Episode 15: Soul Man

In this episode of the Theopologetics Podcast I interview Dr. Glenn Peoples in part 2 of our discussion concerning Christian physicalism, challenging him with a number of biblical passages which seem to contradict his position. This second interview spanned 2 hours, so I’ve split it up into two parts, this being the first. See episode 16 for the second part.

• Sam & Dave, Soul Man, from the This is Sam & Dave album, 2009 (orig. 1967)
• Survivor, Eye of the Tiger, from the Survivor: Greatest Hits album, 1993 (orig. 1982)

• Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierley.
  • Available on Premier Christian Radio in the United Kingdom, Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm.
  • Also available in the Unbelievable? podcast (new episodes posted shortly after they air).
• Say Hello to my Little Friend, aka the Beretta Cast, with Glenn Peoples.
  • Glenn also created my podcast’s theme music, so visit his Theme Music New Zealand for all your theme music needs.
  • Glenn’s podcast series, “In Search of the Soul”
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
    • Part 4 (in which Glenn addresses the metaphysical argument I bring up in this episode)
    • Part 5
• Date Power!, my competitive powerlifting blog
• Physicalism resources
  • Christian physicalists
    • Peter van Inwagen, Nancey Murphy, Joel Green, Warren Brown
  • Books: the Book Depository offers free postage worldwide, and buy purchasing books via these links you will help Glenn Peoples out at no extra cost via his affiliate account with the Book Depository
    • Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature
    • What About the Soul?: Neuroscience and Christian Anthropology
    • In Search Of The Soul: Perspectives Of The Mind-body Problem
    • Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will
    • Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible
    • “The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting,” in Reason for the Hope Within

• Occasionalism: a philosophical theory about causation which says that created substances cannot be efficient causes of events. Instead, all events are taken to be caused directly by God himself.

• Resurrection the only way to survive death
  • 1 Corinthians 15:30-32
  • 1 Corinthians 15:18 – Physicalists do not believe the dead have “perished”
  • 1 Corinthians 15:19 – “Hope in this life” refers not to when hope is felt, but that in which hope is placed
• “With all your soul”
  • Deuteronomy 4:29; 6:5; 10:12
  • Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27
• “Soul and spirit”
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23
• Mediums and “familiar spirits”
  • Leviticus 19:31; 20:6,27; Deuteronomy 18:11
  • 1 Samuel 28:7-19
• Appearances of the dead
  • 1 Samuel 28:7-19
  • Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36
• “Body and spirit”
  • Romans 8:10; 1 Corinthians 14:14; Matthew 26:41; 1 Corinthians 7:34; 2 Corinthians 7:1
  • James 2:26; 1 Corinthians 5:5
• “Receive my spirit”
  • Psalm 31:5; Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59; Ecclesiastes 12:7
  • Hebrews 12:22-23
• “My soul is troubled”
  • John 12:27; Luke 1:46-47
  • Genesis 35:18; 1 Kings 17:21
• “Restores my soul”
  • Psalm 23:3; Psalm 19:7
• “God of the living”
  • Matthew 22:31-32
• “Has eternal life”
  • John 5:24
• “Souls” in Revelation
  • Revelation 20:1-4
  • Revelation 6:9-11