn't appreciate art, and why Aristotle didThe radiance of the formHow beauty relates to GodHow beauty relates to truth and goodnessHow a naturalist would develop a theory of beautyAnd a few things more

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55:14

Our Purpose and Destiny (according to the Four Great...

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/02/13

Why are we here, and what happens to us after we die?This episode answers those questions through the lens of the four great worldviews (theism, naturalism, paganism, and eastern thought). A resource mentioned in this episode: The Universe Next Door, by James Sire.

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26:08

Ethics part 2: Paganism and Eastern Thought

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/02/08

Are some things always right or wrong, or is ethics relative? What makes something right or wrong? Last episode we saw how theism and naturalism try to answer those questions. This week paganism and eastern thought get their say.

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27:17

Ethics part 1: Theism and Naturalism

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/30

Are some things always right and wrong? If so, why? Where does the standard of morality come from?Theism and naturalism give distinctly different answer to that important questions, as we will discuss.

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25:47

Is Naturalism self-defeating?

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/23

Is naturalism (the worldview that that there is no God, and that the physical universe is all that exists) actually a self-defeating idea? That is, is it making a truth claim which undermines the ability to make truth claims? Let's discuss.

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32:26

The Ways of Knowing (Epistemology according to the...

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/22

Can we actually know the truth? And if so, how?This episode explores how the four great worldviews answer those questions.

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32:49

Dealing with Doubt

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/15

How do we deal with our intellectual doubts? In this episode, Daniel gives four practical ways to deal with doubts, based upon his 30 years as a pastor, and on his own life.

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32:16

Faith, Doubt and Certainty

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/08

This episode covers the topics of faith, doubt, reason and certainty.It reminds us that "faith" is more about trust than belief, and that you can have faith and still doubt. It also reminds us that faith is not opposed to reason, and that, indeed, faith without reason is irrational, and not true religious faith.What is faith opposed to? Certainty.Listen to find out why.

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34:11

Human Uniqueness and Value (according to the four...

Philosophy and Faith ·

2024/01/02

Do we humans have a purpose? Is that purpose given to us, or do we seek to make one for ourselves?Are humans uniquely valuable? More valuable than gorillas and gophers? If so, why?This episode discusses how each of the four great world views would answer those questions.

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34:30

The Four Great Worldviews

Philosophy and Faith ·

2023/12/04

The history of the world is dominated by four great worldviews -- four families of ideas about the universe and reality. They are theism, atheism, pantheism, and polytheism. In this episode these four worldviews are explained with the help of two illustrations. This will form the foundation for future episodes, where we will examine how each of this worldviews gives different answers to the questions of ethics, human uniqueness and value, how we can know things, what is beauty, and more.

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19:27

Defining Philosophy and Faith

Philosophy and Faith ·

2023/11/27

Our first episodes explores the questions:What is philosophy?How do Philosophy and faith fit together?Do non-religious philosophy still utilize faith?How can you decide between competing worldviews.

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