Is the Soul Incorruptible?
CultureCast16 Touko 2022

Is the Soul Incorruptible?

In this episode I go over an argument for the immortality of the soul from St. Thomas Aquinas. The idea is that the soul can grasp unchanging principles, while the senses are rooted in a specific time and place. I tie this idea into Plato’s Theory of the Forms, which holds that there are supra-sensible ideas that are abstract patterns for all concrete realities. The mind’s ability to grasp the general formulations of mathematics makes a compelling case for its distinctness from the body.

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Walt Whitman, Minor Prophet: Founder of a Post-Christian Religious Myth

Walt Whitman, Minor Prophet: Founder of a Post-Christian Religious Myth

In this episode, I discuss Walt Whitman's for a post-Christian religion. Whitman was influenced by deism, which sought a rational religion that did not include elements of revelation. Whitman rejected...

19 Elo 202030min

The Endgame of the World Economic Forum For the Coronavirus: Untact

The Endgame of the World Economic Forum For the Coronavirus: Untact

In this episode, I discuss some of the grand ambitions of the World Economic Forum in the post-Covid world. I discuss how they are working to double down on social distancing, reinvent sexuality and m...

17 Elo 202030min

Why is the World So Screwed Up? The Gnomic Will!

Why is the World So Screwed Up? The Gnomic Will!

In this episode, I discuss a controversy in the sixth century Church over the nature of the will (or wills) of Christ. The Monothelite heresy claimed that Jesus, even though he had both a human and a ...

16 Elo 202021min

Are Christianity and Socialism Compatible?

Are Christianity and Socialism Compatible?

In this episode, I address the issue of the compatibility of socialism and Christianity. I argue that socialism does not cultivate compassion through forcible seizure of property, and it actually stem...

15 Elo 202034min

Ideas Behind RussiaGate

Ideas Behind RussiaGate

In this episode, I analyze the philosophical beliefs of key players in the RussiaGate story. I focus specifically on the ideology of Strobe Talbott who runs the Brookings Institution. Talbott is a fir...

11 Elo 202038min

Is God Living A Solipsistic Nightmare?

Is God Living A Solipsistic Nightmare?

In this podcast, I consider a bleak article by blogger Benjamin Cain, that can be found at http://the rabbitisin.com/the-nightmare-of-god-152c2cc8694b. In this article, Cain advances the thesis that G...

10 Elo 202028min

The Phenomenon of the Sublime

The Phenomenon of the Sublime

In this episode, I discuss the phenomenon of the sublime, a peak experience involving a pleasure because of terror at being overwhelmed. It can occur when overpowered by an experience of the awesomene...

9 Elo 202022min

Challenging the Umwelt

Challenging the Umwelt

This is an episode on how to break out the limited presuppositions and perspectives of our place in history. We each have an Umwelt that is an incomplete map of reality. You can find the article on wh...

7 Elo 202011min

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