Podcast appearances and mentions of ed feser

With President Trump's latest executive order cracking down on illegal immigration, many Christians are asking: What would Jesus do? Where do we draw the line between compassion and protecting our nation and families?Today, I sit down with Fr. Ambrose Criste, a Norbertine priest and theologian, to break down the Catholic perspective on this heated issue. We explore the U.S. Bishops' response, Pope Francis' stance, and J.D. Vance's bold critique of the Bishops for profiting from illegal immigration.This is a conversation you don't want to miss—because the answer isn't as black and white as some would have you believe. Let's talk about it.The Great Fast: https://theabbotscircle.com/the-great-fast-joinThe Abbot's Circle: https://theabbotscircle.com/Join our Locals community: https://lilarose.locals.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LilaRose865 A big thanks to our partner, EWTN, the world's leading Catholic network! Discover news, entertainment and more at https://www.ewtn.com/ Check out our Sponsors:-EveryLife: https://www.everylife.com Buy diapers from an amazing pro-life diaper company and use code LILA and get 10% off!-Covenant Eyes: http://covenanteyes.sjv.io/Kjngb9 Sign up to grow in purity and gain traction over sexual addiction: use code “LILA” for a free month!-Crowd Health: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ The new alternative to health insurance - sign up and use the code "LILA" for a special deal of $99 for your first 3 months!00:00 - intro02:39 - Fr Ambrose's Intellectual Background04:34 - What is the Christian view of deportation?06:48 - The problem with the word ‘deportation'11:16 - Covenant Eyes12:20 - Another factor to consider:15:06 - Most people in this country…23:20 - CrowdHealth24:19 - USCCB Statement26:03 - Not the church's concern28:30 - We're playing clean up30:42 - Incentivizing illegal immigration32:26 - EveryLife33:30 - JD Vance's statements37:19 - The church has to be a safe place38:52 - Pope Francis41:25 - Obedience to Pope:43:47 - Ordo Amoris44:45 - Good Samaritan51:34 - Trump deporting less than Biden53:54 - Ed Feser on Immigration58:22 - Lent

Gavin Ortlund lays out the case for Christians seeking the "third way" amidst the bifurcations of the modern world. Ed Feser's article: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/feser-trump-s-gaza-proposal-is-gravely-immoralChris Watkin's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@christopherwatkin9627Chris Watkin's article: https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-third-way-is-dead-long-live-the-third-way/Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.SUPPORT:Tax Deductible Support: https://truthunites.org/donate/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truthunitesFOLLOW:Website: https://truthunites.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truth.unites/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/

Philosophy professor Ed Feser joins us to discuss "ordo amoris," after the absurd controversy, which should never have arisen, over remarks by Vice President JD Vance that our first concern has to be toward people closest to us. Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Persist SEO Guest's Books (Selected) Immortal Souls: A Treatise on Human Nature Five Proofs of the Existence of God Philosophy of Mind Aquinas   Guest's Website Edward Feser   Guest's Twitter: @FeserEdward Show notes for Ep. 2605

Dr. Edward Feser is a distinguished writer and philosopher who teaches at Pasadena City College. His primary research interests lie in the philosophy of mind, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Dr. Feser is known for his work on classical theism and traditional Roman Catholic perspectives, and he has authored several influential books, including "Five Proofs of the Existence of God" and "Aristotle's Revenge." He also writes on politics from a conservative viewpoint and maintains a popular blog where he discusses various philosophical and theological topics. Get Immortal Souls: https://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Souls-Treatise-Human-Nature/dp/386838605X

Michael Lofton interacts with Dr. Ed Feser’s criticisms of the Pope Francis pontificate in areas related to the death penalty revision, communion for divorced and remarried and blessings for gay couples.

In this episode Trent rebuts Stephen Law's "evil god" challenge to the existence of God. Ed Feser on the evil-god challenge: https://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/10/laws-evil-god-challenge.html William Lane Craig on the evil-god challenge: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/the-evil-god-objection Jack Symes's Book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/defeating-the-evilgod-challenge-9781350419308/

Michael Lofton goes over his article response to Dr. Ed Feser on a partial suspense of the Magisterium and offers additional commentary.

Michael Lofton engages Dr. Ed Feser’s blog post entitled “Lofton's YouTube straw man.” He critiques Feser’s response concerning the Catholic magisterium and also addresses the defamatory comments he made.

Michael Lofton engages the “suspended magisterium” thesis that is being promoted by some in the church today. He considers whether there is a suspense in the magisterium and why some are promoting the thesis.

