Can objective moral values exist without God? Recently I have been listening to some debates and podcasts where debaters and hosts are talking about the problem of pain and suffering along with ideas such as justice and happiness. This is not new of course, as these ideas have been discussed since the time of…
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In our 10th episode of season 1 of the Up Your Dialogue podcast we discuss the problem of Good and the practical impacts of this on society as well as some theological concepts. As always we look through the 2 lenses of Agnosticism and Christianity when viewing the topic.
As per usual we start off with political events and this time specifically a look at an article from The Atlantic written by Yoni Applebaum that pontificates on “How America Ends”. We move from there to talk a little about Trump and his potential election in 2020 and why or why not we voted for him in 2016.
At around the 39:30 mark we get into the topic at hand with some definitions of “good” and “the good”. From there we hear both the Agnostic view that takes a favorable approach on the completeness theorem idea of “objective good” from famed Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Godel, as well as the Christian worldview that attempts to show how completeness is achieved in the transcendent.
The problem – Can objective moral values (goodness) exist without God? You decide.
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Cults, Religions and Governments — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/upyourdialogue/support
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On the 9th episode of the Up Your Dialogue podcast we explore the issue of Cults. As we do so we also get into Religion and how governments have interacted with both through various times in history. We start off as normal talking about current events which happen to be the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as well as the retreat from Syria. Just after the 20 minute mark we begin to talk about cults in general by giving a definition and some categories then J.Scott begins with the Agnostic view. Just after the 44.30 mark we discuss specific cults from an infamous list that J.Scott brings to the table. Of that list we move into more general Christian and non-Christian cults that some consider Religions such as Mormonism by the 1 hour mark.By the 1 hour and 20 minute mark we are talking about the spiritual fate or Mitt Romney and the rest of the time we go into history and talk about Christianity from it’s early days as a “Superstition” as stated by Pliney the Younger to Constantine and all the way to the founding fathers. We hope you enjoy the podcast.
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White Supremacy – Perception and reality — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/upyourdialogue/support
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In season 1 episode 8 of the Up Your Dialogue podcast we L.A. Londy and J. Scott Hardin discuss the topic of White Supremacy. We look at the hard data behind news articles that have been published over the last several years by major media outlets to see if it lines up with reporting. We also discuss writings from public figures as well as anecdotal and survey data to try and understand what about this issue is fact based vs. perception.
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In the seventh episode we introduce our open dialogue format where there is no specific topic. We have an open dialogue where anything goes. We ended up giving updates on our new twitter account that is already closing in on 300 followers and our new “Up Your Diablog” where we will be putting our thoughts…
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In the seventh episode we introduce our open dialogue format where there is no specific topic. We have an open dialogue where anything goes. We ended up giving updates on our new twitter account that is already closing in on 300 followers and our new “Up Your Diablog” where we will be putting our thoughts in written form. The new website is still at upyourdialog.com. We also talked about the crazy world of #Twitter until about the 37 minute mark. After that we discussed the new book by Peter Boghossian @peterboghossian and James Lindsay @ConceptualJames called How to have impossible conversations until around the 55 minute mark. We gave the book an endorsement just as Richard Dawkins has which shows how the book transcends lenses. The rest of the podcast focused on the Democratic Primary and a closer look at the insanity that most of the lower tier candidates have become. Our focus was on them since we will not be seeing much of them soon.
Read MoreThe abortion issue is probably one of the greatest moralbattles of our time. There seems to be two sides when you look at the debates,pro-choice and pro-life. The issue is typically framed by one side as a woman’srights issue while the other side is a life issue. We have shown here on thepodcast how this…
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In our 6th podcast we examine the writings of C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 20th century. From the beloved fiction including the Chronicles of Narnia to thoughtful non-fiction including such writings as Surprised by Joy and Mere Christianity, Lewis takes us on a journey of his life from paganism…
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