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15 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Brothers Andy and TJ Ingrassia discuss various topics related to their Evangelical Christian upbringing, faith, worldviews, and all manner of things.
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Episode 15: The Problem of Evil with Emily McCarty
May 23, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode, we're joined by Emily McCarty, a doctoral student at St. Louis University studying Philosophy of Religion with an emphasis on the problem of evil. Her advisor is Eleonore Stump, one of the most well-respected Christian philosophers in the world today. So... she knows her stuff!
Ep 14: Atheist Delusions
July 26, 2021 03:00 - 2 hours - 89.9 MBAndy and TJ are joined once again by the inimitable Rachel Ferguson. Rachel threw down the gauntlet, suggesting that they read David Bentley Hart's book "Atheist Delusions", then have her on to discuss it. Challenge accepted! In addition to the book, they discuss secular morality, the possibility of separating Christian ethics from Christian metaphysics, Aquinas' "Five Proofs" and the "uncaused Cause", and more.
Ep 13: Ideologies and Stupid People
June 22, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Josh Hedlund, who was in the CHS class of 2006 with Andy. Josh pushes back on some of Andy's original Manifesto claims, they discuss the role that religious ideologies play in motivating humanity to not rape and pillage, and how most people are pretty stupid (present company excluded obviously).
Ep 12: Sensus Moralitatis
April 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBAndy and TJ are joined by their first repeat guest, Sam Tunnell. They discuss a secular basis for morality, Sam Harris's "The Moral Landscape," and other topics. Other resources: Andy's main argument is based around Sam Harris' "The Moral Landscape." You can also watch Sam Harris's TED Talk on The Moral Landscape. Sam mentioned Rebecca McLaughlin's "Confronting Christianity" as having powerful arguments from the Christian perspective. Andy mentioned a couple of YouTube channels that he...
Ep 11: Rachel Ferguson, Part 2
January 19, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBThis is Part 2 of our conversation with Rachel Ferguson. She's the Director of the Liberty & Ethics Center and the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at Lindenwood University. She was also Andy's college Philosophy professor. Unbeknownst to us before the night we recorded, our parents and Rachel's parents knew each other since the 1970's and were responsible for our dad "getting saved", so that was a very serendipitous connection. In this part we talk about economics and politics, more...
Ep 10: Rachel Ferguson, Part 1
January 19, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBThis is Part 1 of our conversation with Rachel Ferguson. She's the Director of the Liberty & Ethics Center and the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at Lindenwood University. She was also Andy's college Philosophy professor. Unbeknownst to us before the night we recorded, our parents and Rachel's parents knew each other since the 1970's and were responsible for our dad "getting saved", so that was a very serendipitous connection. In this part we talk about Rachel's story of growing up...
Ep 09: Godless Heathens... Unite!
October 29, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Brian Farmer, brother of Andy's high school flame. He's an atheist who's never really had an extended conversation about his atheism with other people, so hopefully it was cathartic and not too traumatizing for him. Extras... - Brian talked about "The Thief in the Night", a film series from the 1970's about the Rapture. You can watch it on YouTube here. - The documentary about the debates between Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson, called "Collision", can be...
Ep 08: Biblical Criticism With Dr. Alan Meyers
October 03, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Dr. Alan Meyers. Dr. Meyers is Professor Emeritus of religion at Lindenwood University as well as Parish Associate at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. Andy and TJ both took classes with Dr. Meyers while at Lindenwood. We talk about "biblical criticism" (or the "historical-critical method"), as well as the difficulty of squaring the findings of biblical scholarship with the fundamentalist perspective. Biblical criticism is "the process of establishing...
Ep 07: Properly Basic Beliefs
August 27, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Sam Tunnell, who was in Andy's grade at Christian High School (class of '06). Andy and Sam were also in the same "Christian Ministry" undergraduate program at Lindenwood University. Sam is a pastor in St. Louis. He also co-hosts the podcast "Please Be Reasonable". They discuss Alvin Plantinga's philosophy of "Properly Basic Beliefs", axiomatic assumptions, what it means to be a Baptist, John Hick's book "Philosophy of Religion", faith deconstruction, hell, and othe...
Ep 06: What Does TJ Actually Believe?
August 01, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBAndy and TJ are guest-less (thanks Covid!), which worked out well because they needed to clarify some things anyway. Andy attempts to figure out what the heck TJ actually is, and TJ raises some critiques of Andy's thinking.
Ep 05: A Really Good Story
July 19, 2020 22:00 - 2 hours - 92.5 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Andrew Stout, who was in TJ's grade at Living Word Christian School. After a brief homeschooling rebellion, Andrew returned to CHS. He got his bachelor's in Philosophy from Lindenwood (sharing many of the same professor's Andy had in the Christian Ministries program), then got his Masters from Covenant Theological Seminary. They discuss their shared experiences at Living Word/CHS, the New Covenant church system in St. Louis, charismatic Christianity, the metaphysic...
Ep 04: The Grimm Reaper
July 03, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBAndy and TJ are joined by Justin Grimm, a pastor from Ohio. In high school Justin and TJ had overlapping friend/church groups and were vaguely acquainted. After hearing the first couple episodes of the podcast, Justin reached out with some pushback, specifically on some of Andy's arguments in his Manifesto. Naturally they invited him on for a battle to the death. Not really. It was a great conversation.
Ep 03: TJ and Rob Get Sorta Abducted in Guatemala
June 14, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 89.9 MBAndy and TJ are joined by their first guest, Rob Graham. Rob grew up next door to their dad and has been connected to their family for many years. TJ wants to be just like Rob when he grows up. In the first half of the episode, Rob shares the story of his faith journey while Andy attempts to pin down exactly what the heck Rob actually believes. In the second half, TJ and Rob recount their story of being temporarily abducted at gunpoint in Guatemala in 2017. Other Stuff: - The Thomas Pain...
Ep 02: Andy Has Emotions... Apparently
May 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAndy walks TJ through his "Some Thoughts on Faith" manifesto (found here) and gets pretty worked up in the process. TJ shares a story from his psilocybin experience and pushes back on some of Andy's arguments. There's a fart, which may or may not have been added in post-production. Additional Resources: Andy talked about John Hick's "Philosophy of Religion" book that greatly influenced him in college. You can find it on Amazon here. TJ referenced Jordan Peterson's lecture "The Phenomeno...
Ep 01: TJ Wants To Be A Good Boy
May 22, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBAndy interviews TJ about his experience growing up in the Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian sub-culture. They discuss their experiences growing up in a Christian home, going to a Christian school, their beliefs about God and hell, and other stuff. TJ dropped a shameful plug for his Object Lesson channel on YouTube, which tackles a lot of the same issues discussed in this episode. Check it out if you're interested in such things: https://bit.ly/3d1hWEM We both have nasally voices (the 2n...