Reasonable Faith Podcast
Questions on Brute Facts, Nihilism, and the Elegance of Math
Dec 18, 2023
Exploring the concept of a necessary being, rationality of believing in Jesus without empirical evidence, contradictions between God's mercy and justice, the unreasonable applicability of mathematics to the physical world, and the intriguing concept of the universe's mathematical description.
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- A necessary being, such as God, exists by the necessity of its own nature and explains the existence of all contingent beings.
- Belief in Jesus is rational based on the objective witness of the Holy Spirit, convicting individuals of sin and confirming the truth of the story.
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The nature of God as a necessary being
The podcast discusses the concept of a necessary being and how it differs from a brute fact. It is argued that a necessary being, such as God, exists by the necessity of its own nature and that its non-existence is impossible. This is in contrast to a brute fact, which has no explanation. The speaker explains that God's existence is not just a brute fact, but rather a metaphysically necessary being that explains the existence of all contingent beings, including the universe.
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