Is the idea of God only for the weak-minded, or are there rational, philosophical reasons that people believe in God? Join me, Gillian Brown, as I talk with experts about intelligent reasons to believe in God.
Reasonable Faith
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Is the idea of God only for the weak-minded, or are there rational, philosophical reasons that people believe in God? Join me, Gillian Brown, as I talk with experts about intelligent reasons to believe in God.
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December 25, 2022
Ep 5. Beauty and Transcendence
Our hearts resonate with beauty, the lifting feeling seems to point to something transcendent This argument for God’s existence isn’t so much based on ideas as it is on a nearly universal human experience: the compelling feeling of transcendence when we are moved by beauty. When we hear a powerful performance or a particularly beautiful piece of music, our hearts are stirred with a kind of yearning or longing and a poignant kind of joy. The feeling of wonder that beauty can illicit stirs us to believe that there is something “more.” When we are not in the state that beauty can provoke in us, it may not seem like a very powerful argument, because technically speaking, it isn’t an argument. It’s an experience. But when we are in a state of wonder, no argument can convince us that it isn’t happening, and no argument to believe in “something more” seems necessary. That there is “something more” is as obvious to us as our own existence. To explore this topic I did some footwork, I spoke to friends, professors, and of course, my Dad. I spoke to Kacie Parks, my roommate who is an amazing painter studying painting and drawing in the South Carolina School of the Arts. I asked her if she had experience with this concept or experience. Robert Homer-Drummond, a theatre professor at Anderson University, shared his experience with beauty in his work. He has made a profession out of presenting beautiful stories to others, his goal is to make his audience feel something with what they see. I asked about his experience and how he has seen God in art and beautiful things. Finally, I spoke to my dad, Dr. Ethan Brown, to wrap up the argument. In undergrad he was a theatre major at Harding University so he has a good understanding of beauty. He helped me connect the dots between the feeling of beauty and the necessary existence it points to. When we have this experience it implies the existence of God. This argument has reaffirmed my belief in the necessity of a God. If this argument helped you too, let me know by leaving a 5-star review and share it with a friend you think needs to hear this podcast!
December 18, 2022
Ep 4. Good and Evil
Everyone has the concept of something that is bad or something that is good. Everyone knows punching someone is bad, or cancer is bad, or Hitler was evil. There must be some objective truth outside of me, that there is some existence that is ultimately good, almost like a natural instinct. But where does that instinct come from? And what scale are we comparing these things on? To explore this topic I did some footwork, I spoke to friends, professors, and of course, my Dad. First, I spoke to Anna Davis, my friend, to see if she knew about this idea. I asked her to explain the concept and give me examples. Raymond Bruce Williams, a Christian Worldview professor at Anderson University, also spoke with me about this idea. He broadened my perspective outside of my local understanding and provided an understanding of different cultures and their values. Finally, I spoke to my dad, Dr. Ethan Brown, to wrap up the argument. He helped me understand that there must be a scale outside the human experience that we compare ourselves to. The natural instinct that all humans have implies the existence of a necessary moral being. Just as there is no darkness, but just the absence of light, this existence must be morally good. Therefore there must be an omnipotent God. This argument has reaffirmed my belief in the necessity of a God. If this argument helped you too, let me know by leaving a 5-star review and share it with a friend you think needs to hear this podcast!
December 11, 2022
Ep 3. Design
Irreducible complexity, the idea that there are systems in biology that could not be developed randomly through natural selection, is part of the argument for design. To explore this topic I did some footwork, I spoke to friends, professors, and of course, my Dad. First, I spoke to Emily Stanton, an environmental science major at Anderson University, to see if she knew about this idea. I asked her to explain the concept and give me examples. Dr. Joni McCullar Criswell, a biology professor at Anderson University, also spoke with me about this idea. She gave me a brief description of Irreducible complexity and how she has seen her work point towards the idea of a necessary creator. Finally, I spoke to my dad, Dr. Ethan Brown, to wrap up the argument. Once we had a firm grasp of the scientific idea of irreducible complexity, we built on this concept to tie it back to the idea of a necessary designer. God must have created the world to be how it is, and no less than what he has assembled could be possible This argument has reaffirmed my belief in the necessity of a God. If this argument helped you too, let me know by leaving a 5-star review and share it with a friend you think needs to hear this podcast!
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