"How to Stay a Christian in College" is an excellent read for the young person at that stage of life. Protestant viewer here, and long-time appreciator of J. His college book was so good, when I discovered he'd become Catholic, it's the first occasion that gave me insight into Catholicism as something other than what I'd heard. Oh and the satisfaction discussion reminds me of C.S Lewis, "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."
I had Budziszewski as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin back in the early 2000s. Great class. Neat to see him here all these years later. It was awesome to see how he so easily and unapologetically popped the intellectual ballon of so many secular progressives in class. “But, but…”. After a while most just got quiet and listened. It all made too much sense and was too obvious to deny. Brilliant thinker.
What a surprise this conversation has been. What a gifted thinker and speaker J. Budziszewski is. What clarity of mind he has to express rather complex ideas, definitively the sign of intelligence. However, what has struck me the most is the hope and joy he reflects. Please, have him back again! I would love to hear a conversation with him and Jordan Peterson about happiness and like a hundred things more... Matt, great conversation. You make your audience happy :)
I had him as a professor as an undergraduate philosophy major. I've gotten a master's since then, but he is still the best professor I have ever had. His lectures were always great, and he inspired one to really spend the time to go deep into the assigned readings. We did a whole class on what the Founders read that were foundational in their political philosophy, and I don't think he has ever moved that material into a book to be widely shared; I hope he makes that a project one day.
Matt, pretty much, the best interview you've conducted! I've got to search out everything J.Budziszewski has written!! I need to incorporate his insights and make his conversations my own. He so clearly verbalized what lives in my heart and mind, which I often had difficulty formulating within me and ultimately sharing with others. Great thanks!
You know what’s funny? I was raised as a Protestant, my mom is a lapsed Catholic, I was given Dr. J’s book “How to Stay Christian in College,” as a graduating high school senior, 7 years later I become a Catholic by “coincidence” and gift this same book to my younger brother who’s starting college now and now I find out that Dr. J is Catholic and a Thomist too 🤯🤯🤯. What a great influence he had on my decision and perseverance to remain Christian in an ever secular environment and society 🙌🏾
1:24:18 made me break down in tears. I'm so alone and can't hardly ever get to Church (no money, no health). No one speaks to me when I go there. But it's literally the only option. Only authority. "It's probably me that's wrong." I feel you, brother.
Amazing talk! Again I'm gonna recommend having Dale Ahlquist, Founder of Chesterton Academy, on the show. He is the world's foremost expert on Chesterton and a great guy!
I was captivated by this conversation right from the start. He has a wonderfully clear, open, and thoughtful way of expressing himself and so much wisdom in his words.
This interview, and the recent interview with Ralph Martin, are the best content I've found in recent months. Both interviews were inspiring and contributed to my growth in holiness. Thank you.
It was such a blessing to have him as a professor in college! I am now in law school and I re-read his books often and constantly recommend his books to my friends. I also still regularly check his blog posts and look back at my notes from class to reference things. What a great interview! Loved it!
I’ve been waiting for one of the younger Catholic media figures to host this man for a long time. Thanks for arranging this-I’m really looking forward to it!!
Professor Budziszewski was tough, but he challenged all of us to think harder and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who better understands natural law philosophy. Excellent educator for UT.
Great interview, Matty. I always learn so much from articulate, (usually formerly atheist) converts. He connected a lot of dots for me in understanding their inner-dialogue, and the games they play with them selves in order to self affirm their stance. Thanks as always, brother. 🙏🏻
I was listening to St. Teresa of Avila's interior castle and it reminded me of a couple of moments I've had where in contemplation I was taken out of myself and experienced bliss. Time seemed to disappear. This was a few years ago now but the memory stays. For me it is like a taste of heaven. It felt like being in the presence of love. For me since I still have life challenges. I'm not a saint, just more aware of my sinfulness and recognising the ongoing need to be awake and wanting to understand and reconcile. It is hard to describe just know there is an ongoing call to move towards this aliveness.
When Dr. B talks about how one desire can enhance the other. When I see my kids doing something adorable my love for them swells and then it sends my heart aches. I desire as a dad to protect and provide for them but I know that ultimately only God can provide as abundantly for them.
Matt I am finishing up my Exodus90 journey right now and it has totally changed my view on fasting and suffering. I highly recommend it for men who feel like they are too attached to worldly pleasures.
@@studiomegamiarchviz Exodus 90 is a 90-day exercise of prayer, asceticism(fasting/abstinence) and fraternity. It is meant for men and Matt mentioned it in the video, the link to their website is in the description. You can do it any time of year and they also have smaller exercises but it was origionally meant to be done the 90 days before easter, thus I am just finishing up this week.
That seems to me the task of philosophy: they question common sense, they examine all the structures underneath things, and then you realize that common sense is correct. But it is a very worthwhile project.