What is Catholic education? Why is it in need of renewal? Can't we learn the methods of science and mathematics in a secular setting? If so, how would Catholic education view these subjects differently? Dr. Alex Lessard joins us to discuss these topics.  Toward the end, Dr. Lessard gives details about an upcoming conference with many Catholic speakers including Edward Feser. Listeners who go to the show notes page will see a BONUS offer (over 55% off) to stream the conference.

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Interview with Catholic Comedian, Jeremy McLellan. We talk about a host of interesting topics: Temptations Josef Pieper Word on Fire Being a dad What is comedy? Ed Feser always has great content – read what he has to say on the topic here. Not too late to join Exodus 9o Lent. Support Us on Patreon Become a Patron! Over 40 interviews, a course with Karlo Broussard, a 10 part series on the domestic church, a course on fitness and virtue by Pat Flynn, and free thank you gifts for supporting the show! Click here to join Join Our 2024 Pilgrimage Select International Tours in the best in the business. We are planning on a 2024 pilgrimage. Click here so you won't miss it. Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy Place Our new book is available for pre-order from Ascension Press! “I love this book. It provides wise counsel with beautiful simplicity. So, if you are looking to safeguard your family life from the wiles of the enemy and encourage your spouse and children to become the saints God is calling them to be, this is a book for you.” – Fr Gregory Pine Home life can be difficult and busy, and it's easy to get distracted from the point of it all: raising a family of saints. In Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy Place, two married couples share what has helped them make their homes a place of encounter with God–a place where saints are being made. Want to help The Catholic Man Show? By giving us a rating on iTunes, it helps others find the show. Want to say up with The Catholic Man Show? Sign up for our mailing list: Click Here Looking for a prayer to pray with your wife? Check this blog out. Are you getting our emails? Sign up for our newsletter where we give you all bacon content – never spam.  SIGN UP HERE:

In this episode Trent examines Alex O'Connor's (aka “the Cosmic Skeptic”) objections to the argument from change for the existence of God.

Today on the show, Andrew Petiprin and I talk about Queen Elizabeth II before embarking on a misinformation segment about racially-motivated layoffs (yikes), blaming September 11 on the rage of white men, and the Department of Treasury auditing tax-delinquent IRS agents.  Then we break down Ed Feser's recent piece, “Perfect World Disorder,” before leaving you with our recommendations for the week.  Andrew's piece on the Queen: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/09/14/the-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-and-the-growing-cult-of-disenchantment/ Misinformation:  Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/blog/a-message-from-twilio-ceo-jeff-lawson  The Atlantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&ab_channel=RickAstley  Audits: https://www.dailywire.com/news/watchdog-to-probe-irs-after-hundreds-of-employees-failed-to-pay-taxes Close Read: https://postliberalorder.substack.com/p/perfect-world-disorder Recommendations: Optimal Work: https://www.optimalwork.com/  The Long Night of the Soul: https://www.theringer.com/2021/5/20/22444532/long-night-of-the-soul  Does My Son Know You: https://www.theringer.com/2022/3/3/22956353/fatherhood-cancer-jonathan-tjarks

Edward Feser wrote a book called "Five Proofs" (for the existence of God). They are philosophical in nature... Michael's LEAST favorite kind of apologetic. Are they useful for fighting atheism? Let's talk about that!

