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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Is it wrong to impose religious beliefs in politics?

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Frank thoroughly examines a comment by Rachel Bird posted on the New York Times comments section of Tim Keller's latest article. He dissects the comment and answers the following question: Is it wrong to impose religious beliefs in politics? Here's the comment by Rachel: "As a strong believer in the separation of Church and State, I believe that religion has no place in political discourse. I am sick and tired of so-called Christians and other faith-based groups. using their religious beliefs to influence public policy. You want to pray. Fine. Go to church. You want to live your life in accordance with some religious belief. Fine. Do it in the privacy of your home. But, do not use your religious belief to argue that your right to free speech is infringed upon when you are asked to bake a cake for a same sex couple, provide birth control under your company's health insurance plan, deny science, etc. In short, do not use your religious beliefs to deny my right to live as I see fit. To influence public policy which denies millions of women, minorities, and children, access to health care, abortion, voting rights, civil rights. I am simply fed up with the hypocrisy to the so-called religious people in this country preaching to the rest of us who simply want to live our lives freely and openly without the burden of dealing with someone's else's gods foisted upon us." -Rachel Bird

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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?

0:07.0

So when someone says there is no truth, 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

Is it wrong to impose your religious beliefs politically in politics?

0:40.0

Or is there a separation of church and state?

0:43.0

Are you supposed to stay out of politics as you're a religious person?

0:47.0

Are you supposed to be involved or not?

0:51.0

Why don't I talk about this?

0:53.0

Well, it's not just because this whole cabinet-all supreme court thing.

0:57.0

There was an article, a column in the New York Times, just a few days back.

1:03.0

Actually, it was September 29th by Dr. Timothy Keller.

1:06.0

We've had Tim Keller on the program before.

1:08.0

He is an amazing pastor.

1:12.0

He's recently retired from his church in Manhattan called Redeemer Church.

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