Pat and Dr. Jim discuss the awesome benefits of the double kettlebell clean and press and why maybe trying to do all life things at once isn’t a great idea (hence jogging dads with strollers). The conversation then takes a hard turn to philosophy of mind and answering questions from YouTube. Dr. Jim on Double […]
Philosophical Approaches to God and How They Differ | Rasmussen and Kerr
Pat is joined by Dr. Gaven Kerr and Dr. Josh Rasmussen to discuss, compare, and contrast their different philosophical approaches to God. Topics include the so-called “gap problem” of moving from a necessary being to God, Josh’s argument from limits and how it connects to Thomas’s real distinction, divine simplicity and God’s relation to the […]
Divine Simplicty and The Trinity
Pat talks about about the doctrine of classical theism (especially divine simplicity) and what motivates it. From there, how classical theism is not only not incompatible with the doctrine of The Trinity, but provides a sound foundation for it. Divine Simplicity and The Trinity Resources Fr. Thomas Joseph White on Nicene Orthodoxy and Trinitarian Simplicity […]
Dialogue: Eating Racoons, Phenomenology, and Theology without Anathemas?
In this dialogue between Dr. Brian Besong and Steven Nemes (and myself), we discuss the topic of whether theology can be done — or even should be done — without anathemas. Leading up, however, is a winding discussion of phenomenology, epistemology, eating racoons, and a whole bunch else aside. Good luck to anybody who gets […]
In Defense of Classical Theism
We sometimes believe in unclear things because of clear premises which entail them. The trinity, for example. This (essential) Christian doctrine is mysterious — three persons sharing in one unrestricted divine essence, there is something admittedly strange about that — but we embrace the mystery because 1) it is not obviously contradictory, and 2) we […]