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Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Named skeptics to be examined: Matt Dillahunty, David Hume, Sam Harris, Dan Barker, Richard Carrier, Bart Ehrman

Roster of specific atheist/skeptic thinkers Mike will analyze

atheism Matt Dillahunty David Hume

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Matt Dillahunty's debate strategy: avoid taking a position, only attack others' positions; leans toward mythicism

Introduction and analysis of Matt Dillahunty's approach

resurrection Matt Dillahunty mythicism

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Dillahunty refuses to name an alternate explanation for the five facts; retreats to 'I don't know' as an elite epistemic position

Mike's critique of Dillahunty's evasiveness in debate

resurrection Matt Dillahunty intellectual evasion

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Dillahunty says he cannot think of any evidence that would convince him the resurrection happened — Mike calls this blind faith skepticism

Dillahunty's response to what evidence would change his mind

resurrection Matt Dillahunty methodological naturalism

Mike Winger idea 2019-03-20

Debate preparation with Matt Dillahunty context

Mike explains this video is part of his preparation for a debate on the resurrection of Jesus with atheist Matt Dillahunty on April 11th on the Capturing Christianity YouTube channel.

apologetics Matt Dillahunty Capturing Christianity

Mike Winger idea 2019-03-20

Matt Dillahunty's claim: Paul only gives us death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus

Mike cites a specific claim by Matt Dillahunty (paraphrased) that Paul's writings tell us virtually nothing about the historical Jesus other than death, burial, and resurrection.

Paul the Apostle Matt Dillahunty historicity of Jesus

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Introduction of Matt Dillahunty and announcement of upcoming resurrection debate

Mike pauses the video clip to identify Matt Dillahunty and announce a planned debate.

Matt Dillahunty The Atheist Experience resurrection of Jesus

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

A Christian caller's agreement with the 'faith = belief without evidence' definition hands skeptics a rhetorical victory

Mike analyzes the Atheist Experience clip where the atheist host anticipates the Christian caller's definition and immediately labels it 'gullibility.'

faith Matt Dillahunty gullibility

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Thomas's rebuke was for ignoring available evidence, not for demanding evidence — modern believers have the same pre-appearance evidence

Mike draws the application of the Thomas story to contemporary Christian faith.

John 20:24-29 resurrection Thomas Matt Dillahunty

Mike Winger idea 2019-02-07

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on the resurrection

Mike explains why his content schedule will shift to focus on the resurrection before returning to the Law of Moses.

Matt Dillahunty Law of Moses resurrection of Christ

Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on April 11 on the resurrection of Jesus.

Mike announces the upcoming debate as a prayer request.

Matt Dillahunty Resurrection of Jesus Apologetics debates

Mike Winger idea 2019-03-27

Q&A: Calling God a "moral thug" (Matt Dillahunty) is logically incoherent within theism because God is the grounding for morality

Question from Mariano Rogers about Matt Dillahunty's rhetoric

Matt Dillahunty The Atheist Experience Morality

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-03

Context note: this video is part of Mike's preparation for a live debate with Matt Dillahunty on the resurrection, hosted on Capturing Christianity (April 11)

Meta-context explaining the purpose of the resurrection series

resurrection Matt Dillahunty Capturing Christianity

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

JD Flier defines faith as "belief in an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance" — the God-of-the-gaps argument

Examining another atheist definition of faith

Matt Dillahunty evidence for the resurrection God of the gaps

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on whether belief in the resurrection is reasonable; science is not the only method of knowing

Announcing the Dillahunty debate and defending historical methodology

Matt Dillahunty resurrection of Jesus inference to the best explanation

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Matt Dillahunty's shifting definitions of faith: "excuse without good reason," "believing things you know aren't true," and "belief with evidence"

Critique of Dillahunty's inconsistency on faith

Matt Dillahunty definition of faith faith as excuse

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Debate with Matt Dillahunty on the reasonableness of believing in the resurrection — hosted on Capturing Christianity

Final announcement about the upcoming debate

Matt Dillahunty evidential apologetics resurrection of Jesus

Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Closing summary: discipleship principles are timeless, but avoid jaded views toward youth and remain aware of how their lives differ from previous generations

Mike's closing remarks

apologetics Matt Dillahunty resurrection of Christ

Mike Winger idea 2021-04-30

God physically appearing to everyone would not necessarily eliminate unbelief; unbelief is often a heart issue, not an evidence problem.

