Noah McKay, a philosophy Ph.D. student at Princeton, joins me to discuss his recent conversation to Catholicism, Catholic miracle evidence, whether the Bible predicts a succession of popes, and Catholic sexual ethics.
Video of this interview is available on YouTube.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:53 From Protestantism to Catholicism: the initial case
00:02:24 Craig Keener and the evidence for Christian miracles
00:04:35 Fine-tuning, the resurrection, and other arguments for Christianity
00:05:33 How Joe Schmid helped change his theological views
00:07:13 Marian apparitions, Eucharistic miracles, and Catholicism
00:11:18 Overcoming objections to Catholic theology and history
00:14:26 Why Noah initially rejected the papacy
00:16:24 The biblical case for papal authority
00:22:19 Scripture, tradition, and divine revelation
00:24:21 Does the papacy preserve Christian unity and truth?
00:30:11 Peter, Paul, and the case for apostolic succession
00:48:10 Can the Catholic Church really claim to preserve unity?
01:06:08 How strong is the evidence for Catholic miracles?
01:14:00 Can miracles override moral and philosophical objections?
01:19:07 Catholic sexual ethics, moral intuitions, and disagreement
01:32:37 What philosophical position is Noah most uncertain of?
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