582: The Rise and Fall of New Atheism with Justin Brierley
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
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🗓️ 13 September 2023
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
If you live in a part of the country that was originally settled by Puritans or Quakers you will probably live a lot longer than if you live in a region colonized by the Scots, the Irish, or that was dominated by slavery. A new article explores why this is true, and we discuss how immigration patterns from 200 years ago even impacts how we read the Bible. UK broadcast, speaker, and host of the Unbelievable? Podcast, Justin Brierley, is back to discuss his new book, "The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God." In it he documents how the same political divisions and culture war issues that are dividing the church have also ruptured the New Atheism movement, and how that's leading more academics and intellectuals to reconsider the claims of Christianity. Also this week—the internet prevents dementia, and what books can we still burn in Denmark?
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0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Show starts
2:05 - Theme Song
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3:41 - Older adults should use the internet?
10:03 - Denmark bans burning religious texts
18:36 - America's Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy
45:06 - "Why I'm Still a Christian" trailer
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50:18 - Interview Intro
Justin Brierley
53:48 - The Rise of New Atheism
58:33 - The Fall of New Atheism (Elevator Gate)
1:09:09 - Surprising Allies
1:28:44 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Older adults who regularly use the internet have half the risk of dementia compared to non-regular users
Denmark to Ban Public Burning of the Bible and Quran
America's Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/01/america-life-expectancy-regions-00113369
Other resources:
The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again by Justin Brierley
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. If you live in a part of the country that was originally settled |
| 0:04.8 | by Puritans or Quakers, you're probably going to live a lot longer than if you live in |
| 0:08.9 | a region colonized by the Scots, the Irish, or that was dominated by slavery. A new article |
| 0:14.4 | explores why this is true, and we discuss how immigration patterns from 200 years ago |
| 0:20.1 | even impacts how you read the Bible. Then UK broadcaster speaker and host of the unbelievable |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, Justin Briarly is back to discuss his new book, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief |
| 0:31.5 | and God. In it, he shows how the same political divisions and culture war issues that are dividing |
| 0:36.8 | the church have also ruptured the new atheism movement, and how that's leading more academics |
| 0:42.1 | and intellectuals to reconsider the claims of Christianity. All of that, plus, the internet |
| 0:48.0 | prevents dementia, and what books can we still burn in Denmark? Beyond just today's show, |
| 0:53.6 | we also have a bunch of new content this week. There's a new Holy Post explainer video |
| 0:58.6 | about whether Christians must obey the government based on Romans 13. We're releasing an extra |
| 1:04.5 | extra interview with a Christian filmmaker who makes horror movies, and at the end of today's |
| 1:10.0 | new segment, we have a trailer for a brand new Holy Post sub-series that's launching later this |
| 1:15.2 | month that we're really excited about. And of course, there's always tons of new content |
| 1:19.3 | exclusively for Holy Post plus subscribers. So to learn more about all of this stuff, |
| 1:24.0 | go to HolyPost.com. Here is episode 582. |
| 1:50.1 | I do know it, but I'm going to pretend that that's it because I like that so much better. |
| 1:54.0 | Okay. Okay. And Caitlin Padme Chess. Okay, probably not. And she doesn't know what that means. |
| 2:00.8 | She doesn't know what that means. She doesn't know what that means. And now it's time for the theme song. |
| 2:20.1 | This episode of the Holy Post is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. |
| 2:31.7 | In my 50 years on this earth, life has thrown me more than a few curveballs. The loss of a dream, |
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