Session 15: The Euthyphro Dilemma and Suicide Statements
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Cartoon: Calvin and Hobbes
04:25 - Definition of Capricious
06:15 - The Euthyphro Dilemma
06:57 - Bertrand Russel’s Paraphrase
08:13 - Neil’s Paraphrase
10:33 - God’s laws are not capricious
16:36 - The very nature of God is good
19:25 - God has to be the center of His praises
20:07 - Atheists accusation of Circular Reasoning
21:50 - How to prove God is good
30:58 - Suicide Statements and the session goal
33:25 - What is a Suicide Statement?
35:00 - There is no truth
35:55 - You can’t ever know the Truth
36:17 - How to respond to suicide statements
38:03 - Discussion: 26 suicide statements
43:20 - Response to the 26 suicide statements
59:30 - Homework: find 2 suicide statements
01:00:10 - Suicide Statement: all views are equally valid. No view is better than another.
01:01:10 - Be elitist about ideas, be egalitarian about people.
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
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✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 12: How can God exist when there's so much Evil in the world? Part 1
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Discussion Questions
03:17 - Harold Kushner: Where was God
06:55 - Is it EVIL to eat or prefer bland chicken curry?
09:37 - Five Points
11:00 - God and the problem of Evil
12:54 - How can there be a good God when there is so much Evil in the world?
14:07 - The Premise
16:50 - Without a standard, your moral values are merely Preferences
21:05 - If there is no objective morality, why was Hilter wrong?
22:01 - What if the standard is our DNA or the universe?
25:32 - Verses on God being the source of Morality and the Law
26:50 - In Summary
28:37 - The Nature of God: God Can do anything?
30:12 - Verses on What God Can’t do
30:42 - Rationality and Logic and Mathematics are part of the very fabric of God.
32:35 - God Cannot artificially create relationship!
35:01 - If God were to stop you from being able to hurt others
39:10 - Freewill must involve the freedom to bring pain to ourselves and others
41:13 - Why did God give us the LAW?
41:25 - The Type and Source of the Laws
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 11: Why Christ had to die and Why God must punish Sin! Part 2
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Discussion Questions
00:21 - What is Hell?
01:10 - Why would someone WANT to be separated from God?
01:27 - God and Punishment
02:01 - Why did Jesus have to die?
18:35 - God’s Dilemma
21:01 - Is God Fair?
21:37 - Who did Jesus die to save us from?
27:14 - Why does God put people in Hell away from His presence?
27:37 - What about the Holy Spirit?
28:26 - What do we know now?
29:40 - Q&A 1: Why are we all considered rebellious against God?
31:01 - Q&A 2: Need of survival viewed as rebellion?
33:36 - Q&A 3: Justifying starving thief stealing bread?
34:15 - Q&A 4: Three types of Law
39:01 - Q&A 5: Slavery in the Bible?
40:19 - Q&A 6: What paid for people’s sin before temple sacrifice?
41:19 - Q&A 7: Human goodness
42:23 - Q&A 8: If you have a sin nature, why are you to blame?
45:55 - Q&A 9: Bible is descriptive, not just descriptive?? (John, Please confirm the words here)
48:33 - Q&A 10: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
51:45 - Q&A 11: Repentance from Hell?
52:59 - Q&A 12: Why one has to be sinless to pay for others’ sins?
53:51 - Q&A 13: Jesus preaching the Gospel to the dead? (1 Peter Chapter 3 and 4)
56:19 - Q&A 14a: What is sin and what is not sin?
58:53 - Q&A 14b: Separation of Jesus from God on the cross
01:04:35 - Q&A 15: What is the difference between a spirit and a soul?
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 10: Why Christ had to die and Why God must punish Sin? Part 1
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Discussion Questions
02:24 - What does the word Gospel mean?
04:23 - Questions from atheists
07:05 - Theology and Questions it can answer
08:35 - Who is the Grim Reaper?
11:18 - God is Just
12:05 - 4 Common Questions
Why Death? What is Spiritual Death?
Why does God have to punish sin?
Why did Jesus have to die? How did His death pay for All our sins?
Why does God send people to Hell if He is a loving God?
16:23 - What is Spiritual Death?
16:32 - What is Hell?
