CC225: Are Demons Real? Christian vs. Atheist Debate

In this informal debate, atheist philosopher Ben Watkins and Christian philosopher Dr. Shandon Guthrie discuss the reality of demons. Are there good reasons to think that demons actually exist? Ben Watkins' YouTube channel Real Atheology: @realatheology Dr. Guthrie's website: http://www.sguthrie.net/ Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4T5pK6om9M Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity

There's a common objection to the Kalam Cosmological Argument that goes something like this: we never actually experience anything beginning to exist, we only ever experience new arrangements of pre-existing material. Hence, since we don't experience things really beginning to exist, the Kalam's causal principle is left unsupported. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Justin Mooney, a philosopher specializing in mereology (the study of part-whole relations) to discuss whether this objection has any merit. Link to the YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HNs2HpPSfk Our Website: www.capturingchristianity.com Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/capturingchristianity