I have a great story about Providence like 46:00 My grandpa (2 generation Irish immigrant) was in WWII. He flew in a Bomber towards naples, he was the Morse Code guy. His plane was shot, he parachuted out, he was the lone surviving member. He was captured, but was taken in by nun at the prison camp (I speculate this is where his faith grew more than it was). He then survived the death march as the war came to a close. He came back to America married, had 8 kids and then my Dad had me.
Shout out to Dr. Kreeft. He said a profound and simple thing once, to me, at a lunch we had together. 32 years later, a path taken, from good and wise input.
It's 1 a.m. on Sunday and I finally finished listening to this wonderful conversation. I started listening to it this morning but had to pause and rewind several times during the day. What a blessing it is to listen to Dr. Kreeft once more here in your channel. Thank you, gentlemen, and good night.
When you pray Aquinas's prayer asking the Lord to grant "...Conversation pleasing to You..." I believe this is what is meant. Thank you for sharing a conversation surely pleasing to God
It's so true. Suffering is imposed on us, no one likes it, and we rebel. Sin is often the result of self indulgence, it follows something we like to do.
Its incredible in its way of allowing you to ignore actual observable suffering for your religions ideas of sin which is vague and often contradictory or arbitrary. Many of which you ignore and only apply the greatest hits for the most part.
I have no words as to how delightful, insightful, joyful, and some other 100 "ful" s this was. I broke out a new tobacco pipe and listened with a smile on my face. I'm not sure I'm any smarter, but you can't get dumber following your conversation with Prof. Kraft. How he could only have 12 students in a class he's hosting is beyond me. What a joy and a gift he is, as was this discussion. Thank you Matt.
"We are hobbits and we are facing orcs, but God has given us the whole story." 39:45 This is the best analogy for spiritual warfare that I have ever heard. Thanks for sharing this!
Don't have Matt be in charge of a person whom you're planning a surprise party for, he's morally obligated by his own principles to ruin the surprise. 😜
Dr. Peter Kreeft is a breath of fresh air, I don't think there is anyone else I've watched on the internet (especially in relation to Catholicism) from whom I've absorbed so much. And it's the type of information that stays with you and is taken to heart, unlike others I watch where information is quickly forgotten. He radiates a passion for teaching, there's no mistaking that that was his calling in life. God bless him.
Someone who lacks the moral courage to speak up against his university's "diversity" training, but instead succumbs in order to get along, is no national treasure.
Wow, my wife just said, "I want him to read to me." She went on to say, wondering out loud, "I wonder if he's ever considered doing an audiobook of the Brothers Karamasov or LOTR..." because... "Wow, I would buy that." Just sayin'.
i loved when he said god has the greatest sense of humor in existence Ive long thought the same but when I tell people they never seem to understand .... its nice that someone does
OMG, you guys crack me up. The golf joke reminded me of another one where two old guys are playing golf on a lovely Sunday afternoon. A funeral procession drives by, and one of the guys pauses and takes off his hat. "Wow," says the other one, "what a wonderful gesture; I'm very impressed." -- Well," says his friend, "she WAS a really good wife."
I purposely copy pasted the link earlier. We need more priests and laity today to stand up for our faith when chaos surrounds us and reigns in today's modern times. In these difficult times your channel is like an oasis in the desert. Thank you and May God Almighty bless you, your ministry and family.
Swede here, happy and thankful to hear you two gentlemen speak, and I have to say that Professor Kreeft is absolutely correct about the magic of Scandinavian spring!
The students in the university system are soft. When they actually begin working they will fail so bad that they will need therapy for the trauma. It’s pathetic.
Matt is such a good interviewer, so good at playing the Devil's advocate, that at times i forget the actual worldview that he holds. Amazing skill to have.
