Eternal Christendom Podcast #35 | Why Believing in God Makes Sense of So Many Things ( @ClassicalTheist )
Aug 13, 2025
This week’s guest, Classical Theist, is a passionate Gen Z catechist and apologist who transitioned from atheism to embracing the Catholic faith. He shares insights on why belief in God is rational, examining philosophical foundations and critiques of modern atheism. Discussions dive into the challenges of faith in contemporary society, the relevance of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the complexities of navigating belief in the digital age. The conversation offers a compelling exploration of faith, reason, and the transformative power of the Eucharist.
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From Poor Catechesis To Online Apologist
- Classical Theist recounts being raised Catholic with poor catechesis, falling into New Atheism, then reverting in 2014 after discovering scholasticism.
- He started a YouTube apologetics channel in 2017 and now focuses on metaphysics and Catholic intellectual tradition.
Metaphysics Reveals God As Ground Of Being
- Metaphysics studies being as such and asks what unifies all particular things into intelligible being.
- That inquiry points to an irreducible subsisting being (God) as the grounding of all participation in existence.
Unity Requires A Subsisting Source
- Recognizing an underlying principle of unity explains why multiplicity exists and requires a source of unity.
- That source, whose essence and existence are identical, is what classical theism calls God.
