Dr. Randal Rauser joins me once again, this time to discuss the tradition Christian doctrine of eternal conscious torment (ECT), and his objections to this view. We also discuss issues arising for alternatives to ECT, like annihilationism and universalism, ending with three objections to the doctrine of Heaven. For more of Randal's work, check out his blog here.

Dan Linford, philosopher of physics at Old Dominion University, joins me to discuss the Malament-Manchak theorem and its implications for debates about the origin of the universe, the limitations confronting cosmology, what it means to say that space and time "emerge" from a non-spatiotemporal structure, and much else besides. To support my exploration of science and philosophy with leading experts, consider donating here.

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Phil Halper joins me to discuss his forthcoming book, Battle of the Big Bang: New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins, and whether William Lane Craig misrepresents the empirical evidence for a beginning of the universe.

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To pre-order Phil's book, click here. To watch Phil's first appearance on the Majesty of Reason critiquing Dr. Craig, click here. To view Phil's second appearance on the Majesty of Reason replying to Dr. Craig's response, click here.

To watch Phil's documentary critiquing the kalam cosmological argument, click here. To view Phil's reply to Craig's response, click here.

This video, titled with tongue in cheek, did not result from an 'official' survey of any kind. Instead, I asked my YouTube subscribers what they thought were the strongest objections to the fine-tuning argument. I discuss those objections in this video. Maybe they're the best ones, maybe not - but they are worth taking seriously, and they are ones that I have thought about myself for some time: (1) so what?, (2) normalizability, (3) principle of indifference, and (4) scientific anti-realism. I trust my discussion will prove helpful in thinking through these issues.

Perry Hendricks, author of the recently published book Skeptical Theism, joins me to discuss one of the main theistic strategies for responding to the problem of evil, the problem of reconciling the evil and suffering in the world with the existence of an all-loving God. After outlining that response, Perry and I go through the four strongest objections to it: divine deception, Climenhaga's conundrum, equiprobability, and radical insensitivity. To access Perry's book-length treatment of skeptical theism, click here. To access the article from Brian what's-his-name, click here.

Dr. Randal Rauser lays out the case against attempts to defend a literal interpretation of the biblical passages surrounding the slaughter of the Canaanites. We discuss the purported moral difference between slaughter and driving a people group from their homes, hyperbole in the Ancient Near East, and what a Christian is to do if they believe that a literal reading of the Canaanite conquest narratives cannot be correct. To read William Lane Craig's defense of the slaughter of the Canaanites, click here. To access Dr. Rouser's book, click here.

Rabbis Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer, cohosts of the 'Physics to God' podcast, join me to discuss their project in showing how physics provides strong evidence for the existence of God. We discuss several aspects of the fine-tuning argument - whether a deeper law of physics can remove fine-tuning, the Achilles' heel of the multiverse, and whether God is a simple or complex hypothesis. To access Aaron and Elie's website, click here. To access the Physics to God podcast, click here.

Dr. Richard Carrier and I discuss his article, 'Ten Ways the World Would be Different if God Existed,' Carrier's case that we can turn ten theistic arguments on their head and use them to prove atheism. We naively thought we had time for all ten, but in 1.5 hours, we only discussed three - still, we had a substantive, spirited debate about the merits of theism and naturalism that I hope you'll enjoy. To read Dr. Carrier's article, click here. To read Sinhababu's article, 'Electrons in Love', click here.