Street Epistemology

Recorded: 22 July 2018 Published: 22 July 2018 Released: 29 November 2018 Watch video of talk here: https://youtu.be/bWOkfEBnOF4 The tables get turned in this one, with Michael asking me what I believe in after we talked for a few minutes about his beliefs. How do we talk with other people about their beliefs while being honest about our own? Michael believes God exists because of an experience he had where he prayed for God to reveal himself, and then a song played that was just the song he felt he needed at that moment in his life. He attributes this to God, so we talk about that, as well as the possibility that such an experience is due to mere coincidence, and how we might distinguish between these two possibilities. Michael shows a high degree of doxastic closure, so we also discuss what might change his mind. After talking about what be believes for a few minutes, he then asks me if I believe in God. So I get to answer some of his questions related to my non-belief in God, which deals with the authori