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Issues, Etc.

1101. Responding to a TED Talk by NPR CEO Katherine Maher on Truth and Beliefs – Ken Samples, 4/19/24

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Ken Samples of Reasons to Believe Christianity Cross-Examined: Is It Rational, Relevant, and Good? Reasons to Believe

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Throughout the 50 days of Easter, Sacred Music for the World, Lutheran Public Radio.

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org. Listen 24-7 to Sacred Music for the Easter season.

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LPR, Lutheran Public Radio. dot work. In fact, our reference for the truth might be a distraction that's getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things

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done.

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That is an excerpt from a TED Talk given by Catherine Marr when she was CEO of Wikimedia Foundation,

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Marr is currently CEO of National Public Radio, that soundvites making

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the rounds on social media, she seems to be saying that truth might get in the way of

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getting things done, rather utilitarian view, but also thoroughly postmodern

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because she will later say that everyone has their own truth and she suggests that we all try to

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achieve what she calls minimal viable truth what is that. Greetings and welcome

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to issues etc. Live on this Friday afternoon April the 19th. I'm Todd

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Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be reviewing this TED Talk given by

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NPR CEO Catherine Mar with Ken Samples of Reason to Believe. Pastor Ted Geese will join us to review the movie

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Ghostbusters Frozen Empire,

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and then we'll be responding

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to your unanswered Bible questions

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with Pastor Brian Ketchummeyer

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and Pastor Brian Wolfmiller. Ken Samples, a senior research scholar for

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reasons to believe, author of several books including a world of difference, putting

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Christian truth claims to the world view View Test and Christianity Cross examined.

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Ken, welcome back.

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It's good to be with you, Todd.

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