Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence

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Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence

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Today, I defend the controversial idea that ordinary and extraordinary claims don’t require the same evidence. Linktree

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Jun 28, 2023

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CA84 Why I Am An Atheist: There are five reasons, broadly, why I’m an atheist: I. We don’t need God to explain anything. II. There are few phenomena that are better explained by theistic models than by atheistic models. III. There are many phenomena that are better explained b... by Counter Apologetics
36 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
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
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
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
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
CA83 Hume on the Argument from Design: Today we discuss the evergreen critique of the design argument from David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Hume’s skepticism is aimed at the inference to a designer on the basis of our observations of natural objects and their analogy to h... by Counter Apologetics
25 min listen
CA82 What the ‘agnostic atheist’ graph gets wrong: Can you be an “agnostic atheist,” or are those terms mutually exclusive? I try to explain how the famous four quadrant graph misunderstands the nature of belief, knowledge, and agnosticism. the chart in question Joe Schmid on Agnosticism and Justificat... by Counter Apologetics
15 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
CA89 Why I don’t spend more time on contingency arguments: Arguments from contingency are widely considered to be among the strongest offered in defense of God. The results of the 2020 PhilPapers Survey have cosmological arguments ranked as the strongest family of arguments for theism. by Counter Apologetics
14 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
What is Naturalism? – Walden Pod: Naturalists, according to David Papinau, author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on naturalism, urge “that reality is exhausted by nature, containing nothing ‘supernatural’.” Naturalism “has no very precise meaning in contemporary philo... by Counter Apologetics
22 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
CA78 Young Earth Creationism & the Distant Starlight Problem: Young earth creationists believe that the earth, humankind, and the universe are approximately six-thousand years old. Scientifically, this is a fringe view, not taken seriously by anyone outside religious circles. However, by Counter Apologetics
49 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
7 Questions for Christians: watch the video version here Support at patreon.com/counter or /waldenpod Follow on Twitter @waldenpod Transcript Linktree Answers in Reason – Ten Questions for Theists Braxton Hunter – Ten Questions for Atheists my responses to Braxton and here are l... by Counter Apologetics
6 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

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