El teísmo clásico de Aristóteles, Plotino, San Agustín, Avicena, San Anselmo y Santo Tomás (entre otros) argumenta que Dios, la causa fundamental de todo cuanto es, es simple, es decir, no compuesto de partes. Además argumenta que Dios es eterno (que está fuera del tiempo) y que es inmutable (no cambia). El teísmo clásico, particularmente su doctrina más polémica, la simplicidad divina, ha sido recientemente puesto en ataque por académicos como Joe Schmidt y Ryan Mullins, entre otros. Los teístas clásicos continuan defendiendo vehementemente la simplicidad divina, ya que según ellos, admitir composición en Dios, particularmente de acto y potencia, sería reducir a Dios a una especie de "dios". Dios ya no sería la causa fundamental de la realidad, y el sustento del ser de todas las cosas, sino que pasaría a ser una especie de super-ente. Ya no el mismo ser subsistente, sino un ente más entre otros entes. En suma, perdería su trascendencia y su estatus ontológico como la explicación fundamental de la realidad. Algunos, como Ed Feser, llegan a decir que retirar la simplicidad divina de Dios nos llevaría a una especie de paganismo e idolatría y últimamente al ateísmo. En este episodio tratamos el tema, que en realidad no es más que ahondar en la naturaleza divina, y también su relación con el mundo. Por tanto, aprovechamos a comentar algo que vemos es relativamente popular en el mundo contemporáneo, que es el panteísmo. Muchos dicen que Dios es como "el alma del mundo" o que es lo mismo que el mundo. Que la naturaleza y el universo son en cierto modo divinos. Aquí también buscamos argumentar que esta concepción contradice la razón y el sentido común cuando la examinamos de cerca. En concreto, si Dios es la causa y explicación fundamental de la realidad, ha de ser incausado, más concretamente, acto puro, sin mezcla de potencialidad, lo cual implica inmutabilidad en Dios, porque si tuviera la potencia de ser de manera distinta pudiera cambiar, pero no tiene potencias, por tanto no cambia. Pero nuestra experiencia indica que en el mundo hay cambio, además de composición, por tanto el mundo no puede ser lo mismo que Dios. Además, si Dios es verdaderamente simple, es inconcebible que la naturaleza divina entre en composición con la creación y por tanto, Dios no puede ser el "alma del mundo". Si quisieras ponernos un tema o hacernos una pregunta y salir en un episodio puedes enviar un mensaje de voz aquí: https://anchor.fm/de-veritate/message Instagram: @de.veritate Music: Behind the Sword by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In hour 1 We talk “Extra” ordinary God Moments with Andy Otto and Tim Jennings explains the God-shaped brain, in hour 2 Is hell irrational? Al discusses and looks at proofs of God with Ed Feser.

In this video Trent examines Rationality Rules' critique of a more potent explanation of the argument from motion offered by Ben Shapiro and Ed Feser.

In this episode, Brandi speaks with Dr. Ed Feser, Provost and Executive Vice President, about the vulnerable work of recognizing, understanding, and combating racism in higher education.

The guys finish unpacking the discussion of Plato from Ed Feser's article Woke Ideology is a Psychological Disorder. After noting how Plato understands the sick society, where democracy as a social disorder leads to tyranny, the guys engage Plato's insights, noting positives and yet critiquing the limits of Plato's vision in light of the the riches of the Christian understanding of the virtue. The aim is to retrieve the riches of Christian moral reflection as it engaged classic visions of morality and carved out a fully salvic vision which also has insights for addressing the maladies of our time.

The guys finish unpacking the discussion of Plato from Ed Feser's article Woke Ideology is a Psychological Disorder. After noting how Plato understands the sick society, where democracy as a social disorder leads to tyranny, the guys engage Plato's insights, noting positives and yet critiquing the limits of Plato's vision in light of the the riches of the Christian understanding of the virtue. The aim is to retrieve the riches of Christian moral reflection as it engaged classic visions of morality and carved out a fully salvic vision which also has insights for addressing the maladies of our time.

The guys finish unpacking the discussion of Plato from Ed Feser’s article Woke Ideology is a Psychological Disorder. After noting how Plato understands the sick society, where democracy as a social disorder leads to tyranny, the guys engage Plato’s insights, noting positives and yet critiquing the limits of Plato’s vision in light of the the […]

The guys finish unpacking the discussion of Plato from Ed Feser’s article Woke Ideology is a Psychological Disorder. After noting how Plato understands the sick society, where democracy as a social disorder leads to tyranny, the guys engage Plato’s insights, noting positives and yet critiquing the limits of Plato’s vision in light of the the […]

The guys finish unpacking the discussion of Plato from Ed Feser's article Woke Ideology is a Psychological Disorder. After noting how Plato understands the sick society, where democracy as a social disorder leads to tyranny, the guys engage Plato's insights, noting positives and yet critiquing the limits of Plato's vision in light of the the riches of the Christian understanding of the virtue. The aim is to retrieve the riches of Christian moral reflection as it engaged classic visions of morality and carved out a fully salvic vision which also has insights for addressing the maladies of our time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-theology-pugcast/support

Questions Covered: 07:31 – How should I defend against the Orthodox claim that Peter is only the bishop of Rome and not of other places he lived in?  16:25 – What tips do you have for talking to someone who identifies as an agnostic materialist?  20:45 – How do you defend faith against the atheist claim that quantum mechanics prove that there are uncaused causes?  29:00 – How do we defend the premise in the cosmological argument that says there can’t be an infinite causal regress?  35:30 – In our arguments, should we look more at the methodology of our discussion partners instead of going straight to the evidence?  44:15 – How do I articulate the Catholic stance on justification?  49:05 – If existence is goodness, how does that account for things like torture devices? Resources Mentioned: Five Proofs for the Existence of God by Ed Feser …

