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Real Seekers
I'm a person sincerely interested in seeking religious truth, for years I studied and did my best to seek out the truth about God's existence, the existence and nature of the afterlife and which religion might be true and/or endorsed by God. At the end of my searching, I came to the conclusion that Christianity is the religion that God wants me to follow and believe. I hope to help other "real seekers" in their journey to finding the same truth that I did. I can be reached via email at…
Episodes
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What is Christian Faith?
What does it mean to have "faith" in Christianity? David the Skeptic and Dale the Christian discuss this question.
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What's it Like to Go to Hell? (with Chris Date and David Russell)
In this special episode of S&S, I'm joined by David Russell and Chris Date to discuss whether Hell is best thought of as quarantine zone of eternal conscious…
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Shroud Wars Debate Round 5- Mark Antonacci vs. Hugh Farey (with Teddi Pappas)
Alright, well after almost a year from my last Shroud Wars Debate, the time has come to once again pit a Pro-Shroud expert vs. a Shroud-skeptical expert to…
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The Historicity of the Jericho Conquest
Did god cause the walls of Jericho to fall? Dale tries to make the case.
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David Smalley- The Atheist Perspective
What happens when Dale meets David Smalley in a surprise debate? Find out.
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Luis Dizon- 5 Areas of Discussion
Special guest Luis Dizon went from being one of the leading Protestant preachers to a member of the Catholic church. Find out what else is interesting about…
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Natalie Collins- The Voice of God
Does god speak directly to you? He speaks to this week's guest.
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Helen Paynter- Discussing Biblical Violence
Helen Paynter presents her scholarly research on how to make sense of Biblical violence.
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 10)- Assessing the Powder-Rubbing & Dusting Artistic Mechanisms (MRF’s 5-7)
This is the final solo episode that I posted about the Shroud on the old S&S website. In Parts 9 & 10 of our Shroud series, we shall be assessing the second…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 9)- The Powder Rubbing/Dusting Method Round 1
In Parts 9 & 10 of our Shroud series, we shall be assessing the second major “Ordinary Artistic” mechanism- the Powder-Rubbing and/or Dusting technique (the…
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Justin Brierly- Is Christianity Unbelievable?
For about 12 years now, I have been tuning in every Saturday morning to listen to the Unbelievable? Podcast to hear a Christian and non-Christian engage on a…
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Gary Habermas: Easter Special- Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?
Happy Easter everyone, world-renowned scholar, Resurrection expert and my own good friend and mentor Dr. Gary Habermas joins me to discuss his “Minimal Facts…
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Soul/Substance Dualism Discussion After-Show- Dale's Take on the Meta-Problem of Consciousness
After having a great conversation on substance dualism with Robert L. White and Travis R., I realized that I kind of let Travis down by not giving the…
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Debating Consciousness & Soul/Substance Dualism- with Robert L. White (Dualist) & Travis R. (Type-C Physicalist)
I’m joined by my friends Robert L. White (Christian host of the Robert L. White show) and Travis R. (Skeptical blogger from the Measure of Faith Blog site) to…
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Contrasting Evidences for Islam v. Christianity w/ Expert Luis Dizon
Luis Dizon, PhD student in ANE studies, joins me to share his extensive knowledge on the various evidences that Muslim apologists and believers use to prove…
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Is Christian Heaven/Salvation Worth It?