17:04 - Can we ever be truly separated from God?
17:50 - Why would someone WANT to be separated from God?
19:21 - Cain and Abel
21:50 - Genesis 22:8 and The Prince of Egypt
31:40 - Hitler and Why God Has to Punish Sin?
33:53 - God and Punishment
35:30 - Q&A 1: What is Satan’s power?
37:45 - Q&A 2: Can the Devil affect me physically?
38:21 - Q&A 3: How does the demon come to possess a person?
40:25 - Q&A 4: God is not good and God’s punishment
43:28 - Q&A 5: Debate on Flavius Josephus
45:50 - Q&A 6: Where is the Garden of Eden?
47:17 - Q&A 7: Did Cain know what kind of sacrifice he was supposed to give?
50:16 - Q&A 8: God’s punishment for Adam and Eve is too severe?
55:01 - Q&A 9: Garden of Eden destroyed or just hidden from us?
56:08 - Q&A 10: Legend of Atlantis and Sahara desert
57:48 - Q&A 11: Were Adam and Eve created to be immortal? Did they eat from the tree of life before they sinned?
59:44 - Q&A 12: God created everyone to be a sinner?
01:00:56 - Q&A 13: Where does our sin nature come from? (Dichotomous or Trichotomous)
01:08:11 - Q&A 14: Creation and Freedom of Choice
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 9: Tough Questions
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
05:05 - Q&A 1: When was death introduced and time dilation?
13:30 - Q&A 2: Radiocarbon dating
19:01 - Q&A 3: How do you explain that God allowed Isrealites to kill Canaanites in the Old Testament?
27:51 - Q&A 4: God commanded us to rest but He himself worked on the Sabbath day?
29:51 - Q&A 5: What methods do you use to confirm what you think God is telling you to do?
34:27 - Q&A 6: Is it possible that people other than Noah’s family survived the flood? If not, how can you justify the genetic diversity on earth?
42:13 - Q&A 7: If the flood is local, how come God said that I will never flood the whole earth again?
42:57 - Q&A 8: What is the interpretation of Proverb 16:33? Do we have free will?
55:18 - Q&A 9: Is it some psychic power during the war between Christ and antichrist in Revelation?
01:00:28 - Q&A 10: What non-biblical objections to evolution do you have?
01:10:02 - Q&A 11: Scripture support to age of reckoning & how do you do apologetics in 3-4 minutes?
01:17:42 - Q&A 12: What is the guideline for listening to parents?
01:19:54 - Q&A 13: With technology progressing, how do we differentiate miracles from technology’s fantastical side?
01:21:54 - Q&A 14: Punishment of going to Hell?
01:33:35 - Q&A 15: Are there infinite past events?
01:35:55 - Q&A 16: How to interpret the Book of Job?
01:38:19 - Q&A 17: If angels have form, do they have physical necessities?
01:40:35 - Q&A 18: Can demons come as humans as angels do?
01:44:22 - Q&A 19: Muhammad seeing angel in the cave? Light created or already existed?
01:49:02 - Q&A 20: Are there only two choices: heaven and hell?
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
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✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 8: Proving the Resurrection really happened Part 2-Possible explanations for the empty Tomb
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:05 - Discussion Questions
01:01 - Review of Session 7
08:08 - Direct Evidence vs. Circumstantial Evidence
09:12 - The Minimal Facts
10:55 - Tomb Empty by Two Means
12:22 - Stolen by Disciples Theory.
13:45 - Roman Guards
17:02 - The Fate of the Apostles
20:40 - Wrong Tomb Theory
23:05 - Moved by the Jews or Romans Theory
23:50 - Hallucination Theory
25:04 - Dave Theory
31:19 - Swooned Theory
33:55 - 39 Lashes
35:12 - Hypovolemic Shock
36:12 - Crucifixion of Jesus
42:13 - Death of Jesus
51:46 - Supernatural Means
55:26 - What Do You Tell a Child Dying from Disease?
01:19:50 - Answers to CrossWord Puzzle
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 29: Decision Making and the Will of God
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 28: Reincarnation: There seem to be a lot of evidence for it. But is it true?
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
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✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 27: Climate: Science VS Declarations by Dr. Terry Gannon
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
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✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 7: Proving the Resurrection really happened Part 1:Was Jesus an actual person in history?
