What is 'truth' in a post-truth world? Live debate with Kristi Mair vs Dr Shaun Stevenson

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Welcome to this week’s Unbelievable? Podcast! 🎙️ Today, we dive into some profound and challenging questions surrounding the concept of truth in our modern, post-truth world 🌍. Recorded live, this episode features an engaging debate between two distinguished scholars: Kristi Mair 📚, Apologist, Author, and Lecturer at Oak Hill Seminary, who is completing her PhD in Philosophical Theology, and Shaun Stevenson 🧠, a Lecturer in Philosophy at MMU with a particular interest in the philosophy of death. Together, Kristi and Shaun explore deep questions such as: 🔍 What is truth in a post-truth society? ⚖️ Is there such a thing as absolute or objective truth? 🧐 Why is the debate about truth so crucial in today’s world? 🗣️ Can "my truth" be trustworthy? ✝️ What unique perspectives does Christianity offer on these tough questions? This episode is divided into two parts. In the first, our debaters tackle these deep and often controversial topics from their unique academic perspectives. The second part features a lively Q&A session with our young audience 🎤, where attendees pose challenging questions, pushing the discussion even further. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation that delves into the essence of truth, its role in our lives, and how we can discern what is 'true' in a world where the concept of truth is increasingly questioned. 🤔 **Got more questions or thoughts? Drop them in the comments below or email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for more insightful discussions and debates in future episodes! 🎧 #Truth #PostTruth #Philosophy #Christianity #Debate #UnbelievablePodcast #KristiMair #ShaunStevenson #QandA • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:45.0	The truth matters because we want to think carefully, logically about whether or not things are coherent and they make sense.
0:57.0	It's very important as people for us to have truth, but why?
1:01.0	People are saying, look, facts no longer persuade us, feelings do, and how do we even know what is true anyway, because everything is open to corruption in some way?
1:11.0	I was a very staunch absolutist for a time.
1:14.0	Reason would reach a certain limit and then you would have a leap of faith or a categorical
1:18.4	leap.
1:19.4	It's like, well I can't justify this rationally.
1:21.7	If you have a post truth world,
1:24.4	what you're left with is a post justice world.
1:27.0	This is Mirislav Wolf.
1:28.6	And he says that a post truth, post justice world looks just like
1:32.0	North Korea or Syria.
1:36.4	Hello and welcome to the Unbelievable podcast where Christians and non-christians come together
1:41.0	to discuss the topics that matter to all of us.
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