A must read, new book on the origin of evil. Author and filmmaker Christian Laursen joins us Episode 1095
The Todd Herman Show
Radio America
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 458 minutes
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Summary
Christian Laursen joins us today to discuss his book about the origin of evil. He shares how he saw people had become apathetic towards evil, but after 9/11, he began to wake up. He discusses several very personal encounters with evil and poses one question: 'What is it?' We explore the notion that evil must entail a component of deriving pleasure from harming others to be truly evil, and through our discussion, we arrive at the conclusion that evil is an entity. Christian reminds us that there is hope and discusses the actions we can take. In a similar vein, we discuss how The Party has effectively created a new, master race with special privileges and powers and how that cannot be sustained in a functioning society.
What does God’s Word say?
Genesis 2:16-18
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.Colossians 2:12-13Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins
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| 0:00.0 | In addition to my friend, Elissa, who has been responsible for some of the most fascinating |
| 0:05.0 | guests we've had on the cast, my wife is extraordinary at picking people for us to |
| 0:11.0 | interview. |
| 0:12.0 | She actually discovered Brandon Straca, and we got to be Brandon's first-ever radio interview. |
| 0:18.0 | A guy behind Walk Away movement. |
| 0:21.0 | And Brandon, of course, is a force. |
| 0:24.0 | My wife came to me and said, I really want you to consider having Christian Larson on |
| 0:29.0 | the show. |
| 0:30.0 | She read his book. |
| 0:31.0 | He was kind enough to share with her pre-print copy. |
| 0:33.0 | And the book is called Evil's Origins. |
| 0:36.0 | This guy's, this was not just an interview. |
| 0:40.0 | There's a moment in this interview where I asked Christian having now studied evil, |
| 0:46.0 | is he going to come under the authority of God? |
| 0:50.0 | And you'll hear that moment. |
| 0:52.0 | Of course, I asked him that question of, hey, why did you write this book about Evil's |
| 0:58.0 | Origins? |
| 0:59.0 | And that's the classic question in a book interview. |
| 1:02.0 | But I'm so glad that the discussion did not end there. |
| 1:06.0 | I felt an apathy towards Evil. |
| 1:10.0 | You know, the book was sort of like, you know, I was working on a film at that time. |
| 1:16.0 | And I was in it. |
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