In this episode, the Skeptic tries to argue that Heaven and/or Christian salvation (as disclosed in the Bible) is not worthy of his pursuits. I counter him by…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 8)- Refuting the Painting Hypothesis Finale
In Part 8, we finish our analysis of the traditional “Painting Hypothesis”, we assess all of the Pro-Paint and Contra-Paint evidences discovered scientifically…
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Shroud Solo Show (Parts 6 & 7 Combined)- Criterion B. & The Traditional Painting Hypothesis
In this episode I edited out the Audience Q&A portion of Part 6 after I explain how Criterion B. of my G-Belief Authenticating Event criteria work and then I…
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Reasonable Disbelief or Irrational Atheism
It is often claimed by Atheists that they simply lack belief in God and what's more they are apparently "rational" in doing so. In this episode we examine…
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Right to Reason- Trinity & Incarnation
I guest star on Robert Stanley's Right to Reason Podcast on the logical coherence of the Trinity & Incarnation and we get into some other off-topic issues as…
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Jesus Mythicism- The Definitional Debate
The Atheist host of S&S, David J., is a radical hard-core Jesus Mythicist, but he wants to argue that perhaps the Mythicist movement should include more than…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 1)- Intro & 1988 Carbon Dating
In the first part of my study on the Shroud, we shall provide a brief introduction to what the Shroud of Turin is and address issues pertaining to the…
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Shroud Wars Debate Round 4- Joe Marino (Pro-Shroud) vs. Hugh Farey (Shroud Skeptic)
Continuing on in our final S&S Shroud Wars Debate series, we come to Round 4 whereby, once again, Shroud skeptic Hugh Farey will have to battle it out against…
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Shroud Wars Debate Round 2- Proving the Shroud is NOT Medieval
Well folks, its that time again! Round 2 of our Shroud Wars series. The topics include; i) Contra-Medieval Evidence #1– The Argument from Art…
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Shroud Solo (Part 3)- Proving the Shroud Dates Back to the 1st Century (and Linked to Historical Jesus)
In the final part on the question of Shroud historicity in our series on the Shroud; I present some of the evidences both for the Shroud dating back to 1st…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 2)- Proving the Shroud Dates back to the 5th-6th Century A.D. (at the Latest)
Part 2 in our Shroud study outlines the Pro-Shroud case for the historicity of the Shroud of Turin, here we provide 3 major “historical anchor evidences” which…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 5)- Minimal Relevant Features #6-7
In Part 5 of our Shroud study, we will finish off discussion of the final two “Minimal Relevant Features” (MRF’s) which will be used in evaluating the various…
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Shroud Solo Show (Part 4)- Minimal Relevant Features #1-5
This will be the first of two Podcasts discussing what I call the Shroud images’ “Minimal Relevant Features (or MRF’s for short), whereby I will discuss the…
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The Vindication/Resurrection Prediction Argument- Double Warrant or Double Dipping?
Hypotehtically, if one could prove that the historical Jesus predicted his death and subsequent Resurrection/Vindication and further prove that Jesus was in…
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Shroud Wars: Debate Round 3- Bob Rucker (Pro-Shroud) vs. Hugh Farey (Shroud Skeptic)
In the third installment of our Shroud Wars debate series, two Shroud experts, Bob Rucker (Pro-Shroud) and Hugh Farey (Shroud Skeptic) go head to head to…
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Shroud Wars: Debate Round 1- Is the Shroud Provably Medieval?
Well folks, its finally here! Round 1 of the big showdown between Dale (Pro-Shroud) and his nemesis Alan (the Shroud skeptic). The topics that will be covered…
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Dr. Michael Brown- Answering Jewish Objections, Homosexuality & Charismatics
Dr. Michael L. Brown comes on the show to discuss some Jewish objections to Jesus, issues pertaining to biblical sexuality and the Charismatic movement.
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Randal Rauser- Interpreting Genesis
Randal Rauser gives his take on how to read the early chapters of Genesis.
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Tony Costa- The Ontological Argument
Dr. Tony Costa joins us to discuss the Ontological Argument for God's existence.
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Anthony Magnabosco- Street Epistemology
I really like Anthony Magnabosco, his approach to ding Street Epistemology whereby he respectfully probes people of various worldviews to understand why they…
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Drew Sokol- "Christ-Haunted" in a Faith Tug of War
The former Christian co-host of Hinge and Room for Doubt comes on our episode to explain his recent deconversion but explains that he still sees many of the…
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Shroud of Turin’s Bloodstains: An Interview with Blood Expert Dr. Kelly Kearse
In this special interview, Shroud expert and scientist Kelly Kearse has reached out to me to say that he’d like to provide a unique perspective on the Shroud’s…
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Shroud Wars- Barrie Schwortz Interview
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…
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Trinity & Incarnation Debated (Round 2)- The Logical Coherence of the Incarnation of Jesus
In this really long episode 2 Atheists (David & Andrew) and a Christian (Dale) debate the Logical Coherence of various Philosophical models of the Trinity and…
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Trinity & Incarnation Debated (Round 1)- The Logical Coherence of the Trinity
In this really long episode 2 Atheists (David & Andrew) and a Christian (Dale) debate the Logical Coherence of various Philosophical models of the Trinity and…
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The Trinity & Incarnation Debated- Old Testament
David and Dale duke it out over whether the Christian doctrines of the Trinity & Incarnation are consistent with the Old Testement (aka. The Jewish Scriptures).