Oh my word, Matt and crew! I just wanted to make sure I tell you how much I appreciate these interviews. While a Protestant myself I feel so blessed by your humility and honesty and commitment to the way, the truth and the life that is Christ our Lord. I’m about to start my PhD in English at the University of Cambridge. And while I’m really excited to study in such a historic place where a lot of the writers I admire worked, studied, taught and wrote, I am also incredibly aware of the fact that academia has become a breeding ground for increasingly insane anti-Christian ideologies. I have been frightened and intimated of how to be salt and light in such a dark world. But your channel and especially the plethora of fascinating God-loving people you’ve had on has been such a source of wisdom for me! I thank God for you and pray for your continued wisdom and humility! God bless! 🙏🏻
I am so thankful for being introduced to Sunday school when I was young......My parents were atheists and even though Jimmy E Jones baptized me at 8 years old.....Jesus has always been in my heart......securing my way at 19....I promised Father Jehovah that I would never turn my back on Him! If not for our Heavenly Father, I would have taken my life a long time ago! 66 now.....He walks with me, and He talks with me.........!
I’m currently in the process of being brought into the Orthodox Catholic Church and Dr Kreeft is the man God used more than any other to bring me here.
@@bdbxt please forgive my sloppy language as I was raised in a pretty insular Independent Protestant church and am just beginning to understand the diversity within the Holy Catholic Church. I am specifically attending a Ukranian Catholic Church. As far as I understand it they are in communion with Rome. I’ve also heard it called “eastern Catholic.” As for my reasoning for attending there instead of the Roman Catholic Church, I can honestly say that I just felt at home when I attended there. I was going through some very difficult times when a friend invited me to Devine Liturgy on a Sunday a few months back. It was the first time I found any peace in so long. It was the first time in my life that I was actually anticipating and desiring to go to church. Even though it’s not an eastern practice traditionally I have been praying the rosary every day as well.
The Scouring of the Shire was not included because the film was already very long with too many endings. I've never seen a serious academic link that chapter to socialism
I also tried getting through Leibowitz several times. It just took its time a little too much. But oh man once I persisted and read through it, it was worth every minute. It is hands down my favorite book of all time. Great message, great setting, great characters, many great lines, and hilariously funny.
I am just now watching this - I honestly wish I would ever have the opportunity to meet Dr. Kreeft. I find him charming and inspiring in a virtuous and intellectual manner - what a nice combination. I dont know that there are many men in the world like Dr. Kreeft, but surely I wish there were more!
This video alone is an education on so many different subjects. Psychology, Philosophy, History of Ancient Religions, Ethics, Morality....I'll need to listen to it at least a few more times to try to grasp and understand it all. Thank You both!
Matt, you are so funny. My perfect day also consists of sitting, reading, and conversation with a dear friend. I also run red lights that I think are unnecessary. I’m 66 years young.
26:54 Dr Peter Kreeft's comment on pride and despair being the same thing really shook me. When he talked about being tempted more to give up as opposed to temptations to doubt I could identify. His comments on pessimism made so much sense too. I watched this video a week or more ago and I'm still thinking about that specific comment. It was a good reminder to identify that in me and deal with it.
A deep truly insightful discussion on what is going on and how we’re being manipulated by these groups - thank you, you’ve really increased my understanding!
@@jamisongunsaulies What threatens you so much about these two men? Could it be that they remind you of yourself? You’re just as certain of the moral virtue of your views as they are of theirs. Are they forcing you to attend church and listen to their beliefs? If you don’t take a “diversity training” course in a lot of companies, you won’t keep your job. “The wrong kind of speech can have consequences” - that’s your team’s motto not theirs. People getting canceled for saying the wrong thing? Just who is the bully here? Is that what you’re defending?
Focus on God's goodness and mercy not our own stupidity...what a priceless gem, pearl of wisdom! Personally too, I've been finding out lately...I guess I'm getting older,...I've been tearing up at the silliest things lately, well they're not too silly, but nonetheless I feel like I have to turn in my masculinity card at such times, but it's nice to listen to the interviewer admit his own bouts with tears.
