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Welcome to the show Greg Cocoal here and I am I owe you an apology I forgot to announce last hour which is the first podcast of the week that you were on February 1st 12 p.m. Pacific time Q&A Facebook

Two days ago from the time people are receiving this now sorry about that I got a big asterick in my announcements about it and I have failed you

So friends it is available though probably archive right okay so friends you missed it my fault but you can go back to the archive Amy had Q&A on Facebook on Wednesday February 1st

And you could have posted questions for her to answer too bad so sad but I will say this Alan Sleeman will be at Broadway Christian Church in Mattoon Illinois

February 3rd Friday through Sunday February 5th so that's today if you're getting the podcast right away Friday through Sunday so if you're within striking distance of Mattoon Illinois which is on the you know near the Mississippi River I think so I recall

He'll be also speaking at Providence Church in Frisco, Texas on the 26th which is Sunday. I'm also this weekend on Sunday February 5th Valley View Christian Church in Lincoln, Colorado that's right outside of Denver and so those are the

Oh and also I'm going to be at Desert Apologetic Conference in Palm Springs the following week that conference is February 9th through 11 and I will be there on Saturday the 11th so these are events that are coming up here also reality oh my goodness

I forgot to mention that too but reality now is three weeks away the Dallas reality and the stats from Tuesday that's like for you four days ago three days ago we were at 1935

okay 1935 people already signed up our total capacity for the main venue is 2200 and we got room for 400 in the overflow so we can take 2600 total max every seat filled and we're two thirds of the way there with about with three weeks to go so if you're thinking about doing reality in Dallas I'm just saying this is the best reality we've ever had

go to Reality Apologetic.com and it's worth driving to if you're in Missouri if you're in Oklahoma if you're in New Mexico if you're in Louisiana if you're anywhere in the state of Texas I know it's a big Texas state but take the drive make it a road trip and don't miss this reality conference

and the emphasis by the way is deconstruction and deconversion young people are leaving Christianity by droves and they're being encouraged they're being encouraged to do so by those who have been Christians and are now have left Christianity and they're on the sidelines rooting for others to do the same

deconstruct your faith and de convert is the idea and so we are addressing that concern hitting it head on and not giving it the soft the soft treatment and we're looking at the issues and we're talking about the concerns and we're addressing the issues and the arguments.

So Reality Apologetic.com Dallas coming up March make that I'm sorry February 24th and 25th I mentioned March because I'm looking at Philly now a month later the 24th and 25th in Philly what do we have I think we have that's half full something like that now I don't have all my numbers in front of me but I just got a report on it and that's two months away.

So that's a smaller venue so you want to make sure you can sign up for that if you're in that area and Augusta Georgia April 21st and 22nd so that's the skinny on reality coming up let's go to our callers now and next on board is Audrey and it just says the deep south Audrey welcome.

Hello mr. rag it's owners hi so I actually have two questions and it's sort of a conglomeration of the two that I'm asking and it has to do with slavery.

Yeah all right so just to start out and say we'll put these views have not many doubt or weaken my faith that my inability to refuse them is debilitating.

Wait could you say that again did you move a little fast and it's gets a little distorted and I have a hard time here and understand so so the question is about slavery book of Exodus in particular right.

Yes sir and I have heard this argument and while it's not convincing to me I'm not able to refuse it and it's in a unique angle to me and it says this is the argument it says that the Bible is just a document written by some fanatical Israelite rulers.

The light rulers want it to to control people with religion and the subject that you support this is the issue of slavery and now when I was tried to refuse this slavery and showing that the antebellum concept of slavery is totally different from the ancient biblical view of slavery but this doesn't hold up to par more or less or like when they quote Exodus 21 right.

20 through 21 and it says if a man might have served and he died he should be punished but not the standing if he continue a day or two he should not be punished for he is his money and then there's the other problem of a bit of kids 25.

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