That would be funny. That would be funny.

Wow. Hi there everybody. Welcome to the fireside chat and we're having a semi-dog convention

to begin with. This of course is Snoopy. Mr. Tubbs is not, oh my god, that was perfect.

Just made it for the introduction. Mr. Tubbs were hoping to train to take that spot which

was held for years by the late great auto. Oh right now Megan, the possessor of the most

famous arm in America is trying to do it. Well at least you're getting a glimpse of auto.

I mean auto. I mean Mr. Tubbs. Look up Mr. Tubbs. Say hi.

All right anyway, welcome to the fireside chat. I'm going to do something I rarely do. I'm

going to open up with a question because that will lead to some important opening comments

and then I'll go to the video question and the other questions. So here it is. It actually comes

from a young woman named Jenny in Kigali Rwanda. Rwanda is in East Africa.

Hi Dennis. I'm Jenny from Rwanda. I heard your Dennis and Julie episode and you should all know

that I do this weekly podcast with Julie Hartman called Dennis and Julie. I have no doubt you would

love it. You could watch it or you can listen to it. It's, it's, it brings out different parts of

me that as a result of our communication. It's a unique podcast. I heard your Dennis and Julie

episode where you discussed most religious people's faith in God being contingent upon receiving

his protection from calamities slash suffering. I too held that belief for a long time and subsequently

lost my faith in God after going through a series of personal tragedies in my late teens and early

twenties. And I mostly consider myself agnostic now. What do you think is the point of believing in

God if he won't intervene when tragedy befalls us? What benefit is there in praying and cultivating a

relationship with the God who was supposedly all loving, all knowing and all powerful yet watches

us suffer without offering any help? Thank you for all you do because I've learned a lot since I

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