Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

It can be discouraging to see how people who disagree with one another nowadays, it seems

like they just filter into two separate tribes that want to declare war on each other, instead

of being able to come together to seek out the truth.

We shouldn't be at war with one another, I know it's felt that way in the past few years

and especially in the past few weeks, but there is a better way.

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, I'm your host, Caving Answers Apologist and Speaker

Trent Horn.

I actually posted about this recently on social media, especially in the wake of the events

of the US Capitol saying, no, we don't have to resort to tribalism.

We shouldn't view each other with deep suspicion and treat people as tentative enemies.

Rather, we are all sons and daughters made in the image of lightness of God.

And because of that, as the prophet Isaiah says in Isaiah chapter 1, come, let us reason

together.

It is possible.

We don't have to have social media soundbites or the talking heads on cable news that

yell at one another.

Whenever I can find people, especially people who disagree with me on important issues that

are willing to sit down and have a good, honest conversation, it makes my day.

And I think it's going to make your day.

That's why I'm really excited for today's episode.

So I received an invitation from Sam, who is the founder and host of the podcast When

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