Question 8 from Amanda about why God does not appear physically and audibly to eliminate all unbelief.

Romans 1 John 5 John 1 apologetics Matt Dillahunty unbelief

Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Objection: the multiverse avoids the need for God. Response: everything said about our universe needing a cause applies equally to the multiverse — you're just kicking the can back.

Objection — multiverse

Matt Dillahunty Kalam cosmological argument Carl Sagan

Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Objection: the cause could be a teacup orbiting Saturn or universe-creating pixies instead of God. Response: they're just describing God's attributes and labeling it something else; Occam's razor reduces pixies to one being.

Objection — teacup/pixies

Matt Dillahunty conceptual analysis Occams razor

Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Q&A: The Kalam's premises can be confirmed — an infinite past is philosophically untenable, and universal human experience confirms that things beginning to exist have causes with zero counterexamples.

Q&A — can the Kalam premises be confirmed?

Matt Dillahunty Kalam cosmological argument Cosmic Skeptic

Mike Winger idea 2020-09-15

Argument 3 — Nietzsche's "atheism is instinctual" — backfires because sociological research shows religious belief is actually natural and atheism must be trained. Also applies a double standard on evidence.

Third argument from Nietzsche: atheism as instinct

circular reasoning atheism Matt Dillahunty

Named skeptics to be examined: Matt Dillahunty, David Hume, Sam Harris, Dan Barker, Richard Carrier, Bart Ehrman

Matt Dillahunty's debate strategy: avoid taking a position, only attack others' positions; leans toward mythicism

Dillahunty refuses to name an alternate explanation for the five facts; retreats to 'I don't know' as an elite epistemic position

Dillahunty says he cannot think of any evidence that would convince him the resurrection happened — Mike calls this blind faith skepticism

Debate preparation with Matt Dillahunty context

Matt Dillahunty's claim: Paul only gives us death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus

Introduction of Matt Dillahunty and announcement of upcoming resurrection debate

A Christian caller's agreement with the 'faith = belief without evidence' definition hands skeptics a rhetorical victory

Thomas's rebuke was for ignoring available evidence, not for demanding evidence — modern believers have the same pre-appearance evidence

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on the resurrection

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on April 11 on the resurrection of Jesus.

Q&A: Calling God a "moral thug" (Matt Dillahunty) is logically incoherent within theism because God is the grounding for morality

Context note: this video is part of Mike's preparation for a live debate with Matt Dillahunty on the resurrection, hosted on Capturing Christianity (April 11)

JD Flier defines faith as "belief in an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance" — the God-of-the-gaps argument

Upcoming debate with Matt Dillahunty on whether belief in the resurrection is reasonable; science is not the only method of knowing

Matt Dillahunty's shifting definitions of faith: "excuse without good reason," "believing things you know aren't true," and "belief with evidence"

Debate with Matt Dillahunty on the reasonableness of believing in the resurrection — hosted on Capturing Christianity

Closing summary: discipleship principles are timeless, but avoid jaded views toward youth and remain aware of how their lives differ from previous generations

God physically appearing to everyone would not necessarily eliminate unbelief; unbelief is often a heart issue, not an evidence problem.

Objection: the multiverse avoids the need for God. Response: everything said about our universe needing a cause applies equally to the multiverse — you're just kicking the can back.

Objection: the cause could be a teacup orbiting Saturn or universe-creating pixies instead of God. Response: they're just describing God's attributes and labeling it something else; Occam's razor reduces pixies to one being.

Q&A: The Kalam's premises can be confirmed — an infinite past is philosophically untenable, and universal human experience confirms that things beginning to exist have causes with zero counterexamples.

Argument 3 — Nietzsche's "atheism is instinctual" — backfires because sociological research shows religious belief is actually natural and atheism must be trained. Also applies a double standard on evidence.

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