Showing posts with label pluralism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pluralism. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2011

Class MP3's and Notes

The MP3's and Notes for Each Session Will be Posted Here:

Note: The links below died with my file server.  I put all the mp3's up on my google drive.  They are at this link:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5yLYrSTDvD7ZWdFbnQ0T2xWLUU&usp=sharing


Syllabus (MP3, Handout)

Session 1: Introduction - October 2
Part 1: What is the role and goal of Apologetics? (Dan: MP3, Notes, Handout)
Part 2: Why People Believe Stuff (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)

Session 1b: Origins Seminar - October 5
Trilobites and Taninim:
Reconciling the Biblical and Scientific Origin Narratives (MP3) (Slides)

Session 2: Positive Arguments for God’s Existence – October 16
Part 1: The Colmological and Moral Arguments (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: The Teleological* Argument and Several Others (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)
      *Focus on Fine Tuning Form

Session 3: Evil and Suffering - January 15
Part 1: The Free Will Defense (logical and probabilistic)  (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: Cheeky Counter ?'s, Philosophical Options and Theological Options
                                                             (Stanford: MP3, Notes)

Session 4: Pluralism - January 29
Part 1: Technical Responses to 3 Forms of the Pluralist Critique (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: 3 Questions About Pluralism* (Stanford: MP3, Notes)
      *Including how did it come to be our defalut cultural position.

Session 5: Scripture and 5 Other Questions
Part 1: Why do we think the Scriptures are reliable? (Dan: MP3)
Part 2: Stanford Answers 5 Other Student Questions* (Stanford: MP3, Notes, Handout)
        -Free Will/Predestination
        -Why do Christians Disagree**
        -How can the Cross Affect Eternal Consequences
        -Hell?!?
        -What's up with the Flood
* The students in the class submitted questions and I answered as many as I could in the time
**This one was not partinularly clear.  I tried to abreviate it and I made it confusing.