CA97 Widespread Theistic Belief & Religious Disagreement (Devil’s Advocate pt. 2)

CA62 Reformed Epistemology, the Sequel: We discuss relativism, Kierkegaard’s “leap of faith,” the argument from personal experience, certainty, and how it all relates to Plantinga’s Reformed epistemology. To those of you who may be wondering why we’re covering Reformed epistemology: Alvin P... by Counter Apologetics

33 min listen

CA66 Materialism, Consciousness, and Atheism: We discuss the relationship between atheism, consciousness, and materialism after debunking arguments from consciousness formulated by Peter Kreeft and William Lane Craig. We also discuss why it’s important for naturalists to think carefully about thes... by Counter Apologetics

28 min listen

Bonus: The EA Show – Interview with Emerson Green: This is the audio from my appearance on The Empathetic Atheist YouTube show. Justin & Andy ask me what I take to be the best argument against god and what I take to be the worst argument for god. I apologize for the audio (as well as the video) quality... by Counter Apologetics

55 min listen

CA69 Why I Am Not A Christian (pt. I): In 1927, Bertrand Russell delivered a now-famous address entitled ‘Why I Am Not A Christian’. We examine Russell’s contribution to one of the most important questions you can ask yourself: should I be a Christian? by Counter Apologetics

17 min listen

CA74 The Incoherence of God (pt. I): Can we make any sense of the idea of god? God is supposed to be an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent, timeless, spaceless, immutable, disembodied conscious mind. We begin our series on igtheism by discussing several problems with these divine attr... by Counter Apologetics

22 min listen

CA64 Exorcism and the Rise in Demonic Possession: Why is the demand for exorcism on the rise? We discuss the belief in demonic possession, the concurrent rise of anti-science attitudes, the cultural role of religious psychology, and the evolutionary origins of demons. by Counter Apologetics

25 min listen

CA57 NDEs (Near-Death Experiences) pt. I: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) have received much attention in recent years. Are they evidence of an afterlife or merely evidence of our fear of death? *UPDATE* A version of the out-of-body experiment I mentioned around 13:00 has been run. by Counter Apologetics

31 min listen

CA61 Reformed Epistemology: We discuss Alvin Plantinga’s reformed epistemology, and ask whether belief in god is “properly basic.” We also discuss Cartesian skepticism, the notion of a divine sense or “sensus divinitatis,” and which beliefs should be considered properly basic. by Counter Apologetics

28 min listen

CA73 Why Was Jesus Killed?: Why did the Romans kill Jesus? When I was a Christian, I was taught that the Jews were primarily responsible for the death of Jesus. The Romans may have carried it out, but it was ultimately motivated by Jesus’s conflict with Jewish authorities over hi... by Counter Apologetics

23 min listen

CA77 Since Matter First Writhed: The Mystery of Abiogenesis: Abiogenesis is the process by which life arises from non-living matter. Though life’s origin is an open question, abiogenesis research is a thriving interdisciplinary enterprise. In spite of this, many apologists have argued that it’s unlikely we will ... by Counter Apologetics

34 min listen

CA60 Christianity vs. Climate Change: Does Christianity, and religion generally, naturally lead to skepticism and apathy towards climate change? We discuss the apocalypticism, otherworldliness, and the just-world belief of Christianity, and their effects on our priorities and beliefs. by Counter Apologetics

27 min listen

CA67 Kalam Cosmological Argument: The Nature of Time: We discuss the A and B theories of time and how they relate to the kalam cosmological argument. Listen to our sister show, Walden Pod here Rate the show on iTunes here Support on Patreon here or give a one-time donation through Venmo (@emersongreenpodc... by Counter Apologetics

17 min listen

H.P. Lovecraft – Halloween Special: This Halloween, we’ll be discussing the life and work of the great horror author, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft’s atheism 00:00 – 07:38 Biography 07:39 – 12:50 Lovecraft’s reanimation and influence on culture 12:51 – 18:02 Lovecraft and the unknown 18:03 ... by Counter Apologetics

53 min listen

CA68 Do Atheists Need Faith? with Ozymandias Ramses II: Ozy and I discuss whether atheists have faith, and whether it’s naive for atheists to hold a reflexively anti-faith position. We also discuss Hume’s problem of induction, external world skepticism, solipsism, properly basic beliefs, certainty, by Counter Apologetics