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Discussion Questions
02:10 - When was the first time the Gospel was hinted at in the Bible?
04:00 - The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection
10:45 - Jerusalem
13:13 - Christianity is Totally unlike other religions
14:57 - Jesus came to BE the Way
16:30 - Why is Jesus different from the other “good” teachers?
17:55 - Historians’ accounts of Jesus
20:40 - Jesus never claimed He is God?
25:50 - An Empty Grave
27:00 - Direct Evidence vs. Circumstantial Evidence
32:40 - Acts Chapter II
36:44 - The Minimal Facts
38:45 - Challenge Game on site: find a natural way to explain how the tomb came to be empty
42:38 - Team 1 “Prisoner switched with Jesus” theory
49:40 - Team 2 “Disciples stole Jesus’ body during an earthquake” theory
54:45 - Team 3 “Roman guards cannibalism” theory
01:03:50 - Team 4 “Alien” theory
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 26: PROVING GOD EXISTS WITHOUT USING THE BIBLE
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✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
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✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
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✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 24: How to argue against abortion without using the Bible.
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Discussion Questions
02:48 - What was the Prophet's role in the Bible?
04:56 - The Logical Case against ABORTION
05:08 - First Motto: Don’t let the consequences of your Logic force you to abandon that Logic
08:24 - Second Motto: Focus or Perish
09:56 - If you had an abortion, we are NOT here to condemn you. We are all sinners in need of grace.
10:55 - Never make Abortion a Christian vs Non-Christain issue
13:23 - Be cautious, least the person you are talking to has had an abortion
14:21 - Our Agenda
15:35 - Why we need to know about Abortion
16:08 - The Slippery Slope is real
20:48 - Nazi Germany; America Today; America Tomorrow?
23:15 - Planned Parenthood
24:42 - Euthanasia
30:48 - Facts about Abortion
31:44 - Gestational Stages
33:53 - What is an Abortion?
34:07 - Abortion is Legal at any point in America
35:58 - The Story of Emmett Till
37:45 - Abortion Methods
40:24 - Do you think we should do something to stop abortions?
43:04 - Most important reason given for terminating an unwanted pregnancy
46:19 - How to defuse 5 potential emotional bombs ahead of time
46:36 - Rape & Incest
47:37 - Life of the Mother
49:20 - Contraception
49:42 - Rights of the Mother
52:15 - How to reduce the argument to a single issue: what is it?
55:00 - Most common Pro-Choice Arguments
56:44 - Primary Tactic to Win Abortion Arguments
58:32 - Coat Hangers
01:01:57 - Abortion is a private matter between a woman and her God
01:02:50 - Most poor women cannot afford another child so it’s OK to allow abortions
01:12:20 - Unwanted/Abused Children, Quality of Life, Deformed/Handicapped
01:15:05 - If you are opposed to abortion don’t have one
01:19:38 - You must first take care of unwed mothers and provide care for the children or you can’t oppose abortion
01:25:00 - Overpopulation
01:26:37 - Pro-life rhetoric causes fanatics to bomb clinics and kill people
01:27:35 - How can you as a man speak about abortion? This is about a woman’s right to choose
01:29:45 - It’s a woman’s body. She should be allowed to do what she wants with her body.
01:30:32 - Pro-lifers are hypocritical and believe in Capital punishment
01:32:02 - Unless you’ve had an abortion how can you speak against it.
01:33:11 - How to prove that the fetus is either human or something we don’t know
01:33:35 - Proving that the Unborn is Human
01:34:44 - The SLED to prove the fetus is human
01:45:52 - Use DNA Evidence
01:46:30 - It is irrational to say that the fetus is not HUMAN
01:46:37 - What if I can’t convince them that the fetus is human?
01:50:32 - Summary of our Arguments
01:52:04 - What we can do about it
01:57:44 - Q&A 1: “I am just listening to orders” excuse
02:02:25 - Q&A 2: Charged with two murders if killing a pregnant woman?
02:03:50 - Q&A 3: Government funding of abortion with taxpayers’ money
02:05:04 - Q&A 4: Punishment worse for rape-1
02:08:59 - Q&A 5: Planned Parenthood in Guatemala and Postnatal abortion
02:11:40 - Q&A 6: Punishment for rape-2
02:12:16 - Q&A 7: Punishment for people who perform an abortion
02:13:36 - Q&A 8: Movies recommended for watching
Thanks for tuning in!
