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In this TheoGeeks episode David Russell and I are joined by Tyler Fowler to continue are series on Egalitarianism vs. Complementarianism. Part 2 deals with a general moral/ethical evaluation of these positions on women's roles before turing to look at women's role under ideal conditions (Pre-Fall) in Genesis 2 (what does being a "helper" imply?) and then we look at the Post-Fall conditions in Genesis 3:16 (what does God mean by telling Eve that the man shall rule over his wife as a result of the Fall?). RSM Blog (with free sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/theogeeks-egalitarianism-vs-complementarianism-part-2-genesis-1-3/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBHMqaUrEFw Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/TheoGeeks-Egalitarianism-vs–Complementarianism-Part-2–Genesis-1-3-e1qmis1

In this episode of TheoGeeks, David and I engage in the Egalitarianism (Dale) vs. Complementarianism (David R.) debate and discuss whether or not women can serve as Pastors or Elders in the church. RSM Blog (with free sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/theogeeks-paul-women-in-ministry/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqKAsmOEPY Audio Only = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/TheoGeeks-Paul–Women-in-Ministry-e1obp45

Barrie Schwortz is Back! Again! In this episode, I'm joined by Barrie Schwortz, a world-renowned expert on the Shroud of Turin and the official STURP photographer back in 1978. In this Part 2 show, Barrie presents to us what we know for sure about the Shroud from the STURP investigaiton and more specifically, he address what we know the Shroud images are NOT in that the images were not made by an artist using a traditional painting technique, powder-rubbing/dusting technique, scorching mechanism nor is it a medeival proto-Photograph. In refuting the Shroud skeptics with the science, I'm joined by the same 2 Pro-Shroud co-hosts form Part 1 (Daniel Lowry & Teddi Pappas) to probe Barrie further on these facts. RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/shroud-wars-barrie-schwortz-is-back-part-2-what-we-know-for-sure-about-the-shroud-images/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnlM7DUhEAw Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Shroud-Wars-Barrie-Schwortz-is-Back–Part-2–What-We-Know-For-Sure-About-the-Shroud-Images-e1q06ic Recommended Sources (for further study); a) Barrie’s Links; Link to STURP’s Original Test Plan: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/STURP%20T... Links to ALL of STURP’s Published Papers: https://www.shroud.com/78papers.htm Summary of STURP’s Conclusions: https://www.shroud.com/78conclu.htm List of All STURP Team Members & their Affiliations: https://www.shroud.com/78team.htm Report on the Czechia Shroud Copy by Leo Bazant: https://www.shroud.com/bazant.htm Is the Shroud of Turin a Painting? by Isabel Piczek: https://www.shroud.com/piczek.htm Image Formation and the Shroud of Turin by Emily Craig & Randall Bresee: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/craig.pdf Comments About the Recent Experiment by Prof. Luigi Garlaschelli by Thibault Heimburger: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/thibault-... Is the Shroud of Turin a Medieval Photograph? A Critical Examination of the Theory by Barrie Schwortz: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/orvieto.pdf A Brief Review of the Recent CNN Documentary and Further Comments on the Medieval Photograph Theory by Barrie Schwortz: https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/cnnreview...

In this episode I interview John Loken from the Shroud Science Group. John takes a Pro-Shroud position (though he prefers not to use that label for himself) in that he believes the Shroud is historically authentic and wrapped the dead body of Jesus. However, as an Agnostic, he has doubts about the Resurrection of Jesus and thus, he thinks the Shroud images are not only explaianable using ordinary natural mechanisms, but further, the Shroud images were ultimately what gave rise to the apostle's belief in Jesus Resurrection in the early church! RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/11/03/shroud-wars-interviewing-john-loken-a-pro-shroud-non-religious-agnostic/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz921mN0Y9k Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Shroud-Wars-Interviewing-John-Loken-a-Pro-Shroud-Non-Religious-Agnostic-e1q6t9b

Barrie Schwortz is Back! In this episode, I'm joined by Barrie Schwortz, a world-renowned expert on the Shroud of Turin and the official STURP photographer back in 1978. In this Part 1 show, Barrie presents to us what we know about the Shroud from photography as my 2 Pro-Shroud co-hosts (Daniel Lowry & Teddi Pappas) probe him further afterward. RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/shroud-wars-barrie-schwortz-is-back-part-1-photography-the-shroud-of-turin/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkl0CLK-7g Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Barrie-Schwortz-is-Back–Part-1–Photography–the-Shroud-of-Turin-e1mg7g1 Recommended Sources (for further study); Barrie’s Main Info: Barrie M. Schwortz bschwortz@shroud.com Shroud of Turin Website = https://www.shroud.com Official STURP Information = https://shroud.com/78exam.htm & See all the free Peer-Reviewed Papers here = https://shroud.com/78papers.htm STERA, Inc. = The Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association, Inc., is a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Colorado and a tax exempt public charity granted 501(c) (3) status by the Internal Revenue Service. = https://www.shroud.com/stera.htm STERA, Inc. Facebook Page = https://www.facebook.com/stera.inc

