Episode 511: America’s 400 Million Guns & Saving Humanity from Technology with Andy Crouch

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Skyejethani, Society & Culture, Philvischer, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, 226012, Christiantaylor, Atheism, Veggietales

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The United States has experienced another horrific school shooting, and the country is once again debating guns. Will this time be any different? Phil asks why the U.S. is incapable of passing sensible gun regulations like Australia did 25 years ago, and why do so many evangelicals support America’s gun culture and the 2nd Amendment with religious-like devotion? Skye then interviews Andy Crouch about his new book about the dehumanizing effects of technology. Crouch says we are drawn to tech the same way the ancients were tempted by magic. Both offer the promise of “effortless power,” but it always comes with a cost. And he says we should look to early Christianity for ways to restore dignity and personhood to our culture. Plus, critical listener responses to our recent Roe v Wade episode.

News Segment
0:00 - Intro
2:22 - Critical listener responses
Holy Post episode 508: No More Roe? & the New Scandal of the Evangelical Mind - https://www.holypost.com/post/episode-508-no-more-roe-the-new-scandal-of-the-evangelical-mind-with-mark-noll

20:58 - Baby formula
22:26 - America’s guns
Kaitlyn’s tweet: https://twitter.com/KaitlynSchiess/status/1529517008206942209“

Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted” - https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9212725/australia-buyback

Holy Post episode 423: Is America’s Gun Culture a Blessing or Curse? - https://www.holypost.com/post/episode-423-is-america-s-gun-culture-a-blessing-or-curse-with-david-french

Interview with Andy Crouch“The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World” - https://amzn.to/3M6EbtH

51:11 - Andy Crouch intro
53:47 - Technology and magic
59:29 - Media and superpowers
1:14:39 - Early Christianity and personhood
1:26:10 - Interview wrap-up

1:28:42 - Credits

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Holy Post. Last week, the United States experienced another horrific school shooting.
0:05.8	Today, we ask, why is the U.S. incapable of passing sensible gun laws like other countries?
0:11.3	And why do so many evangelicals seem to support America's gun culture and the Second Amendment with a religious-like devotion?
0:17.9	Then I talked to my friend Andy Crouch about his new book on the dehumanizing effects of technology,
0:23.8	and what we can learn from the early church about restoring dignity and personhood to our culture.
0:28.7	All of that, plus we have some listener feedback that's critical of our episode on Roe v Wade.
0:33.9	And just a heads up that we deal with some pretty sensitive topics in this episode like child mortality and suicide.
0:40.1	So if those are difficult topics for you right now, I'd encourage you to skip ahead to the interview
0:44.6	and then maybe come back and listen to the new segment later.
0:47.4	Here is episode 511.
0:49.6	Hey there, welcome back to the show. This is Phil. Welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm here with Christian Taylor. Hi, Christian.
0:55.6	Hey, how are you? You got that wall completed. Nice job.
0:58.4	The wall is all filled in. I'm still working on lighting. I don't like the lighting yet, so I have to want to make it more interesting.
1:05.4	And Sky, Jatani, hi, Sky.
1:07.4	Hi everyone.
1:08.9	You're a glow. You're a glow from the great open doors.
1:12.4	Yeah, I have a window shade open and the sauce is gonna come in.
1:15.4	Yeah, that's okay. That's you look sunny. You look sunny and happy.
1:20.4	And Christian is not coming from her orange box. She's coming from a location somewhere near Atlanta.
1:27.9	Yes, I am.
1:29.9	Film Festival or child military something or other?
1:33.9	No, we, you know, we're partnered with Delta and Delta and Michelin Invest Defense Foundation are chartering a flight all to take 30 World War 2 veterans back to Normandy for D day.
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