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Bill, of all the podcast you've been invited on, this may be one of my favorite.

In fact, it may be one of your favorites.

You were a guest on Brian Collins podcast.

Well, Dr. Michael Roos, and it was informative, it was entertaining, and quite meaningful.

Is that the feeling that you got?

Yeah, it was Kevin.

I was surprised at how well this dialogue went.

I really enjoyed it. It was conversational, friendly, and yet very substantive.

And I thought it was really one of the best that I'd done.

You have some history with Michael Roos, and anyone who reads your work has seen his name come up.

So fill us in on Michael Roos.

Well, years, decades, in fact, ago, one of the very first debates I ever participated in was a debate on a Canadian university campus with Michael Roos.

And it went really well. I was very excited about it.

But unfortunately, the recording failed.

And as a result, it was lost to posterity.

And so I was really happy for the opportunity to go toe to toe with Michael Roos again, and to have a recording of our exchange.

The title of the episode is Why Believe in God?

But the three of you never got to that topic.

You ended up talking about Christianity and the nature of truth and ultimate meaning.

Michael Roos claimed to be an agnostic who nevertheless retains his quaker upbringing.

And if one looks up quakerism, there is a distinction in their theology involving an immediate experience of God or hearing directly from God.

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