Can Science Explain Everything? ( only 2.49 minutes)
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
John Lennox vs Peter Atkins - Can science explain everything? LIVE DEBATE
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Sigmund Frued and C.S. Lewis Debating "The Question of God"
The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi Jr., Robert Whitfield, et al.
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/program/int_nicholi.htmlAn Interview with Dr. Armand Nicholi Harvard University professor and author of The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
Q: You have been teaching a popular Harvard course on the question of God for more than 30 years. What was it about the subject of faith versus science that originally sparked your interest?
A: As a practicing psychiatrist, I came to realize that one's worldview, or how one answers the basic questions concerning meaning, values, purpose, identity, motivation and destiny, influences not only who we are, but how we live our lives. Taking it to the next level, it was important for students, I felt, to have the opportunity to critically assess the arguments for both the worldview that they embrace and some form of the worldview they reject.
Q: Who are Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, and why did you choose to focus on Freud and Lewis specifically?
A: The founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud's great impact on our culture has led historians to speak of the 20th century as the century of Freud. C.S. Lewis, a celebrated Oxford don whose literary and religious works, including the widely popular children's series The Chronicles of Narnia, is perhaps the 20th century's most popular proponent of faith based on reason. Together, Lewis and Freud, the believer and unbeliever, represent conflicting sides of ourselves. Both are eloquent and incisive spokespeople for the worldview the other attacks.
Q: You describe Lewis as a celebrated Oxford don, literary critic and perhaps this century's most influential and popular proponent of faith based on reason. What does it mean to base faith on reason?
A: Faith based on reason is faith based on critical assessment of evidence that leads one to a strong conviction. For example, assessing the historical authenticity of Biblical documents might strengthen one's conviction in what one believes is true or not true...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Akhenaten, Moses & the Origins of Monotheism
This lecture by Dr. James K. Hoffmeier examines the debate surrounding whether the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten was a monotheist and if there is a historical connection to Moses.
Key takeaways:
- Defining Monotheism: Dr. Hoffmeier defines monotheism as the exclusive worship of one deity and the denial of others. He argues that by the ninth year of his reign, Akhenaten moved from henotheism (worshiping one god without denying others) to a form of true monotheism, famously summarized as "there is no god but Aten" (3:42-5:57).
- Historical Context: Akhenaten reigned during the 18th Dynasty (1353–1336 BC). He abandoned the traditional, powerful cult of Amun-Ra at Thebes, established a new capital at Amarna, and aggressively purged the names and images of other gods across Egypt (6:43-15:21, 34:04-36:33).
- Theophany Theory: A central thesis presented is that Akhenaten likely experienced a personal theophany—a direct encounter with the divine—which transformed his religious perspective. This is suggested by his obsession with building thousands of altars and the discovery-oriented name of his temple, Gampa-Aten (37:47-42:52).
- Connection to Moses: Regarding the popular theory popularized by Sigmund Freud that Moses learned monotheism from Akhenaten, Dr. Hoffmeier concludes there is no historical evidence for this connection. He cites significant chronological and geographical discrepancies between the two figures, noting that Akhenaten's religion collapsed immediately upon his death, while Mosaic religion endured (47:01-51:34).
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Who was the Pharaoh of Exodus?
Ancient Egyptian Ipuwer papyrus & Exodus
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Netanyahu & Jewish 3rd Temple, Red Heifer and Messiah
https://youtube.com/shorts/EBGXSpTd6gQ?si=wWyjV6G8syugNkOx
Dome of the Rock, shrine in Jerusalem built by the Umayyad caliph ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān in the late 7th century ce. It is the oldest extant Islamic monument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQhyx777G68
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dome-of-the-Rock
Explore the history behind the Islamic shrine Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in JerusalemLearn about the Dome of the Rock, the oldest extant Islamic monument, which was completed in 619–692 in Jerusalem.
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The structure is situated on a flat elevated plaza known to Muslims as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (“The Noble Sanctuary”) and to Jews as the Temple Mount (the site where the Temple of Jerusalem once stood). According to Muslims, the rock above which the dome is constructed is the spot from which the Prophet Muhammad was taken up into heaven for an encounter with God (an event known as the Miʿrāj). Nearby, on the southern extreme of the plaza, is Al-Aqṣā Mosque; Muslims believe the Prophet was miraculously transported there from Mecca on the night of his encounter (see Isrāʾ). The term “Al-Aqṣā Mosque” is commonly extended to denote the entire plaza and, consequently, to the Dome of the Rock itself