Should believing in God be the product of one’s own thinking? Shoule we avoid simply following the traditions or norms of the society or social group in which we were...
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From biblical times to Darwin, natural theology had a majestic mission—to detect and discern God by seeing and sensing God’s presence in the world. The key to natural...
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Is analytic theology for the better, clarifying beliefs? Or for the worse, undermining faith? How does it compare with philosophy of religion, biblical studies and exegesis,...
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Episode 13
Season 18
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Metaphysics is the deepest probe of reality. It is the branch of philosophy that discerns the most general features of the world. When focused on God, metaphysics seeks...
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Long life is humanity’s ancient and perennial goal. Prophets promised it, explorers searched for it and today’s society is obsessed with it. Today’s...
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Theists who believe in God and avoid the problem of evil delude themselves. If there is a God, evil is God’s hardest problem to explain. If there is no God, evil is the...
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How do Buddhism, Chinese traditions and Hinduism address Final Things—eschatology—life after death and the ultimate transformation of the world? What are reincarnation...
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Metaphysics asks the most profound questions, then uses sophisticated philosophical analysis to seek the deepest truths. What happens when metaphysics trains its analytical...
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I’m obsessed by raw existence, which science can never explain. Does this mean that there is a God? I wish it were that simple. Yet some claim that a ‘Most...
Episode 07
Season 08
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How we think about free will affects how we live our lives and structure our societies. In Part II of our following the multi-year ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project,...
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Season 14
Is a soul required to make a person? If there is no soul, is there no person? Almost all scientists and most philosophers find no need for a soul. Certainly, souls are not...
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Is consciousness something special in the universe, its own category, irreducible to physical laws, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of...
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