Ep 420: Dialogue | Anthony Magnabosco | Caleb (2A) | Thresholds (Creationist Bridges The Gap)

Summary: After sharing a few emails to coordinate, Caleb and I agreed to meet at a location of his choice to revisit his God belief and discuss our previous encounter. This is the first half of our second talk. Watch video(Part 1 of 2) here: https://youtu.be/IXzCdauGc_8 While it took me some time to upload this second talk with Caleb (recorded December 2018), I'm glad I finally did. I think our second talk shows how much growth Caleb and I experienced over the years since our first encounter in 2014. Even as I watch this encounter today I can see improvements since this chat. This can be both exciting and frustrating, particularly when people may have only watched older examples, form a view on SE, and then miss out on the improvements we've developed over the years. In short, never stop watching SE videos—we're evolving rapidly! This idea of the "totality of the circumstances" (or in other words "there's just so many reasons for my belief that shaking a few reasons won't affect my overall confidence that the claim is true") is very common, albeit frustrating when you encounter it. If a reason serves to bolster one's confidence, the realization that a reason cannot be justified to one's own standard should have a corresponding impact if it is no longer a viable option in the mix. Location: San Antonio, Texas Recorded: 4 December 2018 Released: 26 November 2020 Note: Our first chat was recorded on June 1, 2014, which was the same day I arrived with the printed contradiction for Street Preacher Troy (see the Bonus section of this video for that). thresh·old /'THreSH (h)old/ noun 1. a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. [Or in this case, a bridge] 2. the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco (follow me) YouTube: https://youtube.com/magnabosco210 (tons of videos) Facebook: https://facebook.com/magnabosco210 (like my page) Website: https://anthonymagnabosco.com (contact me, appearances) SE Resources: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-resources SE Community: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-community SE Discord Server: https://discord.gg/sKap3zM Skip ahead to a desired point in the talk: -- Intro: 00:01 Thresholds: 00:03, 07:40, 09:42, 14:33, 18:19, 22:36, 26:21, 27:52, 28:22, 29:43, 30:06, 36:38, 37:14, 42:21, 42:27, 46:27, 55:09 Flashbacks: 00:20, 00:34, 00:49, 01:01 Catching-Up: 01:30 Reset Button: 03:00 Recording Consent: 03:17 Microphone Geekery: 04:13 Rapport Building: 04:13 Modeling Wonder: 04:20, 24:12 Pausing: 04:48 Observing: 05:47, 11:30, 22:29, 22:40 Youth Group: 06:13 Must Hear Better: 07:27, 19:10, 38:42 Preaching: 07:40, 14:13 Spiritual Gifts/Evangelizing: 07:52 Remember the Alamo?: 09:25 Repeating: 09:58, 10:30, 13:14, 19:30, 20:03, 23:22, 26:12, 26:52, 32:37, 39:11, 43:36, 48:52 What Got Anthony Started?: 11:49, Those Sneaky Street Preachers!: 12:16 Criticizing Ourselves: 13:37 Read the Comments?: 16:01 Evolution: 17:10 Commending: 20:44, 57:03 Spin the Wheel (Defeasibility): 21:03, 23:41, 25:35, 28:49, 34:26 Contradictions: 24:41 Totality of the Circumstances: 26:47, 30:29 Are You an Atheist?: 29:14 Storytelling: 33:40, 34:59, 52:35 Reassurance: 39:45 Faith: 46:04, 50:21, 56:53 -- Note: Add 35 seconds to these timestamps if listening to the podcast version of this talk. Audio correction provided by Philipp Grzemba. Intro Music 'Three Wise People' by E's Jammy Jams, provided by YouTube. Music provided by Jim Rhodes, with Dan Harris on lap steel. Links to References in Video: Watch 1st talk w/Caleb: https://youtu.be/aTztSJ-0yYc Watch Playlist w/Troy: https://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-TROY Mistakes: I say "conjuncture" instead of "conjunction." Recorded w/Go-Pro. Edited w/PowerDirector. The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily shared by members of my family and friends.