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	Prolegomena of the history of religions - Réville, Albert, 1826-1906 Keywords: Philosophy of religion Downloads: 126
	Ant killer - The verification principle - Stephen A Richards This short movie explores the notion of verification, by considering how we can know a statement is true prior to any experiential verification of it. For instance, how do we know that the statement 'Ant killer' on a tin of insect repellent is true (i.e that the spray kills ants)? Many would claim that the statement is factual, because the spray actually does kill ants! However, how we can know this is a 'fact', prior to using the spray for the first time? In terms of the wider subject matter, t... Keywords: Philosophy of Religion; God; verification; Logical Positivism; religious language; ants; insect repellant; MTN; cable access Downloads: 349 Average rating: (0 review)
	Fizzy drinks - The problem of evil - Stephen A Richards This movie clip explores two major Christian approaches to understanding why there is evil and suffering in the world, using an analogy with a can of fizzy drink. In the first example, the contents of a fizzy drink can are seen to 'explode', because it has been shaken beforehand. This is compared to the Freewill Defence, which says that bad things happen in the world because we choose to do them. The second example suggests that bad things happen in order that we might learn not to do certain th... Keywords: Philosophy of Religion; religion; God; evil and suffering; theodicy; fizzy drink; MTN; cable access Downloads: 426 Average rating: (0 review)
	Cooked Chicken - Aquinas' First Way - Stephen A Richards This fun educational movie explores the first of Thomas Aquinas' three arguments (or proofs) for God's existence, using an analogy with cooking chicken. Aquinas' first way is often understood to be about motion, but this is not entirely accurate. Aquinas is actually talking about how things move from a state of potentiality to actuality, which he argues is something begun by God, and this is illustrated in this video by following the process of defrosting and then cooking a piece of chicken... Keywords: philosophy of religion; religion; Thomas Aquinas; God; proof of God's existence; religion; Christianity; mtn; minneapolis; cable tv Downloads: 1,736 Average rating: (0 review)
	New and old buildings - Aquinas' second and third way - Stephen A Richards This is the second movie in this series, exploring topics in the philosophy of religion. The first movie considered Aquinas' way of motion. This second movie outlines the second and third of Thomas Aquinas' three arguments (or proofs) for God's existence, using an analogy with new and old buildings. In the second way, Aquinas sets out how the idea of causation (things needing to have a cause), can lead us to the notion that God exists... Keywords: Philosophy of Religion; Thomas Aquinas; God; proof of God's existence; causation; contingency; buildings; Mill City; MTN; Minneapolis; cable tv Downloads: 556 Average rating: (0 review)
	Bridges - The design argument - Stephen A Richards This short clip explores the notion of design, by using an analogy with a bridge. In terms of design arguments for the existence of God, these can be set out in two different ways. Firstly, there are arguments from design. These consider the way things are in the world, and whether this suggests that God created it. Secondly, there are arguments to design. These consider how things should be (or what evidence there would be), if the world had been designed and made by God... Keywords: Philosophy of Religion; design; design arguments for the existence of God; God; proof of God's existence; arguments to design; arguments from design; bridge; MTN; cable access Downloads: 363 Average rating: (0 review)