Today we're going to be talking about the deconstruction epidemic, why so many young people

are losing their faith and what we can do about it.

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Dad?

I'm so glad we're talking about this. It's another truly

dangerous conversation. I want to thank our friends over at Red Truck Men, sponsors of this

episode. And James, you're going to get me in trouble again? I'm just trying to ask questions.

I'm so glad that you are, and as I have always promised you and everybody else, that I will

always be honest with you and have these conversations. In fact, I think the fact that you are, and as I have always promised you and everybody else, that I will always be honest with you and have these conversations. In fact, I think the fact that people are too afraid to have dangerous conversations with their own children is one of the reasons why people are deconstructing. So let's just talk about what deconstruction is. When I first heard it, I was like, is this a construction project that's being pulled apart? Well, kind of, but it's in reference

to people's Christian faith, and it's called deconstruction. So the idea is people are dismantling

their belief system, and it's often guided by atheists or people who are anti-Christian, and they're

saying, well, why do you believe the Bible is really the word of God?

Or why do you believe Jesus rose from the grave? And then they will sort of ask the questions

that people have never thought of or they have thought of and never got good answers.

And then they're given answers that essentially serve to be like dynamite and begin to blow up the very structure

and then ultimately the foundation of their faith. And they walk away and they say, well,

I've left my faith behind. I've deconstructed because I asked all the good questions.

And now I'm a rational thinking person. So that's deconstruction in the sense that we're talking about it. And James, you're saying that it's

epidemic. You're saying it's happening a lot? Are you seeing this around you? Yeah. I've definitely

seen it with some of my friends. I've seen it with some of like our family friends. And statistically,

it is an epidemic where there's a larger proportion of people who grew up in the

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