CS Lewis’ “Surprised by Joy” is all about how the Joy he felt from certain beautiful things always pointed him towards God, but it took him 20 years to even realize that
There are so many moments that make this a next level, stupendous conversation! Seriously, one of my all time favorite Pints episodes (and of any podcast for that matter).
I pray for more work so I can be able to afford all the books you recommend on this channel.. 💜 This is such a healing episodd for me especially about spousal happiness.
I have one, tiny complaint. Just a little one. I wish y'all would have discussed his book "The Revenge of Conscience." I heard Dr. Budziszewski interviewed about this book on Catholic radio one morning years ago and went out and bought it. Really helped me to understand more of the inner dynamics of those who fight against Christian civilization, and are so adamant and angry in their justifications. I'm forever grateful to Dr. Budziszewski for this.
He gave the BEST answer ever to the problem of suffering/evil. Same answer I like to give. Laughed out loud when he said he used that female student as an example of why the Founders distrusted passion as a basis for politics! I was blessed to have a high school education where I wrote a thesis based on Budziszewski's book _Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law_. I remember a difficult but interesting part of the book was about the ways the knowledge of the natural law can be obscured from the individual.
Amazing interview Matt! Watched this about a year ago and thought it was fantastic, 2nd run through was just as good. Definitely need a return of this man.
great program again (listening to this a year and a half later)... I'm not a beautiful, attractive, intelligent supporter, but at some point, I'll give you money... you're earning it.
A very satifying and rewarding listen. The interview intelligently and compassionately explores the discipline of philosophy and the world of ideas as these affect the real world and vice versa. A truthful and intelligent talk. My kudos to the interviewer and the interviewee for bringing such clarity for me to our human condition.
1."THE HAPPY PERSON IS USUALLY CONFIDENT AND SHE/HE FACES LIFE WITH A WHOLESOME MENTAL ATTITUDE; HE/SHE HAS A SOUND, EMOTIONAL OUT LOOK, AND IS NOT EASILY UPSET BY DISTERBANSES" HE/SHE IS NOT CONCERNED WHEN NEW HURDLES ARISE" - Dr. CLYDE M. NARRAMORE, ED. D. 1958) 2. "HAPPINESS IS WHAT U THINK, WHAT U SAY, WHAT U DO ARE IN HARMONY" - M. GANDI 3. "THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IS HUMILITY" - ANONYMOUSE) - By Saba K. And I was born in Middle East, now Christian CATHOLIC & Canadian
I was raised Catholic ,attended Catholic school and ALL my relatives were Catholic...I left the church in 75. All I ever witnessed was rejection, guilt, physical abuse and lies. In 1999 I started attended a protestant church and found love,acceptence, and in Jesus Christ, and redemption. I went to a Catholic funeral 7/21/23 . We were asked to pray to the saints and Mary for the child who passed away. I prayed to Jesus instead. At communion, only Catholics were able to recieve this most holy sacrement. If Jesus was standing in for the priest, He would have said, " Come, all of you ,and taste the glory and love of my Father through me. ALL are welcome at my table. The priest said," You can come up to the altar, but you aren't good enough to recieve the Body and Blood of Christ here but I will bless you if you do come up." ... I walked out and prayed for a big revelation in the Catholic churches.then I prayed for everybody, and to forgive and take away my anger and sadness for being rejected again. PS. great piece though. ..nuff said.loveya
I am sorry you weren’t fed back when you were a Catholic, but believe me when I say the priest isn’t trying to bar non-Catholics from the blessed sacrament to withhold for the worthy, but to protect your soul. To partake in Communion with Catholics is to affirm what the Church believes and teaches, and to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord when not in a mindset to affirm those things is to, as Paul wrote, bring damnation upon yourself.
Wonderful interview. I have found that the ONLY worldview that is completely coherent and consistent with reality is Roman Catholicism especially when one considers Aquinas' Final Cause.. what.. Who.. moves us to truth, beauty and goodness. The good professor is excellent at these matters. At what matters.
It goes back to Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI in 1968, he outlined where this would go. Also mention the people destroyed by abortion - the children and the women.
About common sense, one might say that the purpose of philosophy is to dismantle common sense, and then to show that common sense is actually correct, to establish the foundations of common sense.
you can find the full splendor of god in this life, but bliss is hard to maintain, easier and arguably.. even better, mere peace to be cultivated, but thanks for talking about this
Also, they mention how different temperaments are more open to this idea of greater longing. I wonder if people who have greater susceptibility to the principle of reciprocity feel this more. That when they're given something good or beautiful people who feel reciprocity more are perhaps aware of the good itself or the beautiful itself.