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 23: Is God a spoiled Brat?
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
02:26 - Discussion Questions
03:45 - The rules that apply to you, don’t all apply to God
17:22 - The Euthyphro Dilemma
18:41 - Capricious
21:10 - Fiat
24:51 - Why God is not Capricious!
30:48 - An evil god would never survive eternity
32:56 - Can there be an Evil God?
34:27 - Good is not a preference of God. It’s a necessity of His very Character.
35:02 - The Transcendent Arts
36:00 - The LAW is there for a purpose?
36:31 - Is it wrong for God to kill someone?
40:05 - God never actually kills anyone
41:50 - The Westminster Confession
43:27 - It is Logically and Rationally necessary that God glorifies Himself only
45:52 - God can be as selfish, jealous, and proud as He wants
48:56 - What was the first sin in time?
53:01 - God doesn’t NEED anything
55:23 - Q&A 1: Can I kill someone in self-defense?
56:33 - Q&A 2: Can you execute a criminal?
57:03 - Q&A 3: Just War doctrine
57:59 - Q&A 4: What must precede before God tells you to act?
59:33 - Q&A 5: God told Abraham to sacrifice Issac
01:02:19 - Q&A 6: How to enjoy God?
Thanks for tuning in!
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 21: What is God's plan for government? It's probably NOT what you think it is
Table of contents
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Discussion Questions
07:40 - Why are human kings a bad idea? (additional @ 15:35)
09:45 - Political Spectrum #1
10:40 - Are “conservatives” really conservative? [Who are Classical Liberals?]
Political Spectrum #2:
16:30 - What is Secular Human Monarchy?
18:00 - What is Oligarchy?
18:45 - What is Anarchy?
20:50 - Pure Democracy: Not based on Objective Natural Law
24:50 - What is Republic
33:45 - What is Theocracy [Man-Ordained]?
38:20 - What is Theocracy [God-ordained] ?
40:40 - US Constitutional Republic
41:50 - Where did the idea of the Republic come from ?
43:05 - Why did the system children of Israel used fall apart?
45:25 - Why did christians and pastors need to do more than just vote?
48:10 - As a christian, do you want to keep America free?
53:20 - God wants 1 in every 10 Chrisitans involved in making legislation.
55:10 - Fascism and socialism
1:01:05 - Q&A 1: Progressivism and its history in US
1:05:35 - Q&A 2: Big corporation, monopoly and capitalism
1:22:05 - Q&A 3: Will there be religious freedom in Chrisitan theocracy?
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 20: Politics #2: Was Jesus Involved in Politics?
Table of contents
00:00 - Intro
06:37 - What is the job of a politician (legislator)?
07:14 - Can Governors make laws?
Why is it that legislators can make laws but not governors?
09:15 - What was the job of senators originally?
10:40 - What is the purpose of the laws (if legislators are here to pass the laws)?
15:35 - Moral law issue: Divorce and Family
18:35 - Government welfare: fiscal issue or moral issue?
How do you respond to these claims?
20:20 - “You can’t legislate morality”. “It is wrong to force your morals on other people.” [“Is that a moral that you are forcing on others?”]
23:40 - “Jesus was not involved in politics.” - Why did Jesus not get involved in Roman politics?
28:57 - Christians should never say bad things or call politicians names.
30:45 - “Christians can’t hold non-Christians responsible for Christian Moral values.”
33:25 - “Christians shouldn’t be in politics.”
35:21 - When did Roman Society become Christian? [313 AD but it took 61 years till 374 AD before a pastor/preacher went to the Emperor Valentinian asking infanticide to be outlawed]
35:42 - Why is preaching the gospel and making disciples not good enough? B/c for 200 years, gospel was preached on Sundays in US and UK and slavery still continued.
37:25 - Atheists should want christians in politics. Behind almost every law that changed the Status Quo, there was a church and a pastor
38:20“- Render unto Caesar…” What happens when we take Caesar to be “politics”? [Does it actually mean separation or participation?]
40:22 - Who is our Caesar?
