Ep 030: Will | Testing Dramatic Faith | Street Epistemology

Ep 030: Will | Testing Dramatic Faith | Street Epistemology San Antonio, Texas 2 December 2015 More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Playlist of My Top Five: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TOP5 Playlist of Str_eet Epi_stem_ology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Playlist of Austin: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-AUSTIN Although I was heading back home after conducting three hours of interviews, I agreed to meet with Austin's friend Will, who is also apparently associated in some way with Christian evangelism (the brief exchange with Austin that precipitated the talk with Will is included at the end of this video). Will places himself around the 99 percent mark on the confidence in his belief that Jesus exists. After some questioning, it became apparent that Will's high degree of confidence would be lowered drastically if he was unable to employ special, or dramatic, faith. Regarding the testability of faith, I felt that we were talking past each other until I introduced to shopping list example (the same example used on my second talk with Austin). It's not the perfect metaphor, but it seemed to clarify things. These days I prefer not to use the word "falsifiable" (because it is commonly confused as saying their belief is not true), but since Will brings it up, I used it here. Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210