@2:48:50 biological or clinical depression doesn’t really work that way. That’s like telling someone with a broken leg, “ok, I think you can walk now.” Mental illness doesn’t just stop out the blue for people who have a chemical imbalance. It can take years to figure out the right medications that restore or balance out a person’s brain chemistry.
45:46 @Pints With Aquinas it is very important to understand that regardless of your view on its ethical implications transgenderism isn't new, intersex people, people who claim not to live as either a man or as a woman, and people who perform a sex idenitity other than the one they were born with have existed basically forever. Their entrance into mainstream culture is new, sure, but that can be explained by the fact their genuine desire to be treated like people has been hijacked by both sides of American politics (and sadly some Church leaders) for culture war purposes. It is a difficult issue and a real problem but acting like a bunch of wokesters invented gender dysphoria for fun last weekend is just disingenuous.
@Patrick Cooney: Gender Dysphoria had been around for a very long time, yes, but it is (or at least was) an extremely rare condition. And it used to take very diligent diagnostic tools to evaluate the actual situation of a person. Nowadays, the only things that matter are feelings, it seems, and it is seen as appalling to question feelings (I never understand why that should be so negative, to be sceptical). For a medical lay person, gender dysphoria used to be something unheard of because of its scarce cases. I do have doubts that the prevalence actually did change that much. That being said, every human being fully deserves our affection and respect as a person made in the image and likeness of God. But to treat someone like people does not mean to support all his or her desires.
Dear Patrick, Thank you for clarifying. This is such an apt fact. There is serious engagement with historical, medical and psychological data that is needed, to philosophize coherently about transgender identities. Currently I worry that our philosophical and theological anthropology is not attentive to medical and psychological data. I understand that our metaphysics ties us our Church to her current positions. I am not convinced that sufficient pastoral thought (duly informed by science) has been put in though, without which our purely metaphysics based discourse may not aid those in the margins - those suffering from gender dysphoria in this case. Thank you again Patrick, for bringing this up, and showing that we ought to be true to the full data that is available to us, and that we ought not to be selective in our learning if difficult matters (for that's being disingenuous). May God bless you and keep you safe and well. Sending you the peace of Christ, all the way from India!
Another idea - I don't have to worry about trying to be happy, since God wants me to be happy, wants to make me happy. As long as I choose to stay close to him.
"why didn't Nietzsche just write 'there is no God's rather than 'God is dead'"? Because Nietzsche was one of the most penetrating and influential writers in history whose writings will be influential and useful for a long time. even religious thinkers find him useful, for example, Pastor/Professor Carl Trueman and the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
At about the 2 hour mark there is a discussion about the love between spouses cannot fulfill the deeper desire for the eternal because we are not the eternal. But wait! We are eternal souls and we will indeed live forever, either in heaven or hell, but eternal nonetheless. So is it another possible answer that the unfulfilled longing is the knowledge that we are not the PERFECT eternal, which God puts the awareness of that into our souls?
We actually do not have eternal souls, but immortal souls. Eternal means without end OR beginning, whereas immortal means living forever. Only God is eternal.
I accept the logic of the natural law argument about the functions of body parts to an extent, but where it seems to fall down is the assertion that not using them strictly according to purpose is necessarily harmful. It's like telling someone who was born without arms that it would be wrong and harmful to use their feet to pick up things because then they'd just be treating their feet like an inferior version of arms. It seems to me that even if procreation is the core function of our sexual organs, there may be cases where using them in other ways is still better than not using them at all (or trying to force yourself to use them the "correct" way if you're not physically or mentally/emotionally oriented that way). Thoughts?
The only thought i have is that the Church officially teaches that if The genitals aren't used to procreate, the act isn't just sinful, but mortally sinful. Be careful. Sexual sins are some of the worst.
On the question of desire, and specifically the unfulfilled desire that points beyond the world. As I think about it from the opposite view (the atheist / materialist view) I can imagine an atheist posing this objection, and I think this is what the off-camera guy is trying to get at... Having an unfulfillable desire could be an evolutionary benefit because it could drive you to never stop trying to achieve. All desires that can achieve satiety eventually stop driving you. You reach a moment when the desire is fulfilled and you are no longer driven. If a desire is never satiated though, it could drive you indefinitely and thus you may achieve much more than you would otherwise. In response to that point, I would posit the following two points... 1. it is not clear that this would actually be an evolutionary benefit because such a desire is just as likely to cause despair and depression, leading to lethargy at best, and suicide at worst. 2. In order for this to actually be a benefit, it would require a belief that the desire can be satisfied. Thus, in this case, the atheist argument essentially simply means that Religion is an evolutionary imperative that is necessary to the proper functioning of the human animal / species. This would mean that being an atheist then is actually essentially immoral even from the evolutionary stand point because it is harmful to the survival of the species. From the Christian point of view, I would posit this question... The speakers have been talking about achieving final happiness as a state of complete satiation of desire in which there is nothing more to be desired. in light of an infinite God, and the fact that our very nature as humans seems to suggest that happiness is linked to fulfilling desires, is the idea of final satiation with no more desire actually valid? Is final happiness a state in which there is nothing more to be desired, or is it a state in which we are constantly desiring, and yet also constantly having that desire satisfied? If God is infinite can we desire him infinitely, and be infinitely satisfied? Also, I think my answer to the question of "in what does Happiness consist?" would be "in the fullness of being." or stated another way, in becoming fully and perfectly who and what you were meant to be.
