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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

67 Innocent Lives Perish in Plane Crash: Why Didn't God Intervene? with Dr. Andy Steiger

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.85K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Tragic events like the devastating collision between American Airlines Eagle Flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter that claimed the lives of 67 innocent people shake us to our core and leave us asking deep, unsettling questions. Questions like, where was God and why would He allow this to happen?Suffering is an unavoidable part of life, making it crucial for Christians to reconcile God's goodness with the presence of evil. This week, Frank sits down with Dr. Andy Steiger, co-creator of the new video series, 'Can I Trust the Bible?', and President of Apologetics Canada, to tackle one of the most difficult topics in apologetics: the problem of evil. During their conversation, they will answer questions like:* Does the presence of evil disprove God?* What does it mean to be human?* What does it mean to love God first?* What would happen to humanity in a fallen world without pain and suffering?* What's a flat-tire Christian?* Why is it important to have a high view of God?Be sure to come back next week as Andy and Frank continue their conversation and talk about Andy's new video series, co-created with Wes Huff!Resources mentioned during the episode:WEBSITE - https://apologeticscanada.com/ (https://apologeticscanada.com/)BOOK - Thinking? Answering Life's Five Biggest Questions: https://bit.ly/4aIkIgH (https://bit.ly/4aIkIgH)BOOK - Reclaimed: How Jesus Restores Our Humanity in a Dehumanized World: https://bit.ly/3WIztKJ (https://bit.ly/3WIztKJ)BOOK - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: https://a.co/d/aLUAdVK (https://a.co/d/aLUAdVK)

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a lot to cover on the I don't have enough faith to be an atheist radio program and podcast today.

0:09.0

It's kind of with a heavy heart. We're doing this program. We're recording this on Thursday.

0:15.0

And of course, last night was that terrible plane crash. And we're going to talk about why would God allow such evil? Does it disprove

0:24.3

God? What could possibly be the reason for it? And actually, when something like this happens,

0:31.6

it's normally not a time to look for these kind of answers if you're very close to the tragedy. In fact,

0:39.9

the time you need answers for a tragedy is long before you go through the tragedy. But I can't help

0:46.6

talking about it for those of us who haven't lost anybody but are still heartbroken by it.

0:57.4

My son is an American Airlines pilot. He flies a 737. This was a smaller aircraft that holds about 70 people and I called him when it

1:06.1

first came up on the TV and nobody really knows what happened yet. We'll figure it out at some

1:14.6

point. But his at least working theory is that when the helicopter was told to look out for a

1:23.7

particular plane on final, he may have misidentified the plane

1:28.5

as already passing him

1:30.5

and wasn't on the lookout for one that was just coming right next to him.

1:35.5

I mean, it's a one in a million chance

1:38.3

that they'd be in the same airspace at the same time,

1:41.4

but indeed they were... I don't know if I could even read this thing, but

1:47.4

Bill Mulegan is a, I'm not, I don't know if I'm pronounces his name right, he is a Fox News reporter

1:54.0

and he just put up this tweet and I retweeted it. He said, it's with great regret that I can

2:00.8

confirm a friend of mine,

2:02.1

Wendy Schaefer, lost her life in an American Airlines crash last night. Wendy was an

2:07.0

incredible wife to my friend Nate, an amazing mom of two children, ages three and one.

2:12.4

I met them both when they were dating when I was working in Charlotte, North Carolina,

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