# Rational Belief

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Jesus: Imaginary Friend or Rational Belief?

Welcome to Season 8 of the Enter the Bible podcast! In our premiere episode, hosts Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston welcome back Professor Alan Padgett from Luther Seminary to tackle a challenging question from a listener: "Is believing in God or Jesus like having an imaginary friend?" Pro…

82 - Piero Calvi-Parisetti - A Rational Belief in Life After Life

Thank you for listening! Italian-born, Scottish author and speaker Piero Calvi-Parisetti is a medical doctor originally specializing in Public Health and Disaster Management. At the beginning of his career, employed by the International Red Cross and the United Nations, he worked in the mana…

Kevin Dorst: Against Irrationalist Narratives

Episode 131 I spoke with Professor Kevin Dorst about: * Subjective Bayesianism and epistemology foundations * What happens when you’re uncertain about your evidence * Why it’s rational for people to polarize on political matters Enjoy—and let me know what you think! Kevin is an Associate Professor …

415: The Science *and* Magic of Acupuncture and Herbalism for Fertility, Hormones, and Wellness With Paul Kempisty

How harmony starts within || Ask and you shall receive! 🪄 Today, Monica is joined by her friend, Paul Kempisty - a distinguished acupuncturist, herbalist, and thought leader in the field of holistic health and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as they dive into one of her most requested topics e…

Rational Belief is Bad!

Today, we unfortunately don't get any evidence or arguments for god, instead we get a bunch of pontificating on how god belief should start out emotional, and then when you've come to believe for emotional reasons, that's when it's time to engage in post-hoc rationalization.Yay?Sources:Rational, no…

The Weirdness of the World

Do we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing? Is consciousness a purely physical matter, or might it require something extra, something nonphysical? According to the philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel, it's hard to say. I…

MAN OF CONVICTION

In this episode, Dinesh interviews a man of conviction, pro-life activist Mark Houck, about his unjust targeting at the hands of the Biden DOJ. Dinesh shows why Putin's new formula for a multipolar order is a thinly-veiled justification for tyranny. Dinesh answers the question of why the Left despi…

William J. Talbott, "Learning from Our Mistakes: Epistemology for the Real World" (Oxford UP, 2021)

The enterprise of Western epistemology has largely been devoted to a collection of issues concerning the definition and analysis of knowledge. What makes knowledge different from true belief? When is one’s evidence or justification for one’s belief sufficient for knowledge? When must we revise our …

How to Laugh First: Renunciate ProTips for Beautiful Breaths & Truckloads of Bliss | Ajahn Brahm Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Ajahn Brahm, abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery (https://bswa.org/). The discussion delves into Ajahn's path to ordination, advice for achieving deep samādhi, thoughts on Stream Entry, stories of devas, tales of Luang Por Chah, and more. 00:…