112 min listen

CA88 ID Theorist Accidentally Produces Evidence Against Intelligent Design: The Discovery Institute, an ID thinktank, has a list of “Peer-Reviewed & Peer-Edited Scientific Publications Supporting the Theory of Intelligent Design.” On this list is an article authored by Michael Behe, by Counter Apologetics

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CA58 NDEs pt. II: Today we continue our discussion of near-death experiences. The debate over how to interpret NDEs, on some level, is an argument over substance dualism. As best we can tell, you do not have a brain — you are a brain. by Counter Apologetics

21 min listen

CA75 The Incoherence of God (pt. II): We define our terms, address Graham Oppy’s claim that igtheism is self-defeating, discuss logical positivism and its relationship with igtheism, and present an igtheist divine hiddenness argument. Listen to our sister show, by Counter Apologetics

39 min listen

The Atheism & Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft: This Halloween, we’ll be discussing the life and work of the great horror author, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft’s atheism 00:00 – 07:38 Biographical details 07:39 – 12:50 Lovecraft’s reanimation and influence on culture 12:51 – 18:02 Lovecraft and the unkn... by Counter Apologetics

53 min listen

CA91 Why won’t God heal amputees?: For the believer who advances the argument from miracles, the question of why God won’t heal amputees can be a thorn in the side. If God is willing to perform healing miracles – miracles that should convince anyone – why hasn’t God restored the lost li... by Counter Apologetics

24 min listen

CA63 Slavery in the Bible: Slavery, the practice of owning people as property, is never condemned in the Holy Bible. In fact, it’s endorsed by God personally in Leviticus 25. We discuss the character of Biblical slavery, and respond to seven common apologetics in defense of the ... by Counter Apologetics

20 min listen

CA76 The Incoherence of God (pt. III): We complete our trilogy on igtheism and discuss epistemic questions about god’s attributes, the historical development of god’s nature, the experience of god, god’s relationship with logical truths, absence of evidence, by Counter Apologetics

28 min listen

Debate: Is evil evidence against God? Emerson Green vs. Dr. Khaldoun Aziz Sweis by Counter Apologetics

94 min listen

Condemn the Architect: Hume’s Answer to Skeptical Theists (Bonus Episode): Happy birthday, David Hume! I thought I’d share Hume (or more accurately, Philo) casually destroying skeptical theism in Part XI of Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. His analogy of an architect and a poorly constructed house arose in a discussion ... by Counter Apologetics

7 min listen

CA80 Secular Christianity with Philip Goff: Non-believing Christian Philip Goff joins us to discuss religious fictionalism, literalism, religious language, Jordan Peterson, the resurrection, the spread of Christianity, the transcendent, and Christianity without theism. After the interview, by Counter Apologetics

113 min listen

CA86 The Argument from Scale: Human beings seem cosmically unimportant. Though certainly from God’s perspective, we are more important than stars, rocks, vast stretches of empty space and time, and other things that don’t seem to possess any value in and of themselves, by Counter Apologetics

31 min listen

Is Free Will An Illusion? with Theoretical Bullshit: I’m joined by Scott Clifton (Theoretical Bullshit) to discuss free will skepticism, compatibilism, moral responsibility, revenge, and killing coyotes. Video version – Is free will an illusion? Scott’s channel Follow me @waldenpod and TBS @TheoreticalBS... by Counter Apologetics

162 min listen

Debate: Is evil strong evidence against God?: Here’s my debate with Zac of Adherent Apologetics on the problem of evil, hosted by the Non–Alchemist. I focus on the problem of animal suffering and defend an argument called the teleological argument from evil. Video of the debate here linktr. by Counter Apologetics

100 min listen

CA81 Skeptical Theism: We discuss several reasons to doubt skeptical theism, including Paul Draper’s objection, phenomenal conservatism, divine silence during tragedies, Pandora’s box, and moral paralysis. linktr.ee/emersongreen Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here... by Counter Apologetics

36 min listen

CA79 Paul Draper’s Case for Naturalism: In his 1997 debate with William Lane Craig, Paul Draper considers seven lines of evidence and asks if they are more expected on theism or on naturalism. He argues that the meager moral fruits of theism, mind-brain dependence, evolution, by Counter Apologetics

34 min listen

CA96 Debunking Myself on God (pt. 1): I recently participated in a “devil’s advocate” debate on God’s existence. Today, we take a closer look at the arguments I raised. We talk about the general approach of building a cumulative case for naturalism and theism, by Counter Apologetics

40 min listen

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CA97 Widespread Theistic Belief & Religious Disagreement (Devil’s Advocate pt. 2)

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