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Sean McDowell: The Historicity & Fates of the "12" Apostles
Dr. Sean McDowell is a famous biblical scholar and Christian Apologist. He is the son of legendary Christian apologist Josh McDowell but Sean stands out on his…
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Proscenium/Ask an Atheist Anything- Professor Paul Bali on Philosophy, Science & Religion
In this special treat, I (Dale the Christian) and my non-Christian university professor, Paul Bali, join Andrew and Matt as guests on the Ask an Atheist…
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Proscenium/Ask an Atheist Anything- The Burden of Proof
In this show, we tackle the question when it is that an Atheist bears the burden of proof when dialoguing with a Christian. Specific discussion on the burden…
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Gary Habermas- Dealing with Doubt
Dr. Gary Habermas was not only one of own personal mentors during the time I was dealing with my own doubts, but he has come to be a personal friend of mine…
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Craig Keener- The Reliability of Acts of the Apostles
Dr. Craig Keener, a highly respected New Testament scholar known for his meticulous and comprehensive research details his research on the historicity of the…
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Lydia McGrew- Historicity of the Gospels (Alternative Methods)
Dr. Lydia McGrew provides a different approach to reading the Gospels (and the Bible as a whole) in terms of assessing their reliability. She believes that…
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Michael (Mike) Licona on the Historical Reliability of the Gospels
Dr. Michael (Mike) Licona discusses his views on the Gospels and how his research on their reliability; he argues that the majority of New Testament scholars…
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Debate on Christianity- Robert Stanley Guest Stars
We interview Robert Stanley from the Right to Reason Podcast to discuss various issues including; i) Is the Bible true?, ii) Religion and Politics- Is a…
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Signs & Wonders (Part 3)- Miracles Debated with Robert L. White (Christian) & Matthew Taylor (Atheist)
Miracles. What are they? How does one identify and evaluate them? Are there any actual examples of such that Christians can point to? Two Christians and an…
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Discussing the Meaning of Life- Marvin Wallace (Christian) vs. David Johnson (Atheist)
The human predicament is something that continues to baffle the world's best and brightest- Why am I here? What happens to me when I die? Most thoughtful…
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Dr. Paul Bali on Prophecies- Communications from on High
In this episode, I interview my former University professor on his area of expertise; prophecy. As a non-Christian he has an interesting take on what prophecy…
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The Soul & Substance Dualism Part 4
This is the final part of my lecture series on Substance Dualism (i.e. the existence of the soul). Here we look at 4 skeptical arguments against the existence…
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The Soul & Substance Dualism (Part 3)- 2nd Issue of Contention: The Nature of the Conscious Subject
his is Part 3 of series on Substance Dualism- here we address the second issue of contention of the Mind-Body Problem- providing Positive arguments for the…
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Miracles of God- How to Identify and Evaluate Signs & Wonders
How does one go about Identifying and Evaluating Miracles of God in general. I argue that the Specified Complexity" criteria of Intelligent Design proponent…
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The Soul & Substance Dualism Series Part 2
This is the second part of the series on the existence of the soul & substance dualism- here we assess the nature of mental properties and states (the first…
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The Soul/Substance Dualism Series Part 1
This is the first of 4 supplemental episodes on the nature and existence of the human soul (i.e. substance dualism); this will be an general introduction to…
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Jesus Mythicism Debated- Dale (Historicist) vs. Kevin Francis (Mythicist) on the Right to Reason Podcast
Robert Stanley of the Right to Reason Podcast hosts both Dale (Christian/Jesus Historicist)and Kevin Francis (atheist/Jesus Mythicist from the Left at the…
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Jesus Mythicism Refuted (Part 1)- Evaluating the Evidence from Non-Christian Ancient Historians
In Part 1 of this series on Jesus Mythicism (originally posted on the S&S show), I evaluate the evidence from 4-5 ancient historians; Thallus & Phlegon…
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What is Truth?
In this episode, I wish to address one of the most foundational questions of General Epistemology- what is the nature of truth itself?