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This week I get to do some role-playing with apologist John Derosa in which I play the part of

an atheist who thinks that religion is the opiate of the masses.

Maybe it's just a mere matter of wishful thinking.

John has a new book out from Catholic answers press in which he responds to atheist slogans.

Those are those little anti-God quips

that make their way around and around the internet

doing so much damage to the faith of, say,

middle schoolers or other vulnerable people.

And I'm quite serious about that.

We talked to quite a few middle schoolers who struggle with their faith because of what they find on the internet.

Some of these memes are actually powerful evocations of real mysteries like the mystery of suffering. Many, however, are

just insults or accusations dressed up as arguments. It turns out that the claim

that God is just a crutch for weak minds or that religion is just wishful thinking

falls into the latter category.

But let's let John Derosa explain.

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