1:18:40: Matt discussing a passage from _The Brothers Karamazov_ : "There's that section in _The Brothers,_ and it kind of speaks to what we've been addressing ... about this desire for heaven now, and not being able to get it, and maybe wanting to Kamikaze all the cherished relationships you have in order to find what doesn't exist. ... I just want to read this to you ... because this is one of the most beautiful parts in all _The Brothers_ for me that breaks my heart. _With sinking soul he waited every moment for Grushenka's decision and kept thinking that it would occur as if unexpectedly by inspiration. Suddenly she would tell him, "Take me, I'm yours forever," and it would all be over. He would snatch her up and take her to the end of the world at once. Oh, at once, take her far away, as far as possible, if not to the end of the world then somewhere to the end of Russia. Marry her there and settle down with her incognito, so that no one would know anything about them, not here, not there, not anywhere. Then, oh then, a totally new life would begin at once!_ _He dreamed of the other, this renewed and now virtuous life ("it must it, must be virtuous"), ceaselessly and feverishly. He thirsted for this resurrection and renewal. The vile bog he had gotten stuck in of his own will burdened him too much, and like a great many men in such cases, he believed most of all in a change of place. If it only if it weren't for these people, if only it weren't for these circumstances, if only one could fly away from this accursed place-then everything would be reborn. That was what he believed in and what he longed for._ Isn't that just gorgeous-and the human experience and idiotic and lovely all at once?" Indeed! This reference alone made the interview, for me.
I had read LOTR at least 30 times before seeing Bakshi’s movie. It ruined both Lord of the Rings and animation in general for me. At least after Jackson’s trilogy I was able to read the books again.
Regarding diversity training at workplaces: As a Canadian, I seem to recall that even our very liberal society, my old work place had relatively reasonable principles to get on board with. However, I would caution anyone to really read the training questions and, like Matt said, be ready to resist. It almost feels a little like Caesar worship where Christians were approached by officials and asked to just gently toss some incense in the offering to the emperor if they wanted to continue their work, just click a little button and you’ll be on your way.
I feel the exact same way about Dracula as Matt does. I read the scene where Jonathan comes across the Count "sleeping" in his coffin at night, and it unnerved me in a way that I've never experienced with any other book. What a wonderful novel it is. Also, if he likes horror and films, he should watch the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy. It's incredibly disturbing. But it's also a testament to the power of love and retaining your humanity to the end in a cruel and unforgiving world. A masterpiece on par with Don't Look Now and The Wicker Man, in my opinion.
I so love Bram Stoker's Dracula! (The book, that is. Coppola's movie is pretty good too, but the book is great.) The Eucharist is the effective weapon against evil.
@@lynninpain It's an amazing novel, I think everyone should read it at least once. Van Helsing is such a great character. I haven't seen Coppola's version, only the Hammer films (which vary in quality, but the first one is quite a good adaptation, even though the plot is very different).
@@finishercar Copola"s film is closer to the book than most, but not exactly the same. Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder's performances are excellent, covering the extremely miscast Keanu Reeves inability to do a British accent. His character is so important in the book; it almost ruins the movie, but the other actors are so good you can enjoy them and ignore him. Hopkins' Van Helsing is intense, both serious and humorous.
Have you ever seen the movie The Scarlet and the Black? The priest wore costumes to avoid being captured by the Nazis while hiding the Jews. He even got an autograph from the Nazi leader to use as a model for signing documents to help Jews. What say you, Matt?
Moral obligation to the other ; deception to save a life is a moral good, therefore, good is good for itself. William James / Hilary Putnam on pragmatism, sometimes you start with action then thought comes after. Honest dialogue, " we may never know the exact answer or way to go about it arguably," however, the common good for the greater majority is always a philosophical question. Thank you Dr Peter Kreeft.
It's in the words. Murder = wrongful killing (because there are legitmate circumstances to kill) Lying = wrongful deception (because there are legitmate circumstances to deceive)
Hi Matt, regarding lying, it goes hand in hand with the definition of Love: if by lying you are doing the good of the other (say you meet a little girl whose face was deformed, and by the purely esthetic standard she's not beautiful, if you find her crying, and she asks you: am I so ugly?" Should you say yes? No. You should say know. Because here though it's a "fact" that's she's not beautiful, but thr truth is that she's hurt and she needs to reconcile with herself, so willing her good is telling her you're not ugly... Thus lying will be to her good... Lying would be an act of love in this case...
Accidentally watched this & loved it! My struggle as a Christian is the idea of eternal life when we only have this one to compare it with. Most Christians have such hard lives which often ended horribly in historic times I wonder at such faith & what people’s expectations are in regards to an eternal life!! I’ve requested a quick obliteration as I’m “dross” despite being a Christian!
