Is It Ever OK for Christians to Mock Others? | with Seth Dillon of The Babylon Bee

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Should Christians incorporate humor or even mockery into their apologetics? The idea of poking fun at another person's worldview may seem offensive to some. But would you believe that the prophet Elijah and even Jesus Himself used mockery on certain occasions? With so much absurdity running rampant in our society, could humor be a part of the solution?

This week, CEO of The Babylon Bee, Seth Dillon, joins the podcast to talk about faith, politics, and the importance of free speech. As Frank interviews Seth, you'll hear about Seth's personal journey to faith, and how he came to be the CEO of the popular Christian news satire website lovingly dubbed "the definitive source of fake news you can trust".

In this episode, Frank and Seth answer questions like:

Should satire be used as a means to purposely offend people?
How has The Babylon Bee managed to draw a non-Christian audience?
Why is humor such an effective tool in evangelism?
How did The Babylon Bee become friends with Elon Musk?
What are the dangers of censorship and why should Christians combat it?

Between Twitter jail and a recent dust up between DeSantis and Trump, The Babylon Bee has ruffled quite a few feathers along the way. Yet they are unrelenting in challenging their audience to reflect on the flaws within our modern culture. This unofficial ministry of mockery has managed to break down barriers through its comedic flare, winning the laughs of Christians and planting seeds of truth in people who would never step foot inside a church!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.3	Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?
0:05.6	Does God exist?
0:07.4	So when someone says there is no truth,
0:09.8	if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:12.6	Is that true?
0:15.2	They don't think Christianity is true.
0:17.7	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.
0:24.2	Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.
0:28.2	Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.
0:33.0	Ladies and gentlemen, is it ever appropriate for a Christian
0:37.0	to make fun of someone else or their argument?
0:40.8	Is it ever okay to mock people?
0:44.0	Can Christians have a sense of humor with regard to the absurd?
0:48.2	And if you look around our country right now,
0:50.0	you look around the culture, there's a lot of absurd.
0:53.0	Is it okay to do that?
0:55.6	Well, we're going to look into that.
0:56.8	We're going to dive into what I think is one of the most
1:00.0	effective ministries out there,
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