A Disciple and a Doubter
Kevin is a disciple of the Christian faith through and through. Jackson, not so much--he is plagued by doubt. Listen in as the two discuss--and sometimes debate--the existence of God, the problem of evil, the meaning of Christ’s resurrection, and a host of other matters pertaining to Christianity. Follow us on Medium as well if you're interested in keeping up with the dialogue in written form: https://medium.com/a-disciple-and-a-doubter.
Episodes
In this 33rd and (likely) final episode of A Disciple and a Doubter, Kevin and Jackson recap their friendship, their faith journeys, and the course that the podcast ended up taking over its 33-episode, year-long history. Was it truly an "adventure of a lifetime"?
In Episode 32, Kevin and Jackson discuss the second joyful mystery of the Rosary: the Visitation - when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, visits her cousin Elizabeth, miraculously pregnant in her old age with John the Baptist.
In this 31st episode, Kevin and Jackson discuss the first joyful mystery of the Rosary - the annunciation to Mary.
In the 30th edition of the podcast, Kevin and Jackson investigate the first 5 chapters of Aristotle's famous Nicomachean Ethics. They discuss Aristotle's three modes of living (pleasure, politics, contemplation), and if contemplation (the highest mode of living for Aristotle), is reconcilable with Christianity.
In this latest edition of the pod, Kevin and Jackson discuss the concept of no-self, which is at the heart of the Buddhist faith, and whether or not it is reconcilable with Christian doctrine.
The podcast is ruined! God, who is always meddling about (ugh), has annoying intervened once again and ruined yet another good thing. After all, how can A Disciple and a Doubter continue on has it has for all these months when the Doubter is now a Disciple?! Tune in to find out more...
In this episode, Kevin and Jackson discuss one point of agreement Jackson has with the Catholic faith: confession, and one point of contention: the exclusion of other religions.
In this episode, Kevin and Jackson discuss the topic of Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton's 2005 paper, Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) - and namely, is it enough to simply be good people, or do we need something else in order to be worthy of salvation?
In this episode, Kevin and Jackson discuss the teaching put forth by the Catholic Church that the Eucharist contains the Real Presence of Christ, and that salvation is, at least to some extent, contingent on whether or not one accepts this.
This week, Jackson's friend (and future famous philosopher) Emilio joins the podcast to discuss what it means for any religion, Christianity included, to be true. Is there only one true religion? Does it even matter what religion one adheres to? Does any religion capture capital 'T' Truth, or do all just contain lowercase 't' truth to greater and lesser degrees?
In this 23rd episode of A Disciple and a Doubter, Kevin and Jackson return to Scripture after a long hiatus--and, for the first time, they discuss text a from the New Testament: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans. Martin Luther, the controversial figurehead of the Reformation, famously said that Romans, "is truly the most important piece in the New Testament," and that every Christian should not only, "know it word for word," but also...
Last episode was so thrilling, Kevin and Jackson had to continue the conversation here, in Episode 22! Tune in to find out how their discussion on free will versus fate concludes, so as to find out for yourself: am I truly, radically free, or has all of this been written since the dawn of space and time?
After a two-week hiatus, A Disciple and a Doubter is back with a BANGER 21st episode!! Kevin and Jackson discuss quite possibly the most fundamental topic in all of philosophy and theology--free will. More specifically, they debate whether or not human freedom does exist, or even can exist, based on the preconditions of the universe. BUT BE WARNED...discussing free will can be terrifying. Don't listen to this episode unless you are...
In this episode, the disciple and the doubter discuss one of the Bible's more challenging books--the Book of Job. They seek to understand why God allows Job to suffer in the first place, and also try to make sense out of the answer God gives to Job at the end of the book, which supposedly explains why Job suffers.
In this episode, Kevin and Jackson reply to a commenter on a recent videos of theirs, who laid out twelve reasons why they (they being the commenter) do not believe in God, nor see a reason to.
In this episode, Kevin and Jackson once more revisit non-literal readings of the Old Testament, and how these readings can reveal a meaning far deeper than if we were to merely take the text literally. Their discussion centers around the theme of Order versus Chaos in Exodus, and how that theme manifests in the very depths of our psyche.
In this latest edition of the podcast, Kevin and Jackson discuss Biblical literalism and non-literalism; they focus particularly on Dr. Jordan Peterson's religious thinking, and how it might inform on the tension between literalism versus non-literalism. Questions tackled include: What do we even mean when we use the word 'God'? Can anybody really be an atheist? Did the Exodus literally happen? Enjoy!
Have you ever wondered why you feel very little, if anything at all, upon receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist, despite the fact that it is said to be the literal body of Christ? Tune in to the thirteenth edition of the podcast to hear Kevin and Jackson's thoughts on both this question and others pertaining to the Eucharist, such as whether or not those who never receive this holiest of sacraments are going to hell?
One might expect that the Holy Bible, a text which is supposedly true for all of time, would explicitly condemn one of the worst evils known to man, that being slavery. And yet, not only does the Bible fail to condemn slavery, there are multiple instances in which God even provides instruction for how to properly own slaves. What are we to do with this? Does this render the Bible totally worthless and untrue? Tune in to Episode 12 ...
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