Chi Alpha @ Stanford

Each week at Chi Alpha we record our mes­sages in MP3 for­mat, and we also main­tain a ser­mon archive (which includes instruc­tions on receiv­ing our ser­mons as a pod­cast). This week we prove that a penny is equal to a dollar:

$1.00 = 100c
$1.00 = (10c)^2
$1.00 = ($0.10)^2
$1.00 = $0.01

You don’t have to be able to iden­tify a flaw in an argu­ment to reject it. Some­times it just fails to sur­vive the lab­o­ra­tory of real­ity. It’s true of math­e­mat­i­cal tricks and it’s true of broader philoso­phies. In Colos­sians 2:4–10, Paul explains how we can respond to fine-sounding argu­ments that ulti­mately hold no water.

Hit­ting the play but­ton above is the eas­i­est way to lis­ten, but if you pre­fer to down­load the mes­sage you can click the link below:

Do Not Be Deceived
Length: 29:10
Size: 13 MB
For­mat MP3
Speaker: Glen Davis — 10/26/2005

P.S. If you’re dying to know what the flaw in the “proof” is, pay closer atten­tion to the units of mea­sure­ment. A penny and a penny squared are not the same thing.