In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/2/20 at YBT) we attempted to answer the questions we raised yesterday on the Rambam's Mishneh Torah: Sefer ha'Mada, Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6. We got some answers and didn't get others, but we definitely achieved our goal of thinking into the halachos! We conluded by going over a 15-minute summary of Ed Feser's "refurbished" version of the "prime mover argument" for God's existence, which the Rambam references in 1:5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------מקורות:רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:א-ו"Five Proofs of the Existence of God" (2017) by Edward FeserLink to my video on the etymology of the tetragrammaton: https://youtu.be/Q7ZFXzcub7I ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Bekius Disclaimer: Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!---------------------------------------------------------------------------If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Rambam Resources:- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes---------------------------------------------------------------------------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweissBlog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

Lewis from Discord covers the basics of Thomistic metaphysics from the works of Dr. Ed Feser. This will be a good prep for my first half talk on divine conceptualism and chapter 3 in Feser's book on 5 proofs loaded after this one.

In this live debate, Dr. Ed Feser and Dr. Graham Oppy discuss whether there are any good arguments for God. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-80lQOlNOs&t=103s Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

In this live discussion, Dr. Graham Oppy engages Dr. Ed Feser on his book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God." Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVDutpB4Cw Link to Feser's Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621641333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1621641333&linkCode=as2&tag=cc08b9-20&linkId=45b66369712eab68d3a3d658eebef10c Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

Hell. Not an easy thing to talk about. How can an all-good, all-loving God "send" people to a place of eternal torment? What is the role of human free will and God's grace? What about predestination? These are some of the questions Pat and Eric discuss with Catholic Answers Apologist, Karlo Broussard.  Articles by Dr. Ed Feser mentioned by Karlo: http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-to-go-to-hell_29.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2016/11/does-god-damn-you.html

In this episode of Polycarp's Paradigm, Catholic evangelists Eric Robinson and Pat Flynn talk about Hell. Not an easy thing to talk about. How can an all-good, all-loving God "send" people to a place of eternal torment? What is the role of human free will and God's grace? What about predestination? These are some of the questions Pat and Eric discuss with Catholic Answers Apologist, Karlo Broussard. (July 10, 2020)Articles by Dr. Ed Feser mentioned by Karlo:http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-to-go-to-hell_29.htmlhttp://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2016/11/does-god-damn-you.html

A paper delivered to the 2019 Aquinas SeminarIn modern times there is a tendency to pit morality against intelligence, either in a voluntarist way that makes morality primarily a matter of the will or in a sentimentalist way that makes it primarily a matter of feeling. From the Thomist point of view, this is a mistake. Morality is an essentially cognitive enterprise, and hinges on the virtue of prudence – the habit of knowing the right thing to do and the right way of doing it. One cooperates with sins against prudence when one either encourages voluntarist and sentimentalist tendencies, or fails to discourage them when one has a special obligation to do so. In this paper I set out Aquinas's account of the nature of prudence and of the vices opposed to it. It turns out that there is a special connection between these vices and sins against chastity. Aquinas's account can in turn be developed into an account of the various ways one might fall into cooperating with sins against prudence. And it turns out that there is also a special connection between such cooperation and cooperation with sins against chastity. The key to understanding the special connection between sins against prudence and sins against chastity lies in Aquinas's account of the “blindness of mind” that is among what he calls the “daughters of lust.”

John DeRosa debuts his new book, One Less God Than You. If you have spent any time on Twitter, in a college quad, or at the dinner table with a freshman philosophy major, you’re probably familiar with the litany of slogans that religious skeptics employ in an attempt to rescue you from the foolish belief that God exists. Even our public schools and mainstream media often can’t help but parrot the tropes and memes that seem to leave thinking people with no alternative but to embrace atheism. How can a Christian respond? You can ignore them—but then you miss a chance to evangelize and to strengthen your own faith. You can spend years mastering theistic apologetics before you reply—but that takes, well, years. Or you can let John DeRosa (Classical Theism) help. In  One Less God Than You, he breaks down twenty of the most common atheist challenges, exposes their substantive and logical weaknesses, and shows you how to craft effective answers. Atheism is more aggressive and widespread than ever before, so we believers have a crucial task before us. Read One Less God Than You and prepare yourself to respond with the joyful truth that God is real. Questions Covered: 14:02 – If there’s more than one church with different beliefs, then which one should an atheist choose? Why should they join a church when people of faith are confused?  17:50 – Why don’t you use the argument of miracles to convince people about the existence of God?  23:15 – What is the best way to answer an intellectual atheist who talks way over my head?  30:16 – How can I respond to people who claim to be Catholic, but they don’t believe and follow Catholic teaching?  33:30 – How would you answer, “If God is all good and all powerful, then why does he allow so much evil and suffering?”  42:20 – I come from an atheist family. How can we go about evangelizing family when they seem apathetic to the question of God?  45:38 – My kids say evolution is truth and proven and faith is a myth. How can I respond?  48:45 – How do I deal with friends who are on the fence about faith in general? They don’t want to believe that God even existed, let alone that he died for us.  51:33 – Someone is marrying into our family who has no religion. How can I start a conversation about faith with him?  Resources Mentioned: New Proofs for the Existence of God by Fr. Spitzer   5 Proofs for the Existence of God by Ed Feser  …

