Divine providence is God’s capacity to bring about the purposes and promises of God with 100 percent certainty—for individuals, for humanity, indeed for the cosmos as...
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Materialism is the belief that only physical things are real. But physical things seem so utterly different from mental things. Could there be more to materialism than the...
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Episode 08
Season 16
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Free will seems so obvious. Whatever I want to do, I just do. But could ‘I’ be fooled? Some say that free will is an illusion, and they back up their claim with...
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Can understanding how the mind appreciates art give insight into how the mind works? What is it about art that it can reveal the process of creativity and imagination and the...
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What would it be like to live forever? Immortality is the promise of most religions, thwarting the looming fateful finality of death. Everything in science screams...
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Can God and the enormity of evil both exist? To theists, it’s the problem of evil, which they struggle to resolve. To atheists, it’s the argument from evil, which...
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If God exists, and if God ordains history and generates miracles, how does He do it? Fiddle with each and every atom? Command all of them en masse? What possibly could be...
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Season 02
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If we’d like to believe in God, do conflicting religions trouble us? All the doctrinal disputes are wearying. Perhaps each religion complements and enhances the others....
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Does God exist in time, experiencing time’s flow? Or is God eternal, existing outside of time, creating time? These questions help assess God’s existence and...
Season 11
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Why do we spend so much of our lives not awake? The physical benefits of sleep cannot be overstated, from fighting disease to ensuring brain health. But what do sleeping and...
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Western religions have a specific image of the divine. For example, God is not only a person but also seems to have gender—and it is always masculine. Some are now...
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Christians are accustomed to hearing that “Jesus died for our sins”. But what would that mean literally? How would atonement work? What would be happening? Is there a...
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