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13 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Episode 1
Thu, Dec 30, 201027 mins
Natural theology tried to detect and discern God by seeing and sensing His presence in the world. But after Darwin's theory of evolution, natural theology was rejected, even ridiculed. Why, now, its surprising revival?
Episode 2
Thu, Jan 6, 201127 mins
Galaxies and clusters of galaxies, untold billions of them, adorn the cosmos. How did such large-scale structure of the universe come about?
Episode 3
Thu, Jan 13, 201127 mins
Parapsychologists are sure ESP is real. Skeptics are sure it is not. But if ESP is real, would ESP need to go beyond physical laws, reaching into unknown non-physical realms?
Episode 4
Thu, Jan 20, 201127 mins
What does it mean for God to be all knowing? Does being "omniscient" make sense? If so, can deep insights be gleaned about God? If not, could the whole concept of God be flawed?
Episode 5
Thu, Jan 27, 201127 mins
To know reality, one must confront the quantum. It is how our world works at the deepest level. What's the quantum? It is bizarre, defying all common sense.
Episode 6
Thu, Feb 3, 201127 mins
How does metaphysics contribute to our understanding of the world? It asks the most profound questions: What kinds of things exist? How does causality work? Sound too abstract? How about: Does God exist? Are you a soul?
Episode 7
Thu, Feb 10, 201127 mins
Whether God exists may depend on whether God is necessary. Even if God exists, would it have been possible for God not to exist? In other words, even if God does exist, could it have been otherwise?
Episode 8
Thu, Feb 17, 201127 mins
Arguments for and against God. Each call the universe as witness, each count the universe as evidence. God believers invoke the universe's apparent fine-tuning. God deniers envision a vast number of universes.
Episode 9
Thu, Feb 24, 201127 mins
Free will seems the simplest of notions. Why then is free will so vexing to philosophers? Here's why: no one knows how free will works. Science, seemingly, permits no "gaps" in which free will can operate.
Episode 10
Thu, Mar 3, 201127 mins
Agnostics claim that they do not know whether or not God exists. Theists surmise they're reprobates. Atheists suppose they're cowards. Are there different kinds of agnostics? Can agnosticism deepen appreciation for existence?
Episode 11
Thu, Mar 10, 201127 mins
For centuries, science and religion have been battling, with science advancing, religion retreating. Is this proper? We follow the current battles. We propose no truce.
Episode 12
Thu, Mar 17, 201127 mins
Cosmos and consciousness seem utterly different, the former encompassing the vast universe, the latter emerging from tiny brains. Yet consciousness founds most religions, and some cosmologists speak quietly, profoundly, about consciousness.
Episode 13
Thu, Mar 24, 201127 mins
The Judeo-Christian scriptures tell of "a new heaven and a new earth," when all shall be made new. What could this mean? Could this ever make sense? Believers say, "It's God's mystery." They should say more.