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The Freethinking Podcasts

Apr 30, 2018

We have another bonus episode for you guys, as we were fortunate enough to get Mike Licona on the show to talk about his work on why there are differences in the Gospels. As some of you might know, his position has received a bit of flak, specifically from a few individuals within the Christian apologetics community. We...


Apr 26, 2018

Finally, we’re finishing up the moral argument for God’s existence. In this episode, we talk about the second premise and conclusion, primarily focusing on defending the existence of objective moral values and duties. This premise isn’t one that is typically denied, but it’s a good idea to know how to respond...


Apr 22, 2018

This is turning into quite the series of episodes! We’re finishing up this week with our interactions with Erik Wielenberg’s proposed model for accommodating objective morality on an atheistic worldview. One of the points Tim mentions is that, on Wielenberg’s view, even if successful, morality doesn’t seem to...


Apr 12, 2018

We’re back with the second episode discussing the moral argument for God’s existence. Tim deals with a specific objection posed by Erik Wielenberg to the first premise of this argument. Wielenberg is an atheist philosopher at Depauw University, and he purports to have a model by which the atheist can hold to...


Apr 5, 2018

The Moral Argument for God’s existence is one of the most powerful that the Christian has. Tim and I begin discussion of the first premise of the argument in this episode. We talk about Sam Harris’ attempt to ground objective morality in human flourishing and conclude that this attempt is unsuccessful.

The great...