As a student of biology who's been thinking about these things lately, this is something I haven't been able to wrap my mind around by any means other than God. Our ability to introspect so deeply so often leads us to destroy ourselves, undermine our social bonds, or even abandon positions of relative reproductive and social security to seek an intangible sense of "happiness" that doesn't contribute one iota of our genetic material to the species' pool - or seek oblivion, like you point out, which is the furthest thing from adaptive I can think of. Are there other animals with "endless desires"? More importantly, do their endless desires torture them existentially? What would be the POINT, from a fitness perspective, of being existentially tortured by even the most crucial needs, given that existential torture doesn't accomplish much in the way of sex or survival?
I find it very unnerving to hear that people still use wireless apps, things are great for me now that I have thrown away all of my electronics that put out harmful rf waves, L.E.D. screens/bulbs that cause addiction and will permanently damage the eyes. Particularly harmful to children and as we age. I cannot even walk down the road at night without very dark red glasses due to the complete lack of knowledge that Mr. L.E.D. is not your friend.
Plus the meditation from having actual alone time. No distractions, like with my fasting all day, it helps us pick out food that is healthier, same with talking, spells in the language so the less phone time i have on the office phone the better. Anything like tv or phone I find it best to stand up, I never sit less I am stuck in a car (which is extremely rare).
Yes, the birth control pill, though it was discovered by a Catholic doctor, I believe, to help women medically. He didn't know what it would be used for.
On your point on pascals wager, why not genuinely try every religion on the face of the earth? There are much more than two options;either not believing in the Christian God, or believing in the Christian God. You have to account for every other religion in the world. For the first 16 years of my life I prayed, repented, chose to baptize myself, and yet got absolutely no reassurance that he was real. Even if I had I would have assumed some type of auditory hallucination as those actually exist.
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Wow! Wow! Wow! Literally the most thought-provoking, interview on RUclips. This blew my mind. I'm watching this twice!
@YAJUN YUAN BIG thank you! This is amazing, now I can find my fav parts in an instant 😀
Me too.
seems like your mind is blown easily
@@pamelalc63 Wow! your comment just blew my mind too 😀👍
@@pamelalc63 Great comment, literally just blew my mind
"How to Stay a Christian in College" is an excellent read for the young person at that stage of life. Protestant viewer here, and long-time appreciator of J. His college book was so good, when I discovered he'd become Catholic, it's the first occasion that gave me insight into Catholicism as something other than what I'd heard. Oh and the satisfaction discussion reminds me of C.S Lewis, "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."
I had Budziszewski as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin back in the early 2000s. Great class. Neat to see him here all these years later. It was awesome to see how he so easily and unapologetically popped the intellectual ballon of so many secular progressives in class. “But, but…”. After a while most just got quiet and listened. It all made too much sense and was too obvious to deny. Brilliant thinker.
I think you should have this gentleman back on. Possibly with regularity. He’s very intellectual and easy to listen to. Thank you.
What a surprise this conversation has been. What a gifted thinker and speaker J. Budziszewski is. What clarity of mind he has to express rather complex ideas, definitively the sign of intelligence. However, what has struck me the most is the hope and joy he reflects. Please, have him back again! I would love to hear a conversation with him and Jordan Peterson about happiness and like a hundred things more... Matt, great conversation. You make your audience happy :)
I had him as a professor as an undergraduate philosophy major. I've gotten a master's since then, but he is still the best professor I have ever had. His lectures were always great, and he inspired one to really spend the time to go deep into the assigned readings.
We did a whole class on what the Founders read that were foundational in their political philosophy, and I don't think he has ever moved that material into a book to be widely shared; I hope he makes that a project one day.
Well well, I pop on for my regular Pints with aquinas fix and my uncle J is the guest! What a treat!
Matt, pretty much, the best interview you've conducted! I've got to search out everything J.Budziszewski has written!! I need to incorporate his insights and make his conversations my own. He so clearly verbalized what lives in my heart and mind, which I often had difficulty formulating within me and ultimately sharing with others. Great thanks!