47:15 - What’s the 3.5% rule? [1776, only 17% of population go of church - yet we wrote the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution; Today, we have 24-48 % of the population ]
51:55 - Q&A 1: Preaching gospel and living it
53:02 - Q&A 2: What can we do in addition to voting?
1:02:55 - Q&A 3: The doctrine of lesser magistrate
1:08:00 - Q&A 4: Is Bonhoeffer attempting to kill Hilter legit?
1:11:30 - Q&A 5: Just war theory
1:12:40 - Q&A 6: Public education
(⇩⇩⇩ Check out Neil’s websites and books below ⇩⇩⇩)
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 19: Politics #1: Rights vs Goods
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
05:30 - Neil’s background
12:00 - Where do Rights come from?
21:18 - Which god gave you the Rights?
22:42 - What is the purpose of Government?
23:48 - You can’t separate politics from christianity and the Church
25:20 - We want christians in government
26:12 - Who are we to elect?
26:55 - What are Rights?
30:15 - What are the differences between rights and goods/services?
36:10 - Why doesn’t socialism work and why does the Bible refute socialism?
56:45 - Q&A 1: Venezuela, socialism and united healthcare
01:00:15 - Q&A 2: Government regulation and free market
01:03:45 - Q&A 3: Federal reserve and the Creature from Jekyll Island
01:10:14 - Q&A 4: Charitable giving and tax break
01:13:30 - Q&A 5: FDA
01:14:35 - Q&A 6: Was Jesus a Capitalist?
01:15:45 - Q&A 7: It takes a government to create a monoply
01:22:10 - Q&A 8: Christians in politics
01:25:26 - Q&A 9: Wokeness in churches
01:26:50 - Q&A 10: Salt and Light Council by Dran Reese
01:30:47 - Q&A 11: Parents responsible for creating a culture of apologetics at home
(⇩⇩⇩ Check out Neil’s websites and books below ⇩⇩⇩)
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 18: DOES THE BIBLE PROMOTE SLAVERY? Part 2
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
07:55 - Translation of Hebrew word “ebed” and differences of Servant/Bondsman/Slave
16:10 - Why were foreigners not allowed to own land in Israel?
20:35 - Leviticus 25 and Exodus 21
30:43 - What about killing a “slave”?
34:05 - Ephesians 6:5
35:45 - Discussion Questions:
Why didn’t God know people would misunderstand the word Slave in the Bible?
How do we respond to atheists’ claims that the story of Christ was taken from Pagan myths like Mithras and Horus?
49:00 - Q&A 1: What do you think about the May 22nd Geneva WHO vote?
54:05 - Q&A 2: What is Neil worried about?
54:05 - Q&A 3: What do you think about the evil people fight for evil more than the good people fight for good?
59:00 - Q&A 4a: Notions that contradict modern notions of propriety and morality
59:48 - Q&A 4b: Which values are cultural values and which are moral values?
01:02:45 Q&A 4c: How can we use the Bible to tackle the huge modern day issues that are not explicitly lined out? How do we know which moral laws of the Bible we are to adhere to today?
01:09:11 Q&A 5: Where do we draw the lines and take up arms against the sins of our nation?
01:12:06 Q&A 6: Is it wrong to force one’s morality on others?
01:17:30 Q&A 7: How does homosexuality fit inot things that cause death, diseases and destruction?
01:21:20 Q&A 8a: If you are a woman and a Christian and also dating women, do you believe that will prevent them from going to heaven?
01:21:29 Q&A 8b: What is the one thing that keeps you from going to heaven?
01:24:00 Q&A 9: How do we view same-sex attracted people. Book Recommendation: Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry
01:25:00 Q&A 10: My defense for turning off social media. Both sides are wrong. Why protest for this or that when this is not our world and when God will serve perfect justice in the end?
01:31:30 Q&A 11: What are rights? Where do we get our rights?
01:40:42 Q&A 12: What is social justice?
(⇩⇩⇩ Check out Neil’s websites and books below ⇩⇩⇩)
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NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 17: DOES THE BIBLE PROMOTE SLAVERY? Part 1
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:42 - Does the Bible condone or condemn slavery?
10:28 - The objective moral dilemma of atheists
15:00 - If there is no objective morality, why was Hilter wrong?
