Ep 560 | How Tim Keller & Russell Moore Became Mouthpieces for Masks & Vaccines | Guest: Megan Basham

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Today we're talking with Megan Basham, a reporter for the Daily Wire who recently wrote an article exposing how Francis Collins and the NIH co-opted evangelical leaders like Tim Keller and Russell Moore, influencing them to support the establishment narrative on masks and the COVID vaccines. Interestingly, everything these people claimed was a "fringe conspiracy theory," like lab-leak theory or that masking isn't actually very effective at slowing the spread of COVID, turned out to be correct. So why were Francis Collins, the CDC, and others so adamant about their own unverified ideas and so dismissive of anything the Right had to say about having church in person or freedom to choose whether or not to be vaccinated? --- Timecodes: (0:00) Introduction (8:56) Interview with Megan & how Francis Collins duped evangelical leaders to grift for him (54:40) Discussing the NYT op-ed by David Brooks about evangelicals --- Today's Sponsors: Z-Stack is a specially formulated immune-boosting supplement that includes Zinc, Quercetin, Vitamin C & Vitamin D. Go to ZStackLife.com/ALLIE & enter promo code 'ALLIE' to get a discount on your first order! Chamonix by Genucel isn't skincare, it's a gift of luxury for you or for a special lady in your life! Go to Genucel.com/ALLIE for 60% off their most popular package! Annie's Kit Clubs has a new box - the Genius Box - to help encourage your kids' curiosity while providing fun activities that are as entertaining as they are educational with 3 hands-on activities to explore an exciting STEM theme. Perfect for kids aged 7-12. Go to AnniesKitClubs.com/ALLIE & save 50% on your first box! --- Show Links: The Daily Wire: "How the Federal Government Used Evangelical Leaders to Spread Covid Propaganda to Churches" https://bit.ly/3LjK9s0 The New York Times: "The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself" https://nyti.ms/3Gz5UjV Tim Keller's tweet praising Stephen Colbert's expression of faith: https://bit.ly/3gAWpWZ --- Previous Episodes Mentioned: Ep 508: My Response to John Piper, Tim Keller & Big Eva https://apple.co/3HJoK9C --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.
0:10.0	Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is
0:13.6	then sweaty armpits because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps
0:17.9	and heath and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath
0:21.6	but then your nose is still freezing to touch.
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0:56.0	Okay guys, today we are talking to daily wire reporter Megan Basham. We are talking about this
1:03.8	bombshell article that came out last week I believe about evangelicalism and the evangelicals
1:12.1	that were basically used by the former NIH director, the Retiring NIH Director, Francis Collins
1:20.4	to put to push vaccines and masks and a virtual meeting during the height of COVID.
1:28.8	It is a very fascinating article and I just want to talk to her about how she got this information
1:34.6	about some of the top and most influential evangelical leaders and why they are so influenced
1:41.2	by Francis Collins. We're going to talk a little bit about who Francis Collins is and why it's
1:46.3	really puzzling that some of the most respectable Christian leaders like Tim Keller are praising him
1:52.6	publicly and are basically using him as a vessel or using themselves as a vessel to preach whatever
2:00.4	Francis, Francis Collins wants them to preach to their congregants. We're also going to talk about
2:06.0	this New York Times opinion piece by David Brooks, the dissenters trying to save evangelicalism
2:13.8	from itself. Talking about how basically conservative evangelicals are a huge problem. Surprise,
2:21.2	surprise and even mentions world magazine. I am an opinion writer for world magazine so I took
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