You know what’s funny? I was raised as a Protestant, my mom is a lapsed Catholic, I was given Dr. J’s book “How to Stay Christian in College,” as a graduating high school senior, 7 years later I become a Catholic by “coincidence” and gift this same book to my younger brother who’s starting college now and now I find out that Dr. J is Catholic and a Thomist too 🤯🤯🤯. What a great influence he had on my decision and perseverance to remain Christian in an ever secular environment and society 🙌🏾
1:24:18 made me break down in tears. I'm so alone and can't hardly ever get to Church (no money, no health). No one speaks to me when I go there. But it's literally the only option. Only authority. "It's probably me that's wrong." I feel you, brother.
Prayers for you Kevin. May new friends and opportunities come into your life. God bless you
Prayers!!
We love you, Kevin. I think you should reach out to greet and talk to people, give them the honor/privilege to know you!
Thank you thank you thank you for having Professor Budziszewski on! One of my favorite thinkers of this age.
Amazing talk! Again I'm gonna recommend having Dale Ahlquist, Founder of Chesterton Academy, on the show. He is the world's foremost expert on Chesterton and a great guy!
Never heard of him before but we love G.K around here! Let's get him on!
J. is one of the clearest and articulate Catholic thinkers out there currently.
I was captivated by this conversation right from the start. He has a wonderfully clear, open, and thoughtful way of expressing himself and so much wisdom in his words.
This interview, and the recent interview with Ralph Martin, are the best content I've found in recent months. Both interviews were inspiring and contributed to my growth in holiness. Thank you.
It was such a blessing to have him as a professor in college! I am now in law school and I re-read his books often and constantly recommend his books to my friends. I also still regularly check his blog posts and look back at my notes from class to reference things. What a great interview! Loved it!
I’ve been waiting for one of the younger Catholic media figures to host this man for a long time. Thanks for arranging this-I’m really looking forward to it!!
Professor Budziszewski was tough, but he challenged all of us to think harder and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who better understands natural law philosophy. Excellent educator for UT.
Great interview, Matty. I always learn so much from articulate, (usually formerly atheist) converts. He connected a lot of dots for me in understanding their inner-dialogue, and the games they play with them selves in order to self affirm their stance. Thanks as always, brother. 🙏🏻
I was listening to St. Teresa of Avila's interior castle and it reminded me of a couple of moments I've had where in contemplation I was taken out of myself and experienced bliss. Time seemed to disappear. This was a few years ago now but the memory stays. For me it is like a taste of heaven. It felt like being in the presence of love. For me since I still have life challenges. I'm not a saint, just more aware of my sinfulness and recognising the ongoing need to be awake and wanting to understand and reconcile. It is hard to describe just know there is an ongoing call to move towards this aliveness.
When Dr. B talks about how one desire can enhance the other. When I see my kids doing something adorable my love for them swells and then it sends my heart aches. I desire as a dad to protect and provide for them but I know that ultimately only God can provide as abundantly for them.
Matt I am finishing up my Exodus90 journey right now and it has totally changed my view on fasting and suffering. I highly recommend it for men who feel like they are too attached to worldly pleasures.
What is this Exodus 90 if I may ask? Thanks
@@studiomegamiarchviz Exodus 90 is a 90-day exercise of prayer, asceticism(fasting/abstinence) and fraternity. It is meant for men and Matt mentioned it in the video, the link to their website is in the description. You can do it any time of year and they also have smaller exercises but it was origionally meant to be done the 90 days before easter, thus I am just finishing up this week.
I think I was supposed to read your comment. Thank you.
Thank you for talking about the struggle with believing. It’s often ignored
That seems to me the task of philosophy: they question common sense, they examine all the structures underneath things, and then you realize that common sense is correct. But it is a very worthwhile project.
CS Lewis’ “Surprised by Joy” is all about how the Joy he felt from certain beautiful things always pointed him towards God, but it took him 20 years to even realize that
A new book for my list, thanks!
There are so many moments that make this a next level, stupendous conversation! Seriously, one of my all time favorite Pints episodes (and of any podcast for that matter).
I pray for more work so I can be able to afford all the books you recommend on this channel.. 💜 This is such a healing episodd for me especially about spousal happiness.
Underrated conversation. This is one of the best program in the channel. Congratulations, Matt.
I have one, tiny complaint. Just a little one. I wish y'all would have discussed his book "The Revenge of Conscience." I heard Dr. Budziszewski interviewed about this book on Catholic radio one morning years ago and went out and bought it. Really helped me to understand more of the inner dynamics of those who fight against Christian civilization, and are so adamant and angry in their justifications. I'm forever grateful to Dr. Budziszewski for this.
This talk was simply fantastic! I really appreciate this guest!
Thanks Matt!
He gave the BEST answer ever to the problem of suffering/evil. Same answer I like to give. Laughed out loud when he said he used that female student as an example of why the Founders distrusted passion as a basis for politics! I was blessed to have a high school education where I wrote a thesis based on Budziszewski's book _Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law_. I remember a difficult but interesting part of the book was about the ways the knowledge of the natural law can be obscured from the individual.
