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S2 God: Moral Ideal or Active Agent? ⚖️🔥
✍️ Substack: If you'd rather read than listen, you can do so over on Substack!🔍 Overview: Does Christianity reveal a knowable deity, or is it merely a powerful story?🤝 Support The Show…
S2E37 Jesus, Memory, and the Nature of the Gospels | Dale C. Allison Jr. | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #37
🔍 Overview: In this episode of The Socratic Sessions, Samuel Devis speaks with Dale C. Allison Jr. about his book The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus. Together, they explore how memory,…
S2 Jesus, the Apocalypse, and Ancient Literal Belief w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
🔍 Overview: Dale C. Allison Jr. argues that Jesus took his end-times beliefs literally. We explore how ancient views placed heaven above and hell below—and how early science pushed these ideas out of…
S2 The Gospels: History or Memory? w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
🔍 Overview: Dale C. Allison Jr. casts doubt on efforts to extract a “pure” historical Jesus from the Gospels. Instead of hard facts, he argues we should treat them as memory-shaped…
S2 Which Jesus? Why Scholars Can’t Agree w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
🔍 Overview: Dale C. Allison Jr. explains why scholars keep producing conflicting portraits of Jesus. With contradictory Gospel accounts and diverse reactions during his lifetime, Jesus was never just…
S2E36 No Religion, No Chaos: Debunking the Godless Myth | Phil Zuckerman | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #36
🔍 Overview: In this episode of The Socratic Sessions, Samuel Devis speaks with sociologist Phil Zuckerman about the myths surrounding secularism. Drawing from his book Society Without God, Zuckerman…
S2 Godless Lives Still Have Meaning — Most People Prove It w/ Phil Zuckerman
🔍 Overview: Phil Zuckerman explores how most people—outside of philosophy departments—don’t struggle to find meaning without religion. Meaning, he argues, is something we create.🤝 Support The Show…
S2 Is Christianity Making a Comeback? w/ Phil Zuckerman
🔍 Overview: Phil Zuckerman critiques the idea of a Christian resurgence, showing how long-term data contradicts the hype around a so-called religious revival in the West.🤝 Support The Show…
S2 Morality Comes from People, Not Religion w/ Phil Zuckerman
🔍 Overview: Phil Zuckerman challenges the claim that secular values are just borrowed Christian ones, arguing that human morality evolves from humanity itself—not religion.🤝 Support The Show…
S2E35 The Self-Made Soul: Objectivism, Ethics, and Ayn Rand | Don Watkins | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #35
🔍 Overview: In this episode of The Socratic Sessions, Samuel Devis speaks with Don Watkins, author of Effective Egoism, about Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s ethics, and the moral case for rational…
S2 Why Christianity’s Idea of Love is Morally Wrong w/ Don Watkins
🔍 Overview: In this clip, Don Watkins explains why Christianity’s concept of unconditional love is unrealistic and immoral, and how Ayn Rand’s egoism offers a more authentic and selfish view of…
S2 What Does a Truly Fulfilling Life Look Like? w/ Don Watkins
🔍 Overview: Don Watkins and Samuel discuss how Objectivism redefines happiness as a life of consistent, non-contradictory joy, challenging the shallow portrayals of happiness we often see on social…
S2 Is Ayn Rand Actually a Serious Philosopher? w/ Don Watkins
🔍 Overview: In this clip, Don Watkins and Samuel discuss why intellectuals like Sam Harris often dismiss Ayn Rand and how her philosophy challenges modern ideas.🤝 Support The Show…
S2E9 A Battle for Meaning: Truth vs. Ideology | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #34
🔍 Overview: Are progressive myths shaping belief more than truth? In this conversation, Michael Huemer and Samuel examine their impact on ideology, groupthink, and polarization—along with the role of…
S2 How Progressivism Overlooks Real Systemic Injustice w/ Michael Huemer
🔍 Overview: Has progressivism lost sight of real injustices? Michael Huemer and Samuel argue that progressive discourse often replaces tangible systemic issues with abstract meta-issues—stalling…
S2 Deterministic Propensities: On Choice and Causality 🧠🔗
✍️ Substack: If you'd rather read than listen, you can do so over on Substack!🔍 Overview: Does determinism leave room for real choice? In this episode, we explore the phenomenology of…
S2 When Should We Trust the Experts? w/ Michael Huemer
🔍 Overview: Who can we trust in an era of institutional distrust? Michael Huemer and Samuel examine the public’s scepticism of academia, media, and government—exploring how individuals can navigate…
S2 Is Progressivism the New Religion? w/ Michael Huemer
🔍 Overview: Does progressivism function like a religion? Michael Huemer and Samuel explore its moral codes, community, and creeds—alongside John McWhorter’s claim that wokeism is a religion. They…
S2E8 Paths Without Belief: Embracing the Divine | Carl-Johan Palmqvist | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #33
🔍 Overview: In semi-secular societies, people are engaging with religious traditions through practice rather than belief. In this conversation, Carl-Johan Palmqvist and Samuel explore religious…
S2 Semi-Secularity: Balancing Naturalism & Supernaturalism w/ Carl-Johan Palmqvist
🔍 Overview: Can you entertain religious ideas without believing them? Carl-Johan Palmqvist and Samuel discuss non-doxasticism—the practice of engaging with faith while staying rooted in…
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