19:04 - Atheists borrow christian moral capital to make their cases
22:00 - Not great responses to the slavery problem:
Jesus and Paul did not want to revolutionize the world
God gave progressive moral revelation
The curse of ham
We’ll do bad things anyway so God wants to regulate it
32:05 - Understanding the words
32:52 - Why does the Bible mention unicorns?
35:42 - What are the words translated as Slave in the Bible?
40:05 - Servant
41:26 - Bondsman
46:30 - Slave
46:52 - Slavery was completely forbidden under Mosaic law
55:15 - Q&A 1: Different threads in OT and NT?
01:00:22 - Q&A 2: Which Bible version do you read?
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Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 16: Is Jericho a myth? Can the natural prove the supernatural?
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Discussion Questions
06:28 - The fall of Jericho
21:20 - How many times did the Israelites walk around Jericho?
21:55 - How much did the Israelites walk on the 7th day?
25:26 - The Biblical claims
27:00 - The river was in a flood stage and the Israelites crossed the overflowing river and the river dried up for them
31:20 - Jericho was strongly fortified and Rahab lived within the wall
36:13 - The walls came down without the aid of human hands
39:20 - Each man went straight up into the city
43:04 - The attack occurred just after or during the harvest time and the siege was short
45:36 - The city was not plundered except for the gold and silver, but not for goods and the city was burned to the ground
48:00 - Q&A 1: Is their harvest time around passover?
48:29 - Q&A 2: Why did God command Israelites to destroy all people in Jericho?
50:35 - Q&A 3: Did the entire Jericho wall fall?
51:05 - Q&A 4: Any rationale for marching 7 times around the wall?
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NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 14: Is there an Objective Morality?
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
02:42 - Some common statements
04:50 - Neil’s Claim
07:15 - What are the consequences if there is NO objective morality?
07:51 - Debate between Frederick Copleston and Bertrand Russel
09:25 - Mother Teresa and Hilter
10:45 - Claim: There is no objective morality so we base our morality on what is best for your society.
11:33 - Claim: There is no objective morality so we base our morality on what is best for MANKIND.
13:13 - Claim: Good and Bad is decided by a majority vote.
15:36 - Claim: Maybe objective and absolute moral values don’t exist?
15:55 - To prove objective moral values Do exist, I just need to show you ONE objective moral value.
17:55 - Why do people abandon the concept of Objective Morality?
22:02 - The Hierarchy of Laws
32:07 - There is an Objective Morality and God decides what it is.
32:20 - Whose God and how do you know what his morals are?
32:51 - Apologetics
33:48 - Refute “It is wrong to force your morality on others”
37:15 - Refute “You can’t legislate morality.”
40:05 - Refute “Laws can’t change hearts”
44:25 - The LAW is there for a purpose and the consequences of disobeying God’s Law
46:05 - Even atheists should want Christians making laws.
50:28 - Q&A 1: Law in North Korea and income tax in US
55:05 - Q&A 2: Free moral agent; daily moral choice
56:53 - Q&A 3: Universal truth
(⇩⇩⇩ Check out Neil’s websites and books below ⇩⇩⇩)
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NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 13: How can God exist when there's so much Evil in the world? Part 2
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Discussion Questions
02:20 - Is there free will in Heaven and on the New Earth?
02:38 - Evil proves God
04:27 - Logic, rationality, mathematics, and love are God’s very nature
05:07 - God cannot contradict His own nature and God created us to love and have relationship with Him
06:13 - God cannot artificially create relationship or love
07:45 - For true love and relationship to exist, evil must be permitted to exist
08:00 - God desires a relationship with You
08:28 - Why did God give us the LAW?
10:24 - The Type and Source of the Laws
12:52 - Why doesn’t God protect the innocent or act supernaturally to protect good people?
20:00 - What about Natural Disasters?
25:30 - Diseases (Covid)
29:35 - Man causes Evil
30:30 - Why is there pain in MY LIFE?
34:39 - God’s dilemma or God’s ingenuity?
38:17 - Death
46:30 - Caroline Lois Mammen
49:25 - The real answer to why there is Suffering
53:30 - How to endure life’s “Boot Camp”
57:14 - Q&A 1: Are you saying we are being perfected here on Earth?
