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One of the biggest indicators that a person's belief system (aka worldview) is not neutral, is the contradiction between their stated beliefs on paper and their actual beliefs demonstrated in the way they live. In this clip from the worldview course called Breathe Air, Swallow Food, and Think Rightly, we discuss how to interact with someone who claims to be neutral while standing firmly on biased ground.

In this episode we're listening to a clip from the There's No Party Like a Neutral Party video in the Think Rightly worldview course. Is anyone neutral when it comes to their ultimate starting point? You'll learn why believing you are neutral will betray your ability to think rightly.

Here we take a closer look at your core, and discuss how each piece affects your life. 

Morality: did God set it up or did we?  I recently came across a YouTube video by Chris LaForest entitled "Atheism,  Agnosticism, Deism - What are they and what's with all the confusion?" Since he is an atheist, I asked him about his statement at the end of his video (13 min mark) where he said that people should "increase well being and reduce suffering". My question was: Is increasing well being and reducing suffering objectively right, or is it just his personal preference? If you've watched my Matt Dillahunty video on atheism and morality, then you know why I'm asking that.  In response to my question, he referred me to another video he had done entitled "We have to take morality away from the realm of religion".  This is the video that I am interacting with here. 

To watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Q60gBzDZXjU

These are three very penetrating questions. Can you defend your ethics against them? Without a sovereign lawgiver, how can anyone's rules be anything but arbitrary? In this episode we listen to a prominent atheist try to answer the question of where he gets his limits of morality from. 

You don't have to look very hard to find someone that is hurting. But how are we supposed to help them when we have all that we can handle ourselves? The answer is simple. Not easy, but simple. 

Have you ever wondered how different people can look at the exact same evidence and come away with radically different conclusions? In this episode we look at some comments made by a celebrity about monogamy, and use it to illustrate the fact that what you see depends on the lens you're looking through.

Rather watch the video? https://youtu.be/cytv24PQI0Y

Whether you're teaching your kids or just working on your own self improvement, it's so helpful to remember this key fact about the rules and guidelines in life. 

You don't have to consider yourself an intellectual in order to stand your intellectual ground. Forget the terms and labels. It's easy to spot broken links in a chain of reasoning once you know what to look for. Don't be duped.

We love our kids. We want them to have more than we had, to learn from our mistakes, and to love the right things. Dads - here is one very important lesson for us to learn about parenting: there is a competition going on for the hearts and minds of our kids.