A hodgepodge episode centered around the topic of the recent resurgence of anti-Catholicism, especially on the American Right, with a focus on the historical roots of these biases. First, a discussion with Adam from Incarnational Inkwell about the X/Twitter post promoted by Senator Ted Cruz outlining a vast conspiracy theory equating historical Catholic doctrines with a plan to spread antisemitism and undermine political Evangelicalism. Next, a clip from an older talk explaining the controversy surrounding the phrase "Christ is King". Finally, a discussion borrowed from my recent youtube video examining the different types of religious persecution, using the Star Wars Expanded Universe for illustrative examples.

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/vXqGec3urCFind me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfMcCoigeKo-fi if you'd like to donate with a message or subscribe: ko-fi.com/ProfessorMcCoigeMy PayPal if you'd like to donate directly: paypal.me/ProfessorMcCoigeRelated Materials: Joe's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8VUCM7URt4Ted's tweet: https://x.com/tedcruz/status/2033258527372738590Adam's blog post on the theology of K-pop Demon Hunters: https://incarnationalinkwell.substack.com/p/a-lesson-about-moral-theology-fromMy video on the Kingship of Christ: https://youtu.be/UelZxlqif2EReligious persecution of the Jedi: https://youtu.be/U6xtnt0VvxIMy review of Cavanaugh's "The Myth of Religious Violence": https://professormccoige.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/the-myth-of-religious-violence/Cavanaugh's summary of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjq2wnHePeMOn conservative cultural relativism: https://youtu.be/o9mX-uE2QeoIntroduction to McInerny's "Ethica Thomistica": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7cuZvRbwIMy Stupid Little Podcast episode on monotheism: https://youtu.be/L7GBO0iBDhwMy Star Wars EU playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3sERPPxxSv98gFCFRLelCn9iIbaQz6F6

Another solo episode of my Stupid Little Podcast, this time examining some of Plato's dialogues for some of Socrates' theology. I argue (tentatively perhaps) that Socrates was an early monotheist, one of the sources of the Classical Theistic tradition.

This episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/L7GBO0iBDhw

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Related Materials:

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, 1a.Q11.A3: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1011.htm#article3Early education in Republic II: https://youtu.be/05_tv7z-IFYA brief discussion of the trial of Socrates in the Apology: https://youtu.be/GZgL4WlahdoDavid Bently Hart's article "God, gods, and fairies": https://firstthings.com/god-gods-and-fairies/Audio version of the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrT8qs8HGRoHart's book "The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, and Bliss", can be found here: https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780300167337_A23633491/preview-9780300167337_A23633491.pdf

I'm flying solo in this episode of my Stupid Little Podcast, where I discuss God's relationship to time, and what that tells us about His relationship to us.

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Related Materials: C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book IV, Chapter 3.Anselm, De Casu Diaboli (On the Fall of the Devil), Chapter 21. Trans. Thomas Williams (Hackett Publishing). Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars, Question 10, Articles 1-5: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1010.htmC.S. Lewis, Perelandra, Chapter 2. A discussion of the philosophy of time and Marvel's Loki: https://youtu.be/vT_EYs0RSPcMy discussion of Anselm's De Casu Diaboli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzZSSCInao0A brief overview of some of the Thomistic terminology we were using: https://youtu.be/2ed9h9fPql4