#12322 Why Are There Honest Atheists? - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Why Are There Honest Atheists if God Exists?” In this episode, we explore the complexities of faith and doubt, addressing questions like the nature of honest atheism and the implications of God’s love for humanity. We also delve into challenging topics such as the reasons behind the existence of hell and the nature of divine justice.
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Questions Covered:
- 04:35 – Why Are There Honest Atheists if God Exists?
- 42:11 – Why Would a Loving God Send People to Hell?
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| 0:34.2 | I like to say sometimes the show so nice, we decided to do it twice. |
| 0:37.2 | Two whole hours of answering the strongest atheist arguments, refuting the strongest atheist arguments, with Dr. Carla Broussard, our staff apologist, as I said at the open, our staff Tomist, probably the best equipped or most enthusiastic for this kind of topic of getting to the heart of the really big |
| 0:57.3 | questions, the really deep questions that require, yes, some philosophical nuance and some mental |
| 1:03.2 | brainwork, mental brainwork, that's redundant, so some real mental energy to get through. |
| 1:09.6 | Actually, it's not redundant. It's not redundant. |
| 1:11.2 | I suppose not. |
| 1:11.9 | The brain is different than the mind, right? |
| 1:15.8 | All right. |
| 1:16.2 | The mind is a spiritual principle of us as rational animals. |
| 1:21.1 | Go! |
| 1:21.8 | We've got some serious lightning going on here. |
| 1:23.8 | Oh, man. |
| 1:24.3 | Sorry if you heard that. |
| 1:25.5 | No, we didn't hear anything. |
| 1:26.8 | So anyway, the point is, is you are spot on, Thomas, with regard to the mental |
| 1:32.5 | calisthenics and the philosophical thinking of how important it is and sort of the fruits |
| 1:38.4 | that it bears, right, in the importance of reality about God and who we are. |
| 1:43.4 | So here's an example, Thomas. |
| 1:45.0 | Consider the previous caller from the last hour, where he was making an argument that our consent is a necessary condition for God to bring about some effect within our lives, whether that be by way of direct causation |
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