In this guest talk, Rob Reed discusses Divine Command Theory and the question of whether or not it makes morality arbitrary. He considers the way the Euthyphro dilemma is commonly posed and shows that when we take DCT to be a theory of obligation and not a general theory of […]
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Imam Islam Mossaad guest lectures on the Islamic conception of divine attributes, comparing and contrasting with Christian concepts.
On March 30, 2017, Ratio Christi was privileged to host Dr. Paul A Nelson of the Discovery Institute. Why don’t dead cells come back to life? “Because they’re dead!” is the obvious answer, sometimes followed by “what a stupid question” – but the obvious answer conceals a remarkable fact. The […]
Zach and Andrew talk with Dr. Paul Nelson about creationism, intelligent design, and Illustra Media’s new movie Origin.
In this episode of Think Theism, Zach and Andrew discuss the origins of the Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Were they copied or written independently? What’s this “Q” document? Does it matter?
Zach and Andrew sit down with Dr. Luke Barnes after the A Fortunate Universe talk to discuss life, the universe, and everything Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify
The planets, stars and galaxies that fill the night sky obey elegant mathematical patterns: the laws of nature. Why does our Universe obey these particular laws? As a clue to answering this question, scientists have asked a related question: what if the laws were slightly different? What if it had […]
On February 2, 2017 Ratio Christi was privileged to host Dr. Andra Gillespie for the 2017 Veritas Forum "Christianity & Racial Justice: Does God Care? Do We Care?"
On October 6, 2016, Ratio Christi was privileged to host Dr. Micah Green, Associate professor of Chemical engineering to discuss the common pitfalls in the science vs faith divide. From Bill Nye to Bill O’Reilly, the perennial debate between science and religious belief is plagued by shallow thinking and bad […]
Zach, Andrew, and John discuss the A-theory and B-theory of time and each one’s theological and physical implications.
Zach sits down with John Monroe, Ratio Christi historian, to discuss physics, theology, time, and fine-tuning. Music: www.bensound.com
On November 18, 2015, Ratio Christi was privileged to host. Fr. Andrew Pinsent from Oxford University to discuss the intersection of Science and Divine Action. This talk is a part of a larger digital humanities project to uncover what authors of the past had to say about questions on God’s […]
Zach and Andrew discuss the creationism controversy. In this episode, they discuss one of the objections to “old-earth” views, namely, that animal death before the Fall of Man poses a major theological problem. Music: www.bensound.com
Zach and Andrew discuss some different views of the interpretation of the first chapter of Genesis. Music: bensound.com