This the start of a new series, my Shroud Wars Panel Review Sessions series! In this series I will be bringing on various Shroud experts to discuss the pros and cons of my Shroud Solo Lecture series. In this first installment, I'm joined by Pro-Shroud expert Bob Rucker and Shroud skeptic Hugh Farey to discuss 3 major issues; i) The Irrelevancy of the Dating (Solo Show Part 1), ii) The 1988 carbon-14 dating (Solo Show Part 1) and finally, iii) The Hungarian Pray Manuscript/codex (Solo Show Part 2). I think some good progress was made on the show on both sides :)

Barrie Schwortz is one of the foremost experts on the Shroud of Turin. And we have him for an interview. Dale and Andrew pepper him with audience questions. Barrie is gracious and informative. David even pops in for a question of his own. No matter what you think about the shroud, you will want to listen to this one. This episode was done in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the scientific STURP (Shroud of Turin Research Project) Group in 1978. RSM Blog Link (with additional free sources & pics) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/shroud-wars-discussing-the-shroud-of-turin-interviews-debates-from-ss/ Anchor Audio Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Shroud-Wars--Barrie-Schwortz-Interview-eatoi8 Recommended Sources (for further study): 1. Barrie Schwortz’s website = https://shroud.com/ is by far the single best website providing freely available information on the Shroud from both sides (pro and skeptic alike), provides pictures, scholarly and popular level articles, book recommendations, etc- on the topic of the Shroud of Turin, you name it, Barrie’s got it on his site. It is telling that even the skeptical websites online consistently link to various articles on Barrie’s site rather than providing their own material. For anyone sincerely interested in studying the Shroud and its evidence, it would be positively foolish to overlook the importance of Barrie’s website and its contributions in furthering Shroud research. 2. DETAILS ON STURP- https://shroud.com/78exam.htm (links to STURP’s operational test plan, final conclusions, freely available peer-reviewed science journal articles and list of STURP team members involved in the project. 3. The 2 peer-reviewed articles on the Invisible Reweave Hypothesis (to explain the C-14 results without appeal to the supernatural like I do with the Neutron Flux Hypothesis- see Part 1 Podcast for 4 such possible options); a) ROGERS, Raymond N. – “Studies on the Radiocarbon Sample from the Shroud of Turin” [January 20, 2005] Thermochimica Acta 425 (2005) pp.189-194. (Includes 5 illustrations). = http://www.sindone.info/ROGERS-3.PDF . b) BENFORD, M. Sue and MARINO, Joseph G. – Discrepancies in the radiocarbon dating area of the Turin shroud – Chemistry Today, vol 26 n 4, [July-August 2008] = https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/benfordma... . 4. The Article that Barrie mentioned when Addressing the Anatomical aspects of the Shroud Man; MARINELLI, E. – FANTI, G. – CAGNAZZO, Alessandro – Computerized anthropometric analysis of the Man of the Turin Shroud [June 1999] (From the 1999 Richmond Conference) = https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/marineli.pdf . 5. One more link you might find useful. I (Barrie) received a rather nasty letter from a McCrone follower a few years ago and published his letter along with this response: Answering A Skeptic (Response dated 16 May 2014 to an e-mail received from Gary A. Kentgen on 6 January 2014)” = https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/answering... . 7. Here is STERA’s main Facebook page (stera.inc) = https://www.facebook.com/stera.inc/ .

I'm joined by the famous apologist and medical expert Joseph W. Bergeron, a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with decades of experience evaluating musculoskeletal injury, including medical legal analysis. Dr. Bergeron’s practice experience provides unique insight on Jesus’s cause of death (and refutes the swoon theory conclusively) and further provides scrutiny of the Hallucination hypotheses seeking to explain away Jesus' Resurrection appearances. Finally, he lends his medical expertise to authenticate the Shroud as having wrapped a real human corpse. RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/23/dr-joseph-bergeron-a-medical-perspective-on-jesus-death-resurrection-the-shroud-of-turin/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlTXTI4aVI Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Dr–Joseph-Bergeron-A-Medical-Perspective-on-Jesus-Death–Resurrection–the-Shroud-of-Turin-e1pkh7h