Our episode this week is an interview we did with John DeRosa of the Classical Theism podcast, a show that's all about defending Catholic Christian ideas in Conversation with all sorts of excellent guests like Trent Horn, Dr. Ed Feser, Jimmy Akin, Gomer from Catching Foxes and – somehow – yours truly. We chat about the stories of Pope Honorius I and Pope Liberius, along with lots of other great stuff. Check out his show at classicaltheism.com SPECIAL THANKS to our friends at Catholic Balm Co. for sponsoring this episode of The Popecast. Check out their beard balms, lotion bars, and ESPECIALLY their brand new Petra Solid Cologne at catholicbalm.co (catholicbalm.co). Be sure to enter "POPE" at checkout to get 10% off your entire order! Become a patron of The Popecast at patreon.com/thepopecast

Continuing on with the series in natural theology, Pat goes over the argument from change (Aquinas's 1st way) for the existence of God. Additional reading and resources: Aquinas by Ed Feser 5 Proofs for the Existence of God by Ed Feser "Whatever is Changed... " David Oderberg https://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/philosophy-friday-teach-us-the-1st-proof-for-god-of-st-thomas-aquinas/ Summary of Argument from Change by Peter Kreeft The 1st Way Video by Fr Thomas Joseph White ...

On July 10th- 14th the Thomistic Institute held our first annual "Student Leadership Conference" at the Dominican House of Studies on the theme "Faith, Reason, & the Mind’s Ascent to God" Aquinas offers a robust account of faith and reason, and the way that human beings can come to real knowledge of the divine. Understanding these truths is central not only to the Catholic faith, but to all knowledge of reality because God is the transcendent cause of all being, the source of intelligibility, and truth itself. PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Thomistic Institute) Prof. Ed Feser (Pasadena City College) Fr. James Brent, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception) and a keynote address by R.R. Reno (First Things) For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: www.thomisticinstitute.org/events

  Apologies for the sound quality today; Zencastr wasn’t working, so we recorded on Zoom, and even then there were problems with the audio especially in the latter half of the podcast.   The question we take up at the beginning of the Easter season is this: Why has Western society gone to such pains to throw away the best thing going, intellectually and otherwise?   In his ongoing podcast research, Paul has come across the Pat Flynn Show, and listened to some really good interviews with Fr. Robert Spitzer (a TSSM interviewee) and Ed Feser (whose talk at the 2018 Society of Catholic Scientists conference was the topic of one of our most popular episodes). Bob Spitzer’s interviews in particular were some of the most inspiring things I’ve encountered recently and really led me to propose this series of conversations with Bill about how Catholic Christianity is the best way of looking at the world.   Of course, Western society has drifted hard away from its roots in classical Greek and Jewish/Christian heritage. Ireland is the most recent example of a society, one of the last to retain a semi-traditional cozy relationship between the Church and the state, now deciding to punish the Church for the crimes of the hypocritical members of its clergy by trying to erase its very history. Progressivism in general replaces traditional dogmas with dogmas-of-the-day, and the record up to this point has been pretty dismal.   We spend some time discussing the roots of what the contemporary West seems to consider its greatest achievement, modern science, in the critical tradition of Scholasticism (knowledge of which was practically the first thing to go after the Reformation began the process of intellectually punishing the Church). We would do better to have a broader memory of the Scholastic tradition even among us Catholics...to recall that it was a movement in which Thomas Aquinas was embedded, rather than remembering only him. In our time as well we don’t need single hero figures, we need a community. The scientific community knows this very well.   We go on to consider what this fraught term “dogma” really means. The Christian dogmas are really testimony, and they can’t change without repudiating the unrepeatable testimony of the events of salvation history. This is the context of the warnings at the end of the Apocalypse of John, “cursed be he who adds or takes away from the words of this book.” As Chesterton and many others have pointed out, these dogmas are not a straightjacket but a foundation and structural members that allow us to build both intellectual structures and actual human lives that don’t sink into the morass of changing human inventions. Admittedly there are many Christians, Catholics included, who seem to take comfort in the false idea that the Bible, or Tradition, provides us all the answers we could possibly want to know and there is no need or use in further growth. That is not the teaching of Jesus when he commented that the Spirit would [future] lead us to all truth.   The high Middle Ages confronted the question of harmonizing Aristotle with Jesus Christ. This was both a creative and a logical process that led to great works of criticism and synthesis… excellent practice for the scientific process as we now know it.   A reminder that the Society of Catholic Scientists Conference is approaching June 7-9. Registration is open through May 15.

