The Counsel of Trent

The Lindsay Clancy mistrial has reignited debate over insanity, criminal responsibility, and mental illness. In this episode, Trent examines the history of the insanity defense, the consequences of deinstitutionalization, and why some modern definitions of insanity risk excusing people who know exactly what they are doing.

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00:00 What Is Insanity?
01:20 St. Dymphna and Caring for the Mentally Ill
03:16 The Insanity Defense and Mental Asylums
05:05 Deinstitutionalization and Public Safety
07:52 How Modern Insanity Standards Expanded
09:51 Culpability, Impulses, and “Affluenza”
11:14 The Lindsay Clancy Case
14:38 Evil, Responsibility, and Mental Illness
16:33 Reforming the Insanity Defense

In this episode, Trent Horn responds to Joe Rogan’s interview with linguist Daniel Everett and the claim that ancient religious history is unreliable simply because we weren’t there to see it. Trent explains why this objection misunderstands history, applies a double standard to Christianity, and wrongly treats modern “immediate experience” as the only reliable way to know truth.

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00:00 The “Too Long Ago” Objection
01:03 Daniel Everett and the Pirahã View of History
03:57 The Noble Savage Myth
06:43 Cultural Relativism and Moral Blind Spots
08:39 Christianity Isn’t Just an American Thing
09:53 Science, Religion, and Rediscoverable Truth
11:45 Jesus, the Resurrection, and Historical Evidence
14:08 C.S. Lewis on Skepticism About History
15:42 Modern Miracles and the Real Jesus

In this episode, Trent Horn examines three major coincidences that make atheism increasingly difficult to accept: the fine-tuning of the universe, the strange reality of objective moral facts, and the massive number of miracle claims throughout history. Taken together, these point toward a universe that looks far more like the product of design, purpose, and divine action than random chance.

The Argument for God Atheists Fear the Most: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jgh9M2z8n0

It's the Strongest Argument for God in History (SCCC pt 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk-2FdSVy10

Answering a Muslim Apologist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtVW7y4r4cE

The BEST EVER Cumulative Case for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erpKBoPQxN0

Miracles PROVE Catholicism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk2W9mKTzIQ

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00:00 Three Coincidences That Challenge Atheism
00:30 Coincidence #3: The Fine-Tuned Universe
03:50 Psychophysical Harmony and Consciousness
05:49 Coincidence #2: Moral Facts
09:13 Disturbing Moral Implications Without God
12:15 Coincidence #1: Miracles
14:07 Why Other Religious Miracle Claims Don’t Refute Catholicism
15:08 Miracles vs Alien Abductions
16:33 Final Resources and Closing

In this episode, Trent Horn explains the “damaged goods” heresy, the “sexual prosperity gospel,” and why true chastity is rooted in God’s mercy—not virginity, resentment, or guarantees of a perfect marriage.

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In this free-for-all-Friday Trent sits down with Fr. Pine to discuss when apologetics can hinder the spiritual life.