by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 20, 2020 | Book Review
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph HenrichMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Ten years ago, the author of this book, Joseph Henrich, wrote a journal article with the same title as...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Nov 8, 2020 | Philosophy, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
(…and everything else, too) In one of the apologetics presentations I give, I ask the audience to shout out as many logical fallacies as they can in 15 seconds and they usually list about seven. I then ask them to shout out all the psychological biases that they...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Oct 28, 2020 | Apologetics, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Theology
I’m working on my Ph.D. in psychology and in a recent class of mine, we were discussing the trolley problem in the context of moral development. My professor ended by saying, thankfully, we don’t actually have to make these difficult choices in real life because...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Sep 20, 2020 | Apologetics, Theology
1Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire....
by Jay Medenwaldt | Sep 13, 2020 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Psychological Apologetics
It’s been a while since I’ve written a classical apologetics article that gives evidence for Christianity so I thought I’d get back into it, but with a little twist. Rather than just present arguments and explain the reasons why I believe...