0:00 - Science is materialist by method, but scientists need not and should not be materialist by philosophy 2:00 - The world must be real and intelligible for science to make sense 3:00 - And faith provides a philosophical basis that allows this to happen 3:30 - Students' testimony on faith and science 4:30 - Removing the faith/science obstacle is only one step on the road toward faith 5:00 - God vs. Godzilla 6:00 - The true God and His use of secondary causes 11:00 - Creation as carmen Dei (song of God; Bonaventure) 12:00 - vs. strepitus naturae 15:00 - Thought and spirit vs. matter [This harks back to, e.g., the Ed Feser talk at the SCS conference. I personally think there is an enormous gap--bridgeable, but still to be bridged--between these arguments that the ability of the mind to generate and handle abstract concepts implies a non-material component to thought on the one hand, and the work of modern neuroscience to track the activity of neurons around the brain in specific patterns as we think.] 17:00 - Philosophical gaps in the picture of existence without God 18:00 - Infinite regress of causes, temporal/efficient causes and extra-temporal 19:00 - Postmoderns in general have a depressing view: a para-Christian morality without God; doctrinaire atheists live in an even more depressing paradigm of complete lack of meaning 21:00 - Basil & Pope Francis on creation 22:00 - Basil on the interpretation of the six days and other aspects of creation 23:00 - Guides on the tour of creation 25:00 - Symbolic language (numbers) in Scripture 27:00 - Scriptural mandate to tend creation 29:00 - Historic ginning up of the conflict between science and faith

Ed Feser is a philosopher, writer, and atheist-turned-Catholic who’s published some of the best contemporary academic and popular work on the reasonableness of belief in God and arguments for His existence and attributes. His popular titles include 5 Proofs for the Existence of God (which I can’t recommend enough, and have often), The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (also a must read), and Philosophy of Mind. His more technical book, Scholastic Metaphysics, is absolutely worth having on the shelf for any serious philosopher.I wanted to have Ed on because 1) his work greatly caused me to reconsider the religious worldview and 2) share his own conversion story of how he went from being a decade-long atheist to one of the most prolific–and persuasive–philosophers on the religious scene today. I hope you enjoy the interview.

Ed Feser is a philosopher, writer, and atheist-turned-Catholic who's published some of the best contemporary academic and popular work on the reasonableness of belief in God and arguments for His existence, and attributes. His popular titles include 5 Proofs for the Existence of God (which I can't recommend enough, and often have), The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (also a necessary read), and Philosophy of Mind. His more technical book, Scholastic Metaphysics, is absolutely worth having on the shelf for any serious philosopher. I wanted to have Ed on because 1) his work greatly caused me to reconsider the religious worldview and 2) share his own conversion story of how he went from being a decade-long atheist to one of the most prolific--and persuasive--philosophers on the religious scene today. I hope you enjoy the interview. Show notes and Resources at: http://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/ed-feser-of-proofs-for-the-existence-of-god/

Ed Feser is a philosopher, writer, and atheist-turned-Catholic who's published some of the best contemporary academic and popular work on the reasonableness of belief in God and arguments for His existence, and attributes. His popular titles include 5 Proofs for the Existence of God (which I can't recommend enough, and often have), The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (also a necessary read), and Philosophy of Mind. His more technical book, Scholastic Metaphysics, is absolutely worth having on the shelf for any serious philosopher. I wanted to have Ed on because 1) his work greatly caused me to reconsider the religious worldview and 2) share his own conversion story of how he went from being a decade-long atheist to one of the most prolific--and persuasive--philosophers on the religious scene today. I hope you enjoy the interview. Show notes and Resources at: http://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/ed-feser-of-proofs-for-the-existence-of-god/

We're back with a new episode! This time we tackle the Argument from Motion as presented in Ed Feser's book "Five Proofs of the Existence of God".

