The Atheist Experience 30.19 with Justin and Scott Dickie

About this episode

Justin and Scott Dickie celebrate Mother's Day by discussing childbirth, biblical promises, and the nature of God and logic.

In today’s episode of the Atheist Experience, Justin and Scott Dickie celebrate Mother’s Day by examining the "bad design" of childbirth and the failed promises of the Bible! They dismantle the myth of messianic prophecies, the forgery of the Shroud of Turin, and the logical gymnastics required to ground reality in a transcendental deity. Isaac in AL argues eyewitnesses and the Shroud of Turin prove Jesus. Justin notes the "500 witnesses" are unnamed, and the shroud is a confessed forgery. They analyze Hebrew text to see if Jesus failed the messianic job description. Will he find a counter? Joel in AZ asks if a perfect God could create imperfection. Scott challenges the vague term "perfection," while Justin notes that if God is good, unnecessary suffering is a contradiction. Does this resolution simply delete the Christian message? Toby in Italy asks how God grounds logic. Scott explains logic is a descriptive tool for reality, not a transcendental entity needing an anchor. They critique Platonism. If logic is just a language, what happens to the transcendental argument? Thank you for joining us this week! We will see you next time! Become a supporter of this podcast…

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin Dickie, Scott Dickie

Topics covered

• childbirth
• messianic prophecies
• Shroud of Turin
• God and perfection
• logic and reality
• Platonism

Keywords

• childbirth
• bad design
• messianic prophecies
• Shroud of Turin
• God
• perfection
• logic
• Platonism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shroud of Turin, Bible

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