Religious Studies

Ivan is an old friend from the neighbourhood. His energy is infectious and I knew he’d have a lot to say. He didn’t disappoint. I only wish he could have stayed to chat a little longer. Next time.

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Catholic vs. Protestant - 2019-01-12 - Flat Earth Runner February 16, 2019

Flat Earth Runner left a comment on my YouTube channel with a link to one of his comedy roasts. I immediately asked him to be my guest and he agreed. As you might have guessed from his name, Flat Earth Runner believes that the Earth is flat. He is also a self-taught non-denominational Christian. I […]

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Catholic vs. Other - 2019-01-12 - Lincoln Cannon February 15, 2019

Eric Steinhart suggested that I interview Lincoln Cannon. Lincoln is an LDS Mormon and a Transhumanist, meaning that he is interested in ethical ways of using science, engineering, and technology to advance the human race beyond our present limitations. I enjoyed our friendly chat.

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CVS Meta - 2019-02-09 - Atheism and agnosticism February 10, 2019

In this episode I compare and contrast different ways of sacrificing, for the sake of God, the self-evident gifts that make us human: free will, reason, and morality.

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Catholic vs. Other - 2019-01-09 - Stan Nochasak February 10, 2019

I met Stan at the St. John's Native Friendship Centre in Newfoundland in 2010. He is a traditional Inuit drum dancer, story-teller, artist, poet, and actor. Stan was raised with Moravian Pentecostalism and now practices the Baha'i faith while incorporating his Inuit spirituality.

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Catholic vs. Catholic - 2019-01-03 - Ken Hensley February 2, 2019

I met Ken Hensley on the Coming Home Network online community. Ken does pastoral care, manages online communities, writes apologetics articles, leads retreats and pilgrimages and much more for the CHNetwork. It was a real pleasure meeting him.

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Catholic vs. Protestant - 2019-01-26 - Post Mortem January 30, 2019

I never expected a self-proclaimed Christian, much less one who has experience debating, to hang up on me mid conversation; but that's what happened when I asked this guy why he rejects the doctrine of the Real Presence.

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CVS Meta - 2019-01-20 - Doubt and the architecture of belief January 23, 2019

In this Meta episode I flesh out the three steps to Roman Catholicism after allowing Satan to strip me of all my faith and (almost) all of my reason.

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Catholic vs. Catholic - 2018-12-28 - Bob Toews January 19, 2019

Bob Toews is my recent guest Lucas Fehr's step-father. Bob is a non-practicing Catholic who grew up Mennonite but was baptised in the United Church of Canada. He was Confirmed in the Catholic Church in his thirties, but has been disenchanted by recent attempts to curb the Spirit of Vatican II.

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Catholic vs. Other - 2018-12-27 - Eric Steinhart January 13, 2019

Eric Steinhart is a philosopher of religion specializing in new and emerging religions. Eric comes from a long line of evangelical congregationalist preachers. He no longer identifies as Christian, but does not see much value in the label atheist either. It was a fun chat.

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CVS Meta - 2019-01-05 - Solving induction by reduction deduction January 5, 2019

In this episode I briefly introduce the famous "Problem of Induction" and give two simple examples of how we can use the purely deductive "Reduction to Absurdity" technique to arrive at 100% logical certainty concerning not only mathematical truths, but even fundamental principles of physical science.

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Tag: Religious Studies

Catholic vs. Other – 2018-12-27 – Eric Steinhart

Catholic vs. Other – 2017-01-08 – Ivan Freud