JUSTIN BRIERLEY | Big Conversations and The Meaning Crisis (Ep. 322)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode, we welcome Justin Brierley back to the show. He’s the host of the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast on Premier Christian Radio in the UK. He’s also the author of Unbelievable? Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian. In this interview, we dig into the debate he just hosted between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins, how Dawkins opened the door to a potential belief in God, his forthcoming book about the meaning crisis in society, why he decided to use the pronouns that did not align with one of his guest's biological sex, why the writings of C.S. Lewis are so important to him, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.
0:38.7	Hi guys, today we've got a return guest on the podcast. His name is Justin Briarly.
0:42.5	So Justin is the host of Unbelievable. That's a radio show and podcast on Premier
0:46.4	Christian Radio in the UK. He's the author of the book Unbelievable, why after 10 years of talking
0:51.1	with Atheist, I'm still a Christian, and he was on our podcast on episode 189, so you guys can
0:55.5	check that out as well. So in this podcast, we spent about half the time, the really the beginning
0:59.2	part on this thing that they're doing over there with Premier Christian Radio, which is called
1:03.1	the big conversation. So they bring these individuals, usually a Christian and usually an Atheist,
1:07.6	to talk about these big topics. And so we had Francis Collins actually opposite Richard Dawkins.
1:12.1	And so we really, really dig into that because Richard Dawkins kind of admits that there is a pathway
1:18.2	to convince him that God could exist, right? And it was it was a stunning admission. So we talked
1:23.6	about that. But also, Justin's got a book that he's going to be writing that's going to be coming
1:27.5	out next summer. And it's about the meaning crisis in our culture. So we talked about that a little
1:31.2	bit. And then I also got into it with him, not got into it with them. It was obviously very, very
1:34.8	polite conversation. But towards the end, I was able to ask some questions that I wasn't able to
1:38.4	get to during our first interview. And I asked him a question about specifically why he had this
1:43.6	debate on his show where there was a transgender person. So a male that thinks he's female. And then
1:48.3	a Christian pastor and how he and the Christian, the Christian pastor used feminine pronouns when
1:53.6	referring to this man on the interview and how that was just shocking to me that people that are
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