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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

“How (Not) to Read the Bible” with Dan Kimball

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A popular meme says that reading the Bible is the fastest way to become an atheist! On the face of it, the Bible does seem to have some verses that are pro-slavery, pro-violence, anti-women, and anti-science. Leaving aside the fact that atheists have no objective moral standard by which to judge anything wrong, these verses do seem to present a problem for Christians. Young people see these memes and are cast into doubt. That’s why you need to get the excellent new book by pastor and seminary professor Dan Kimball called 𝑯𝒐𝒘 (𝑵𝒐𝒕) 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆: 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐-𝑽𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐-𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚-𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. Dan clearly answers these charges and shows us how to properly interpret these passages. This is a MUST read/listen! If you want to send us a question for the show, please email us at Hello@CrossExamined.org. Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/CrossExamined_Podcast rate and review! Thanks!!!Subscribe on Google Play: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_GoogleSubscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/CrossExaminedOfficial_PodcastSubscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Stitcher

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0:00.0

Does truth exist?

0:03.0

Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?

0:06.0

Does God exist?

0:08.0

So when someone says there is no truth,

0:10.0

if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?

0:13.0

Is that true?

0:15.0

They don't think Christianity is true.

0:18.0

They're talked out of it.

0:20.0

You know why they're talked out of it?

0:22.0

Because they've never been talked into it.

0:24.0

Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.

0:28.0

Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.

0:33.0

The fastest way to become an atheist is to read the Bible.

0:40.0

Yeah, you heard me right.

0:42.0

That's a popular meme going around.

0:45.0

The fastest way to become an atheist is to read the Bible.

0:49.0

Because if you read the Bible, you do what it appears anyway,

0:53.0

seem to see anti-women, anti-science, pro-violence, pro-slavery views.

1:00.0

I mean, look, God could ban shrimp or ban slavery.

1:07.0

He chooses shrimp.

1:09.0

This is the kind of God we worship, really?

1:12.0

Well, how do we deal with issues like this?

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