What do you think before you think? What are the blind spots and starting assumptions that you don’t even know you have? If you get your starting assumptions wrong, every view you have on politics, family, religion, money, etc. will be wrong. In this episode we talk about presuppositions and how to find your starting point.

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0:00 Understanding Presuppositions and Their Impact on Critical Thinking6:27 Exploring Presuppositions in Stories, History, and Science13:00 Challenging Presuppositions in Politics, Family, and Religion24:41 The Influence of Presuppositions on Religious Beliefs and Debates29:08 Uncovering Presuppositions in Business and Personal Beliefs

Dr. Dan Wallace is the Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies (Emeritus) at Dallas Theological Seminary and the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. He is one of the world's leading experts on the thousands of different manuscripts that are used to reconstruct the New Testament. How do we know what the New Testament really said if we don’t have any of the original manuscripts? Regardless of your worldview, this interview is fascinating.

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If God is all-good and all-powerful, then why is there evil in the world? Don’t say, "because of human free will” because we destroy that answer in this episode. Also, don’t say, “to make him more glorious” or “to bring him more glory” because we destroy that answer too. Does the existence of evil disprove God’s existence? Join us as we explore the philosophical issue of theodicy.
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