In this episode, I finish off this series with my own personal evaluation of Hume’s two-step argument against the possiblity of rationally relying on testimonial evidence for religious miracles. Looking at every single one of Hume’s premises, I find them rife with unproven assumptions and fallacious reasoning; Hume’s work on miracles should come with a little warning label saying, “Atheists and skeptics beware, relying on Hume will make you look quite foolish!” RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/david-hume-miracles-parts-1-2/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PSzxVw5z4 Audio Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/David-Hume–Miracles-Part-2–Refuting-Humes-Abject-Failure-Argument-e1oshhr

In this episode, I go over the relevant background knowledge outlining David Hume’s famous (or rather infamous) argument against testimonial evidence for miracles. Furthermore, I outline world-renowned Christian philosopher Richard Swinburne’s devastating critique of Hume’s argument on this front. Finally, I provide a general outline on some background knowledge about the modern philosophical feild known as the “Epistemology of Testimony”. In Part 2, I will provide my own in-depth evaluation/analysis, where I refute every single premise of Hume’s outdated and utterly fallacious argument- let’s just say I will conclusively demonsrate that Hume’s argument on miracles lives up to its reputation as an “abject failure”! RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/david-hume-miracles-parts-1-2/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jogS7ZN0his Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/David-Hume%E2%80%93Miracles-Part-1%E2%80%93The-Relevant-Background-Knowledge-e1oqudg

In this special episode, I'm a guest on Guy Powell's great Shroud podcast, "The Backstory on the Shroud of Turin", to discuss some of my more unique ideas related to studying the Shroud and its evidence for the truth of Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. We first get into my notion of how to identify miracles in general using intelliegent design and Bill Dembski's "Specfied complexity" criteria in my "Minimal Relevant Features" appraoch to studying the Shroud of Turin. We also discuss my rather unique and controversial notion that the dating of the Shroud as either medieval or first century is totally irrelevant to the question of whether or not the formation of the Shroud images constitutes miraculous proof (on a balance of probabilities) that Christianity is true and/or the religion that God wants us to follow to achieve our ultimate purpose in creation. RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/16/shroud-wars-interview-with-guy-powell-dale-guest-stars-on-his-podcast/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2KpRxlmc7g Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Shroud-Wars%E2%80%93Interview-with-Guy-Powell-Dale-Guest-Stars-on-His-Podcast-e1parik

Finishing off my series on Faith & Reason and the question of what one ought to do when one thinks that the arguments both for and against the existence of God are unpersuasive; here we look at two philsophers William Clifford and William James. Clifford argues that one morally ought to suspend judgement here and thus take the agnostic position whereas James argues tha when it comes to belief/disbelief in the existence ot one is able to choose either to remain agnostic or to believe in God (Atheism is not permitted here without arguments against God’s existence). RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/historical-perspectives-part-2-anslems-ontological-argument-faith-reason-scriven-pascal/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNSBI0XjdBM Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Historical-Perspectives-Part-2-Finale–Faith–Reason-Series-William-Clifford–William-James-e1p94bn

Moving on with my historical survey of philosophers from the past, I first take a look at the original ontological argument as laid out by the 11th cenutry philsopher St. Anselm. Then, I get into a series on Faith & Reason and the question of what one ought to do when one thinks that the arguments both for and against the existence of God are unpersuasive; here we look at the Atheist Michael Scriven who argues for a Presumption of Atheism and Blaise Pascal who argues one would be prudent to believe in Theism via his famous Pascal's Wager argument from expected utility. RSM Blog (with free scholarly sources) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/historical-perspectives-part-2-anslems-ontological-argument-faith-reason-scriven-pascal/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvhpa_WrZq4 Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Historical-Perspectives-Part-2%E2%80%93Anslems-Ontoligical-Argument%E2%80%93Faith%E2%80%93Reason-Scriven%E2%80%93Pascal-e1p8gsc

I had some guests reschedule some shows or later in the month and so I figured I would put on a bonus solo show whereby I present and evaluate 3 Classical or Historical arguments for the existence of God. Starting with Cosmological arguments, I first evaluate Thomas Aquinas' "2nd Way" argument showing that all natural things have an ultimate or uncaused effiecient cause (i.e., God) of their existence. Next, I turn to Samuel Clarke's argument that even an infinite series of dependant things requires an independant external explanation of it's existence via God. Finally, I switch gears and focus in on William Paley's famous argument from analogy for design via his "Watchmaker" analogy. RSM Blog (with the free papers and links to other RSM related shows) = https://realseekerministries.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/historical-cosmological-teleological-design-arguments-for-god-thomas-aquinas-samuel-clarke-william-paley/ YouTube Video = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XvV-GEQ4gE Audio Only Link = https://anchor.fm/real-seeker-ministries/episodes/Historical-Cosmological%E2%80%93TeleologicalDesign-Arguments-for-God-Aquinas%E2%80%93Clarke%E2%80%93Paley-e1ojomu