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The Eric Metaxas Show

David Berlinski

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

David Berlinski, noted polymath and author of several potent books, including "Human Nature," is in the studio to continue his conversation begun several weeks back at Socrates in the City.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.1

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0:06.8

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0:09.7

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0:28.1

Hey, Albert.

0:29.3

Hey, Eric.

0:30.5

This is weird.

0:31.8

This is my second, this is the second segment of the week that I'm doing from an airport I'm flying as you know to well I'm in let's see today I'm flying to Denver I'm right now in the Charlotte airport to record this segment of Ask Mataxis. It's that time in the week. There was no other word for us to do it. Yeah. I'll do it from the airport. I mean, if Michelle Bachman can opine on the election from the Dallas airport, if somebody as amazing as Michelle Bachman can do it, I should be able to do Ascomtaxist from an airport, right? Yeah, I think so. I love the background players you got there, the extras. They look great in the background. Yes, they look very realistic. Yeah, you're going to watch us on Rumble, folks, and you'll see what we're talking about. A release. So, okay, so what are the questions? Read them loudly and a little noisy here. Okay, this sounds like it's a little early, but here's question number one. What do you like most about the Christmas season? What moves you the most about Christian traditions?

1:38.8

Christmas, isn't it a little early to talk about Christmas? First of all, let me say this. One of the things I love about Christmas is that traditionally it's held at Christmas.

1:47.5

So when people start celebrate, now can you hear me?

1:51.0

Because there's somebody talking behind me.

1:52.4

Is this okay?

1:52.9

Yeah.

1:53.5

Yeah.

1:53.9

When people celebrate Christmas too early, it annoys me.

1:56.9

I just want to be very clear.

1:58.9

I think starting Christmas before Thanksgiving is blasphemous.

2:05.1

And because it just makes it less special. It kind of dribbles out. It's kind of like having a, you know,

2:10.4

it's like selling, brating your, your anniversary over six months. Like at some point, it just becomes

2:15.5

regular life. So favorite christmas tradition

2:18.7

is celebrating christmas at christmas and i have very formed uh rigid opinions on that so i'm

2:25.6

willing to do it after thanksgiving but it to me once it bleeds before thanksgiving it just

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