58:05 - Q&A 2: What about the thief on the Cross or those who die right after being saved?
58:57 - Q&A 3: What about Godly people who live for long?
59:05 - Q&A 4: Can I game the system to live longer?
01:00:33 - Q&A 5: All our needs met in heaven?
01:01:32 - Q&A 6: What causes us to sin?
01:02:37 - Q&A 7: Fear of God
01:04:06 - Q&A 8: What you meant for evil, God meant for good
01:06:05 - Q&A 9: Rebellion after 10000 year reign
01:07:24 - Q&A 10: Praying for miracles?
01:10:54 - Q&A 11: Fragility of humanity
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NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 6: Proving the Bible is Accurate - Part 2
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Discussion Questions
09:10 - Can God change His mind?
12:54 - Review of previous week
15:50 - How the translations were/are made
16:26 - Common Concept of Translations
17:09 - Truth of Translations
22:25 - How do we know the NT authors really believed what they wrote & weren’t making it all up?
31:38 - 31 Historical Persons in NT
32:37 - Extra Biblical Testimony
34:10 - How can we be sure of what happened 2000 years ago?
35:37 - Could the Disciples have been lying at first?
37:10 - Couldn’t they have twisted things in their minds after 25-60 years?
38:26 - The Names Test
45:13 - Are there inconsistencies in the Gospel?
53:12 - How we got the Bible, how do we know who actually wrote it?
59:27 - The Principles for Discovering Canonicity for the Books of NT
01:00:12 - Examples of Book of Matthew and Book of John
01:02:29 - Reasons we need not doubt the Bible Today
01:03:51 - Six Steps
01:04:25 - Delphic Oracle
01:10:00 - Q&A 1: Punctuation in different translations
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NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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Session 31: What does the Bible say about homosexuality and why?
A compassionate and biblical response.
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Session 5: Proving the Bible is Accurate - Part I
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:37 - Discussion Questions
09:48 - Test everything
11:26 - Six Steps
13:27 - Develop a Culture of Apologetics in your Home
14:12 - 1st -6th Apologetic
16:30 - One GOD or Many GODs?
18:12 - Can I trust the Bible? Where did it come from?
21:15 - The Manuscripts of New Testament
28:40 - Caesar’s Gallic Wars and Other Documents (**Notes to Neil: Thucydides time frame should be opposite)
30:51 - NT Manuscripts and Earliest Fragments
33:37 - The accuracy of the NT
45:38 - What are the changes in the NT?
50:48 - Section Quotations by early Church Fathers from the NT
54:25 - Jordan Peterson on Bible Cross-references
58:27 - Q&A 1: What language were they speaking?
59:55 - Q&A 2: How were the books of the Bible chosen?
01:01::05 - Q&A 3: Why are Apocrypha books eliminated from the Bible?
01:04::20 - Q&A 4: Polytheistic religions
01:06::38 - Q&A 5: Outside account of the Flood
01:07::40 - Q&A 6: Are there words that can’t be translated?
01:08::34 - Q&A 7: Gnostic gospels
01:10::15 - Game
(⇩⇩⇩ Check out Neil’s websites and books below ⇩⇩⇩)
➤ Websites
NoBlindFaith Website https://noblindfaith.com
Neil’s Books (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Neil-Mammen/e/B007KDDD8Q
Values Advocacy Website https://vac.org
➤Books
✦Who is Agent X: Proving that Science and Logic show it is More Rational to Think God Exists
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Agent-Proving-Science-Rational/dp/1448626196
✦Jesus is involved in Politics (Why aren’t you? Why isn’t your church?)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004URRT4Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
✦40 Days Towards A More Godly Nation: Why Only Churches Can Lead the Way To a Happier, Healthier, Safer, & Mutually Prosperous
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678248/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
✦Who is Agent X Slides Version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987678256/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
✦Proving God Exists for Kids: The Mystery of the Picture: Where did the Universe come from? Did it come from Nothing? (A Young Apologist Detectives' Mystery)
(coauthored with Mary-Katherine Mammen)
https://www.amazon.com/YAD-Mystery-Proving-Exists-Kids/dp/0987678272/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Neil+Mammen&qid=1639166971&sr=8-4
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