Support this podcast here: www.patrickcoffin.media/show Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming membership program, Coffin Nation.   ************************************************ On August 2, 2018, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Luis Cardinal Ladaria, announced that Pope Francis authorized a change in Art 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church regarding the death penalty. The new phrasing declares that the death penalty can no longer be applied in any case, anywhere in the world no matter the crime. Is this a legitimate “development of doctrine” as the Pope’s supporters affirm? Are Catholics now required to give the “religious submission of mind and will” to this new viewpoint of the Roman Pontiff, which, according to Vatican II’s Lumen Gentium 25, applies even to papal teaching that is not ex cathedra? Can the new Catechism be changed again? Associate professor of philosophy at Pasadena City College, Dr. Ed Feser, believes it can and, should, be rescinded. The teaching as now phrased seems to openly contradict, not merely amend or develop, the 2000-year-old support for the death penalty in some cases. This is one not to miss.   In this episode you will learn: Why, from the Bible, the Church fathers and doctors, and many saints, and sacred Tradition, the Catholic Church has traditionally supported the death penalty How the death penalty can lead to the repentance and redemption of the condemned The perils of letting vicious criminals continue their evil acts inside prison The strongly held opinion of Pope Francis that even life sentences are the practical equivalent of the death penalty, and therefore morally unacceptable How you can understand what the next steps might be in light of a worldwide effort to encourage the cardinals of the Church to revisit the Catechism reboot   Resources recommended in this episode: By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment  by Edward Feser and Joseph Bessette 2004 CDF Statement on Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Lumen Gentium 25 (“The Dogmatic Constitution On the Church,” Second Vatican Council) Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition by E. Christian Brugger Dead Man Walking, BluRay, directed by Tim Robbins     Question of the week Why is this worth talking about considering how rarely it is implemented compared with the number of babies killed by abortion?   Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! (opening soon)   Comment below or on our Facebook page "Like" us on Facebook HERE Tweet to Patrick HERE   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the full length podcast available in iTunes and other podcast directories, while you are there, please leave an honest review.

Episode 21: Pat gives a brief talk on the relationship of philosophy and theology, and then offers a recommendation for Ed Feser’s book Five Proofs of the Existence of God. October 7, 2018. ​

Pat gives a brief talk on the relationship between philosophy and theology, and then offers a recommendation for Ed Feser's book Five Proofs of the Existence of God, which you can get here: https://amzn.to/2BYHvqe

In this episode we begin a series of recaps and discussions of the issues brought up by individual lecturers at the Society of Catholic Scientists conference on June 9 and 10. We start with Ed Feser's keynote, "The Immateriality of the Mind." Feser's objective was to highlight how our ability to be rational, and in particular for our thoughts to mean something unambiguous - even in the face of our inability to express ourselves in a completely unambiguous way in our spoken or written words - makes it difficult to maintain a purely materialist / physicalist view of human minds and therefore of the universe they inhabit. At the outset he noted that rationality tends to occupy less attention in philosophy of mind and matter than two other properties, consciousness and intentionality, which seem widely taken as more difficult to explain by our contemporaries. For ancient and medieval philosophers, however, rationality was probably the clearest indication that the human mind is not some sort of solely physical mechanism. Feser presents an argument via James Ross (Thought and the World) to try to bring this older consensus into the mainstream. It can be presented thus: Formal thought processes can have an exact, unambiguous content. Material signs and processes never have unambiguous content. Formal thought processes must employ an element not dependent on materials signs and processes. We discuss Feser's points and a few of our own in favor of the two premises: our inability to be sure of the content of arithmetical symbols used outside our own range of experience, the ambiguity of translating ancient languages like Linear A, and the absurdity of believing I can't ultimately know what I'm thinking about.

A lecture given during "On Cooperation with Evil" a Thomistic Circles conference at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. March 16-17, 2018.

A fantastic interview with prolific writer and professor of philosophy, Dr. Edward Feser. Called by National Review “one of the best contemporary writers on philosophy.” Feser gives a brief exposition and defense in this podcast of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. This is one of the best podcasts of the year, don't miss it! Learn More: http://bit.ly/5Proofs_Book

A fantastic interview with prolific writer and professor of philosophy, Dr. Edward Feser. Called by National Review “one of the best contemporary writers on philosophy.” Feser gives a brief exposition and defense in this podcast of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, […] The post Five Proofs of the Existence of God with Dr. Ed Feser appeared first on Cross Examined - Christian Apologetic Ministry | Frank Turek | Christian Apologetics | Christian Apologetics Speakers.

