Reading Time: < 1 minute This is a fascinating analogy that applies to everything from religion to politics.
Street Epistemology
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“Bible Answer Man” Warns Christians Against Atheists Who Ask Critical Questions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Street Epistemology is only bad for your faith if your faith isn’t based on facts.
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How to Get Someone to Doubt His Faith (in Just 15 Minutes)
Reading Time: < 1 minute At the beginning of this conversation with Reid, a “street epistemologist” at Cordial Curiosity, a Southern Baptist named Dominique says he’s fully confident that his faith is correct. On a confidence scale of 1 to 10, he a “10. 10 for sure.”
By the end of the conversation, you can tell that’s no longer the case.
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After This Christian Deconverted, He Found the Atheist Who Helped Change His Mind
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2015, Anthony Magnabosco asked a young man named Daniel why he believed what he did. How was he so sure his beliefs were true?
Daniel recently contact Anthony to say he was now an atheist. They got together to talk on camera about what led to that change.
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Every Religious Person Should Be Able to Answer These Questions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tia, a confident Christian who attends Bible class, was asked how she knows her beliefs are true.
When the questioner kept prodding, however, hesitation began creeping into her responses.
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What Would You Say To People Convinced Their Irrational Beliefs Make Sense?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Would you try to steer this person in the correct direction or just avoid her altogether?
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What We Can Learn from Street Epistemology
Reading Time: < 1 minute Anthony Magnabosco is a “street epistemologist” who enjoys chatting with strangers to get to the bottom of how they think and how they know what’s true.
He recently spoke about what he’s learned over the years.
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Would You Change Your Mind if There Was Strong Evidence Suggesting You Were Wrong?
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Street Epistemologist” Anthony Magnabosco’s latest video isn’t about religion, per se, but it shows just how difficult it can be to get through to some people when they’re convinced of their beliefs.
The man he speaks to is opposed to the legalization of marijuana, and Anthony wants an answer to a simple question: If someone could present him with five good reasons for legalizing it, would the man change his mind?
The ensuing, infuriating conversation is similar to one I’m sure many of you dealt with at the dinner table last night.
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A Christian Woman Talks About Why She’s Scared of Abandoning Her Faith
Reading Time: < 1 minute Anthony Magnabosco is a “street epistemologist” who enjoys chatting with strangers to get to the bottom of how they think. His latest video features a woman named Katie who says at one point that she’s genuinely scared about abandoning her faith. It’s an emotional scene that I’m sure has played out in the minds of many doubters.
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An Introduction to Street Epistemology
Reading Time: < 1 minute Anthony Magnabosco is the “street epistemologist” who asks strangers questions about their thought processes in order to help them understand the folly of faith. He then posts videos of the interactions on YouTube to teach others how to do it (and to help himself reconstruct what went right and wrong). He just posted an introduction to the whole process online, for anyone interested in learning more about it: