meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

My Debate with Dr. Michael Shermer

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Does belief in God make sense of the world? Or does reality itself point to God’s absence? Is God real or is he a product of human minds? These were some of the questions we discuss during my debate with Dr. Michael Shermer in San Jose California this past Friday, August 24th, 2018. Debate title: What Better Explains Reality? When we raise this question is unavoidable to notice that both sides of the debate have the burden of proof. This was the main idea behind the debate. In this podcast, Frank shares his thoughts about the debate.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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

Last week I had a two-hour plus debate with Dr. Michael Sharmer.

0:38.0

Dr. Sharmer is the publisher of Steptic Magazine.

0:42.0

And we were supposed to be debating what better explains reality, theism or atheism.

0:49.0

As you know, this is the title that I like to debate rather than does God exist.

0:55.0

Debate something like what better explains reality, theism or atheism.

1:01.0

It's obvious that both sides have the burden of proof to provide evidence that reality is better explained either by theism or atheism, dependent upon what side you're on.

1:11.0

Of course, I'm arguing for theism.

1:13.0

And Dr. Sharmer was arguing for atheism.

1:17.0

In fact, what we try and do as philosophers or scientists or investigators is we try and take the effects that we experience in reality.

1:30.0

And we try and reason back to a cause.

1:34.0

We see these effects and we say, well, there's got to be a cause for these effects.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Frank Turek, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Frank Turek and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.