Amazing interview Matt! Watched this about a year ago and thought it was fantastic, 2nd run through was just as good. Definitely need a return of this man.
I feel like i say this all the time, but this is one of my favorite guests of all time
great program again (listening to this a year and a half later)... I'm not a beautiful, attractive, intelligent supporter, but at some point, I'll give you money... you're earning it.
Wonderful! Great that he found his way back! he is a witness where he is.
Wow did this discussion open my eyes to an even deeper understanding of natural law and morality. Thank you so much for this!
Oh Matt this is one of my favorites. Stretched my spiritual muscles. Thank you
A very satifying and rewarding listen. The interview intelligently and compassionately explores the discipline of philosophy and the world of ideas as these affect the real world and vice versa. A truthful and intelligent talk. My kudos to the interviewer and the interviewee for bringing such clarity for me to our human condition.
One of the best episodes of Pints. Thank you.
Love J. Bud! Going to be a fun talk to listen to.
Amazing interview. I’m so grateful you posted it.
Absolutely great talk, what a wonderful and articulate man, you can tell he has a passion for teaching.
His book is absolutely beautiful and compelling! ❤️
I wish I had the professor’s equanimity and ability to think on his feet. Thank you!
A thought provoking conversation.
I dislike it when he assumes he knows when someone is using a ploy or trying to be manipulative.
1."THE HAPPY PERSON IS USUALLY CONFIDENT AND SHE/HE FACES LIFE WITH A WHOLESOME MENTAL ATTITUDE; HE/SHE HAS A SOUND, EMOTIONAL OUT LOOK, AND IS NOT EASILY UPSET BY DISTERBANSES" HE/SHE IS NOT CONCERNED WHEN NEW HURDLES ARISE" - Dr. CLYDE M. NARRAMORE, ED. D. 1958)
2. "HAPPINESS IS WHAT U THINK, WHAT U SAY, WHAT U DO ARE IN HARMONY" - M. GANDI
3. "THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IS HUMILITY" - ANONYMOUSE) - By Saba K. And I was born in Middle East, now Christian CATHOLIC & Canadian
The discussion around 2 hours on desire is very reminiscent of C S Lewis's The weight of glory and Sehnsucht.
Thank you for the great conversation
Love your show. I love the interviews. I love the lofi.
I was raised Catholic ,attended Catholic school and ALL my relatives were Catholic...I left the church in 75. All I ever witnessed was rejection, guilt, physical abuse and lies. In 1999 I started attended a protestant church and found love,acceptence, and in Jesus Christ, and redemption. I went to a Catholic funeral 7/21/23 . We were asked to pray to the saints and Mary for the child who passed away. I prayed to Jesus instead. At communion, only Catholics were able to recieve this most holy sacrement. If Jesus was standing in for the priest, He would have said, " Come, all of you ,and taste the glory and love of my Father through me. ALL are welcome at my table. The priest said," You can come up to the altar, but you aren't good enough to recieve the Body and Blood of Christ here but I will bless you if you do come up." ... I walked out and prayed for a big revelation in the Catholic churches.then I prayed for everybody, and to forgive and take away my anger and sadness for being rejected again. PS. great piece though. ..nuff said.loveya
You seem to have a pretty big ego.
I am sorry you weren’t fed back when you were a Catholic, but believe me when I say the priest isn’t trying to bar non-Catholics from the blessed sacrament to withhold for the worthy, but to protect your soul. To partake in Communion with Catholics is to affirm what the Church believes and teaches, and to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord when not in a mindset to affirm those things is to, as Paul wrote, bring damnation upon yourself.
I sure wish I'd crossed paths with this guy at UT. Thank you.
Matt, your face at 8:24 😮🤣🤣🤣
Praise God for you and your wife Cameron and the work that you do! Keep doing what your doing and calling on the Lord!
He is so bright!
Wonderful interview. I have found that the ONLY worldview that is completely coherent and consistent with reality is Roman Catholicism especially when one considers Aquinas' Final Cause.. what.. Who.. moves us to truth, beauty and goodness. The good professor is excellent at these matters. At what matters.
Really great conversation. Was this a prototype for Catholic ASMR? His voice is so soft and bassy 😂
It goes back to Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI in 1968, he outlined where this would go. Also mention the people destroyed by abortion - the children and the women.
Wonderful description of Nietzsche.
Sin, going against the natural law, eventually becomes ridiculous. That's the stage we're entering now.
Truth and love united!!!
Budsiszewski is amazing! (Even though spelling his name is not)
Bood jee shef ski...just say it quickly xd
Really excellent.
Thanks!
Loved reading his articles as a young man
Great conversation!
It kind of reminds one of Goethe's Faust - he makes a bargain with the devil: "If I ever think this world is enough, you can have my soul."
About common sense, one might say that the purpose of philosophy is to dismantle common sense, and then to show that common sense is actually correct, to establish the foundations of common sense.
you can find the full splendor of god in this life, but bliss is hard to maintain, easier and arguably.. even better, mere peace to be cultivated, but thanks for talking about this
Also, they mention how different temperaments are more open to this idea of greater longing. I wonder if people who have greater susceptibility to the principle of reciprocity feel this more. That when they're given something good or beautiful people who feel reciprocity more are perhaps aware of the good itself or the beautiful itself.
Enjoyable talk.
his frequent long pauses make me think my speakers went out haha
Would love to hear J Bud on Schopenhauer though!
Yes, the consequences take a while to set in. But we're going more and more in that direction, and picking up speed.
@2:48:50 biological or clinical depression doesn’t really work that way. That’s like telling someone with a broken leg, “ok, I think you can walk now.” Mental illness doesn’t just stop out the blue for people who have a chemical imbalance. It can take years to figure out the right medications that restore or balance out a person’s brain chemistry.
He’s the only one to debunk Darwinism in a few minutes.
Nice intro!
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Wkoncu Polska krew.... od razu widać że Polak 🙂
The way Matt says Kant is really borderline.
Patricia Sandoval! Please have her on the show!! People need to hear her story!
45:46 @Pints With Aquinas it is very important to understand that regardless of your view on its ethical implications transgenderism isn't new, intersex people, people who claim not to live as either a man or as a woman, and people who perform a sex idenitity other than the one they were born with have existed basically forever. Their entrance into mainstream culture is new, sure, but that can be explained by the fact their genuine desire to be treated like people has been hijacked by both sides of American politics (and sadly some Church leaders) for culture war purposes. It is a difficult issue and a real problem but acting like a bunch of wokesters invented gender dysphoria for fun last weekend is just disingenuous.
@Patrick Cooney: Gender Dysphoria had been around for a very long time, yes, but it is (or at least was) an extremely rare condition. And it used to take very diligent diagnostic tools to evaluate the actual situation of a person. Nowadays, the only things that matter are feelings, it seems, and it is seen as appalling to question feelings (I never understand why that should be so negative, to be sceptical).
For a medical lay person, gender dysphoria used to be something unheard of because of its scarce cases. I do have doubts that the prevalence actually did change that much.
That being said, every human being fully deserves our affection and respect as a person made in the image and likeness of God. But to treat someone like people does not mean to support all his or her desires.
Dear Patrick,
Thank you for clarifying. This is such an apt fact.
There is serious engagement with historical, medical and psychological data that is needed, to philosophize coherently about transgender identities. Currently I worry that our philosophical and theological anthropology is not attentive to medical and psychological data. I understand that our metaphysics ties us our Church to her current positions. I am not convinced that sufficient pastoral thought (duly informed by science) has been put in though, without which our purely metaphysics based discourse may not aid those in the margins - those suffering from gender dysphoria in this case.
Thank you again Patrick, for bringing this up, and showing that we ought to be true to the full data that is available to us, and that we ought not to be selective in our learning if difficult matters (for that's being disingenuous).
May God bless you and keep you safe and well.
Sending you the peace of Christ, all the way from India!
This is really great stuff! I tell you, Jesus is Lord. I need not elaborate, but I can brag about it!.......
Another idea - I don't have to worry about trying to be happy, since God wants me to be happy, wants to make me happy. As long as I choose to stay close to him.
I love Hallow
What is the difference between happiness and joy?
"why didn't Nietzsche just write 'there is no God's rather than 'God is dead'"? Because Nietzsche was one of the most penetrating and influential writers in history whose writings will be influential and useful for a long time. even religious thinkers find him useful, for example, Pastor/Professor Carl Trueman and the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
At about the 2 hour mark there is a discussion about the love between spouses cannot fulfill the deeper desire for the eternal because we are not the eternal. But wait! We are eternal souls and we will indeed live forever, either in heaven or hell, but eternal nonetheless. So is it another possible answer that the unfulfilled longing is the knowledge that we are not the PERFECT eternal, which God puts the awareness of that into our souls?
We actually do not have eternal souls, but immortal souls. Eternal means without end OR beginning, whereas immortal means living forever. Only God is eternal.
@@orchadorkification thank you for clarifying.
I am reaching out from a foundation that would like to support your ministry.
Are you a 501c-3? Where do we mail a donation?