In this episode, I advance the argument that faith is not only not incompatible with reason, but the ultimate place where reason leads. In future episodes, I'll discuss the practical application of faith through meditation and prayer for increasing happiness, meaningfulness, productivity, and joy. Books mentioned: 5 Proofs of the Existence of God, Ed Feser: http://amzn.to/2BnKcCf The Soul's Upward Yearning, Robert Spitzer: http://amzn.to/2kIb7Sa Is It Unreasonable to Have Faith: http://www.chroniclesofstrength.com/it-it-unreasonable-to-have-faith/ - Related article. 

Ed Feser is a Catholic philosopher whose latest book ‘Five Proofs of the Existence of God’ presents five classical arguments that he believes present compelling evidence for theism. He debates two of the arguments on the show with atheist Cambridge philosopher Arif Ahmed. They talk about whether modern atheists take such arguments seriously, and then dive deep into debating the Aristotelian Proof and the Rationalist Proof… your brain will be stretched! For Ed Feser and ‘Five Proofs of the Existence of God’: http://edwardfeser.com/ For Arif Ahmed: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/people/teaching-research-pages/ahmed/ahmed-page Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: http://www.unbelievablebook.co.uk Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: http://www.premier.org.uk/shop For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes  

Arguments for God’s existence are all the rage, as Ed Feser exemplified well in the last two episodes. But what about us? What’s our nature as humans? Do we have a soul? How can we know that the soul is immortal and not just a few pounds of electric meat between our ears that produces cool experiences like a mythical God? Very few modern thinkers are devoting a lot of time to the question of the soul and whether it’s immortal. Plato thought so, as it most Greek philosophers. Certainly the Bible affirms it. Dr. Michael Augros has written a new book called The Immortal In You. How Human Nature Is More Than Science Can Say. We talked about the finer points in my interview with him. You’ll learn a ton, as I did, about:   In this episode, you’ll learn: Your own body-soul nature, made by God, destined for heaven, in peril of hell. How to distinguish between what God reveals about the soul and what reason does The difference between the body and the soul How to argue with someone who thinks science is a magical truth-dispensing religion Resources mentioned in this episode: The Immortal In You. How Human Nature Is More Than Science Can Say by Dr. Michael Augros Who Designed the Designer: A Rediscovered Path to God’s Existence, by Dr. Michael Augros The Republic, by Plato   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the podcast so you can get the weekly show updates. Check the podcast in iTunes and other podcast directories, please leave an honest review. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated!

This episode continues the energetic exchange of last week’s live interview with philosopher Ed Feser. After the show proper, we turned the mikes over to the audience. This week’s special Part II show is the result! Remember, Dr. Feser is the man that professor emeritus of Oxford, Dr. Richard Dawkins, does not want to debate. You can see why in this lively Q&A session, held at St. John the Baptist in Costa Mesa, CA. Feser is sharp, clear, funny, and engages the issues in a way that resonates with young people especially. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to answer basic (and more complex) questions about theism Effective ways to listen before giving answers even true and accurate answers Additional sources of information and formation for Christians looking to improve their communication skills with atheists The importance of patience and humility in the process Resources mentioned in this episode: Five Proofs of God’s Existence by Edward Feser I Burned For Your Peace: Augustine’s Confessions Unpacked by Peter Kreeft.  By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment by Ed Feser and Joseph Bessette  Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide by Ed Feser The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, by Edward Feser Other recommended resources: How to Talk to Atheists CD Set by Patrick Coffin Join the Conversation Question of the week: What is your biggest take away from this episode?

Fog of confusion has settled over the Catholic Church on a number of fundamental teachings in the last 50 years. This is the certainly the case with capital punishment. Countless Catholics have been led to believe that “the death penalty” is morally equivalent to abortion, and many documents from the episcopal level have appeared urging Catholics to vote against laws supporting it. The late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago tried to square the circle with his “seamless garment” approach. While Catholic moral teaching does belong to a whole tradition and thus can’t be segmented into separate silos, the net result of the Bernardin proposal has been further confusion. Did the Catholic Church change her teaching on capital punishment under Pope Saint John Paul II? What about the informal remarks by Pope Francis? What does the Bible say about it? Are there conditions under which a Catholic can still support capital punishment in good conscience? Enter Dr. Ed Feser, co-author with Joseph Bessette of a substantial guide to these questions and more. It’s titled By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment, and you owe it to yourself to become familiar with what was once unexceptional and ultimately unquestionable. In this interview, Feser tackles the main objections I threw at him based on the many denunciations of capital punishment I have heard in my life. Finally, a voice of clarity and reason speaking to an issue so prone to emotion and sentimentalism.   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the podcast so you can get the weekly show updates. Please leave an honest review of the show in iTunes or Stitcher.  Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated!