The Principle of Evidence: Why Our Culture Has Lost Contact With Reality ~ Fr. Ripperger

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In this Catholic conference, we explore the principle of evidence—a foundational truth in philosophy and theology—and how ignoring it has led to a massive cultural breakdown, confusion in science, and spiritual chaos in the Church. Starting from basic Thomistic and Aristotelian principles, this talk explains why objective reality, not feelings or narratives, must be the criterion of truth. We examine how our culture routinely dismisses clear evidence in areas like evolution, dark matter, the Big Bang, climate change, mainstream media narratives, and even medical and pharmaceutical agendas. From there, the conference turns to questions many Catholics are struggling with: How certain can we really be about end times timelines? What do we actually know from Our Lady’s warnings and Church-approved apparitions? What are the limits of papal authority over the liturgy? What does it really mean to be “in union with the Pope”? How should we think about sedevacantism, private apparitions, and traditional vs. Novus Ordo questions? Is there such a thing as moral artificial intelligence, and what happens when AI is built without any moral code? Highlights in this talk: Why ignoring evidence is a sign of cultural mental illness The classical definition of truth and evidence (Thomistic / Aristotelian) Problems with how evolution, dark matter, and the Big Bang are often presented Media manipulation, statistics, and the selective use of scandal What we actually know (and don’t know) about the end times How to stay Catholic and sane amid papal confusion and Church crisis A brief discussion on AI morality and why coding ethics matters 00:00 – Opening prayer & introduction 00:31 – Title of the conference: The Principle of Evidence 01:00 – Is our culture mentally ill? Ignoring facts and reality 02:24 – Evolution & ignored evidence: footprints, coal strata, entropy 05:10 – What is the principle of evidence? Basic definition 06:02 – Truth as conformity of mind to reality 10:01 – “If I can’t see it, it isn’t there?” The Eucharist & visible evidence 11:02 – Limits of human faculties & degrees of certitude 13:56 – Nature has no secrets; we have limited perception 15:51 – Natural mysteries & why some things remain hard to grasp 16:39 – Science, string theory, dark matter & lack of sufficient evidence 18:03 – Funding, agendas, and the corruption of empirical science 19:05 – Big Bang, redshift, and acting as if theories are dogma 20:04 – Climate change, money, and scientific dogmatism 20:34 – Rockefeller, medicine, and the pharmaceutical shift 21:16 – We don’t even know what’s really happening in Ukraine 22:04 – What we know and don’t know about the end times 24:04 – Curiosity vs. studiosity: craving certitude where God hasn’t given it 25:59 – “Our Lady told me…”: private revelations & spiritual dangers 27:31 – Only following evidence to the degree it allows 27:57 – Writing on the limits of papal authority over the liturgy 28:52 – Divine law, tradition & what popes cannot change 29:19 – One piece of contrary evidence can break a theory 30:00 – Misuse of statistics & ignoring “inconvenient” data 35:18 – Abuse crisis statistics: priests, pastors, schools, and media spin 37:08 – Journalism as narrative, not facts: fiction instead of truth 38:14 – Feelings are not evidence: the broken machine story 40:00 – Every judgment must be based on evidence, not emotion 41:00 – Self-evident principles & people who deny even the obvious 43:40 – Principle of sufficient reason & why “something from nothing” fails 44:05 – Don’t assent without sufficient evidence 45:06 – Avoid having opinions on matters that are unclear by nature 46:05 – Sedevacantism and lack of certitude: ecclesiology complexities 47:41 – Having certitude where the Church gives it; humility where she doesn’t 48:40 – Q&A: What does it mean to be “in union with the Pope”? 50:31 – Q&A: Loved ones attracted to New Age-ish devotions & Novus Ordo culture 52:18 – Apparitions, Medjugorje, and how the Church applies evidence 55:06 – Q&A: Moral artificial intelligence – is it possible? 56:19 – Programming morality into AI & the problem of money and agendas For more by Fr. Ripperger & please visit http://sensustraditionis.org/ Fr' Ripperger's Press for his books at https://sentradpress.com/ Fr. Ripperger's order is found at https://dolorans.org/ (C) 2023 Sensus Fidelium 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #Catholic #TraditionalCatholic #PrincipleOfEvidence #Truth #CatholicPhilosophy #Thomism #EndTimes #CatholicChurch #MediaLies #Evolution #DarkMatter #BigBang #AIMorality

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