I just had to stop and respond. I am at the part just after you've been discussing the Brothers Karamazov, and Dr.Kreeft just said the thing I've been thinking since I was 10 years old. That heaven is impossible to imagine, because our idea of perfection would be boring. Ok, so I didn't realize at 10 that heaven would be impossible to imagine, I thought that the idea of heaven was agonizingly boring because perfection is boring. It had not occurred to me yet that my little mind was simply lacking imagination. This actually led me to leave the faith back then. I just couldn't imagine wanting to go to this version of heaven that I was considering, so there must be something wrong with the faith. Ha, the arrogance. I was SUCH an arrogant child. I mean, I was starting to think I was the only person to ever think this, knowing as I do now that this is impossible(every thought I've ever had that I believed to be original has proven to have been thought by someone else at some other point in history), still I am immensely gratified to find myself in such company. How does Dr.Kreeft reconcile his faith with this limitation of imagination? I realize now, finally, that heaven must be greater than we can possibly imagine, still it gnaws at me at times.
'Random Harvest' is a lovely Movie. Ronald Colman and Greer Garson. A Husband loses his memory. A moving love story. 'Red Dwarf' was a very funny Comedy Sci Fi series. 'The Tudors', drama series, (the scenes with Thomas More are amazing), 'Little Dorrit', Charles Dickens, great period drama series.
I’m here today bcz my mother went skating at 15 & fell tripping my father & ripped his pants. It’s how they met were married 37 yrs until God called my loving Father home. They had 3 girls & a boy. I’m the youngest. I skated every week with my father from 4 til 21 when he got sick. I love their story. They dated 5 yrs & got married. They knew so little that after their first night he thought he hurt my mom & called a doctor & explained there was blood & they were afraid. The doctor laughed at how naive they both were. Sad that that innocents is lost so early today to most. My 2 children waited for marriage but were not that naive. I suppose it’s good to not be terrified on your wedding night but there is something sweet about it too tho. .
1:02:23 _"it was the coming home"_ also known as "noston aemar" Tolkien loved the Odyssey. Probably _most_ missed thing by Homer, giving Ulysses words as simple as "well, I'm back" ...
Fantastic talk! I think I would add to the discussion on lying that the church teaches for something to be a sin one has to truly consent to it. I would argue that being under the duress of knowing Nazis are going to murder innocent people under your roof would bring into question any answer you gave, with regard to your full consent. Decision made under extreme duress like that I imagine are weighed differently by the Lord, and while we might say in a theoretical way that lying to them is a sin and not something to teach as prescriptive, the way suh a decision would be weighed by God is another issue.
My husband and I love your show. Keep speaking and spreading the truth. Your wooden Australia is not oriented correctly. If viewed from the South Pole, The peninsula with Darwin should be on the left, not the right.
1:25:00 Peter talks about wanting to take an axe to the things in life that don’t fulfill him. Perhaps this is why some want to dismantle our norms and constructs because they do not find meaning in life and lack the fulfillment of being loved by our God.
Matt, I sometimes feel more Dmitry that Alysha, Good Friday than Easter, René Girard than Kreeft. You both had been great, sincerely, and genuinely worthy, thank you very much, God bless.
I went through the comments too. I was so hoping Matt Fradd would do a little more digging when Dr. Kreeft brought it up. If you ever figure it out please let me know!
On the question of lying. I found it interesting that both terms, killing and murder, were briefly used. Killing, being the taking of any life vs Murder, being the taking of innocent life. I’ve heard the argument that as Jesus told Pilate that no authority had been given him other that what was giving from above, this as well as other Old Testament passages such as stoning the blasphemer, justify capital punishment. The basis being that to murder is to take innocent life, capital punishment is the taking of a life forfeited by the actions of the person. Could the same apply for lying? In the case of the Nazis, since they want to use the truth to commit evil, and as such pervert the truth and the purpose of the truth which is to set us free, they have forfeited their right to the truth? I guess this goes back to how one translates the Commandment? Thou shall not lie or Thou shall not bear false witness? Lying seems to be as black and white as killing where as to bear false witness seems to stipulate a harm being intended by the words used?