I accept the logic of the natural law argument about the functions of body parts to an extent, but where it seems to fall down is the assertion that not using them strictly according to purpose is necessarily harmful. It's like telling someone who was born without arms that it would be wrong and harmful to use their feet to pick up things because then they'd just be treating their feet like an inferior version of arms. It seems to me that even if procreation is the core function of our sexual organs, there may be cases where using them in other ways is still better than not using them at all (or trying to force yourself to use them the "correct" way if you're not physically or mentally/emotionally oriented that way). Thoughts?
The only thought i have is that the Church officially teaches that if The genitals aren't used to procreate, the act isn't just sinful, but mortally sinful.
Be careful. Sexual sins are some of the worst.
Hey Matt. How much is the houses in Ohio? anyways great guest.
On the question of desire, and specifically the unfulfilled desire that points beyond the world.
As I think about it from the opposite view (the atheist / materialist view) I can imagine an atheist posing this objection, and I think this is what the off-camera guy is trying to get at...
Having an unfulfillable desire could be an evolutionary benefit because it could drive you to never stop trying to achieve. All desires that can achieve satiety eventually stop driving you. You reach a moment when the desire is fulfilled and you are no longer driven. If a desire is never satiated though, it could drive you indefinitely and thus you may achieve much more than you would otherwise.
In response to that point, I would posit the following two points...
1. it is not clear that this would actually be an evolutionary benefit because such a desire is just as likely to cause despair and depression, leading to lethargy at best, and suicide at worst.
2. In order for this to actually be a benefit, it would require a belief that the desire can be satisfied. Thus, in this case, the atheist argument essentially simply means that Religion is an evolutionary imperative that is necessary to the proper functioning of the human animal / species. This would mean that being an atheist then is actually essentially immoral even from the evolutionary stand point because it is harmful to the survival of the species.
From the Christian point of view, I would posit this question...
The speakers have been talking about achieving final happiness as a state of complete satiation of desire in which there is nothing more to be desired.
in light of an infinite God, and the fact that our very nature as humans seems to suggest that happiness is linked to fulfilling desires, is the idea of final satiation with no more desire actually valid?
Is final happiness a state in which there is nothing more to be desired, or is it a state in which we are constantly desiring, and yet also constantly having that desire satisfied? If God is infinite can we desire him infinitely, and be infinitely satisfied?
Also, I think my answer to the question of "in what does Happiness consist?" would be "in the fullness of being." or stated another way, in becoming fully and perfectly who and what you were meant to be.
As a student of biology who's been thinking about these things lately, this is something I haven't been able to wrap my mind around by any means other than God. Our ability to introspect so deeply so often leads us to destroy ourselves, undermine our social bonds, or even abandon positions of relative reproductive and social security to seek an intangible sense of "happiness" that doesn't contribute one iota of our genetic material to the species' pool - or seek oblivion, like you point out, which is the furthest thing from adaptive I can think of. Are there other animals with "endless desires"? More importantly, do their endless desires torture them existentially? What would be the POINT, from a fitness perspective, of being existentially tortured by even the most crucial needs, given that existential torture doesn't accomplish much in the way of sex or survival?
Hey! My old professor from, let's see... about 1995.
As I recall, I got a B.
The new supreme court justice has not agreed that she acknowledges natural law. Scary.
BUD-ZISS-ZOO-SKI? BOO-GEE-SHEF-SKEE!
I find it very unnerving to hear that people still use wireless apps, things are great for me now that I have thrown away all of my electronics that put out harmful rf waves, L.E.D. screens/bulbs that cause addiction and will permanently damage the eyes. Particularly harmful to children and as we age. I cannot even walk down the road at night without very dark red glasses due to the complete lack of knowledge that Mr. L.E.D. is not your friend.
Plus the meditation from having actual alone time. No distractions, like with my fasting all day, it helps us pick out food that is healthier, same with talking, spells in the language so the less phone time i have on the office phone the better. Anything like tv or phone I find it best to stand up, I never sit less I am stuck in a car (which is extremely rare).
Yes, the birth control pill, though it was discovered by a Catholic doctor, I believe, to help women medically. He didn't know what it would be used for.
On your point on pascals wager, why not genuinely try every religion on the face of the earth? There are much more than two options;either not believing in the Christian God, or believing in the Christian God. You have to account for every other religion in the world. For the first 16 years of my life I prayed, repented, chose to baptize myself, and yet got absolutely no reassurance that he was real. Even if I had I would have assumed some type of auditory hallucination as those actually exist.
A fellow Pole! ❤️
What do you think J. stands for?:)
@@muadek Józef, Jan, Jerzy? I actually have no idea😅
@@jasminabudzinska2696 Gotta be something unpronouncable in English :) Jarosław? :D
We just think the grass is greener on the other side 😬
How did dude read a single paragraph of Nietzsche and get "life is just meaningless maaaan" as the main takeaway?
Still, even if truth works, one wants to know if it's really true.
Who is this person?