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The Well, first of all, let me say what I've never said in this sanctuary before. Welcome to Socrates in the city. You can applaud now. That's traditionally, traditionally, that's when people applaud. I am so thrilled to be here.

Dallas is one of my absolute favorite places in the world. If people want to know where I am when I'm not home,

probably it's Dallas. I get here a fair amount. I've already recognized a bunch of you from other events.

It is a joy to be here, and it's a joy to do Socrates in the city in Dallas.

I think it's important for us to talk about what we call life, God, and other small topics in a fun way.

I've always said, and I even said earlier at a dinner we had, that

if you know that, you know, there is a God and that he's a God that is for us and not against

us, and that he is the author of reality and all that kind of stuff,

you really aren't afraid of anything.

You're not afraid of exploring the truth.

You're not afraid of where the facts might take you.

You're not afraid of where the evidence might take you.

Which is why it's my thesis that science and real faith are friends, not enemies.

They ought to be.

So I love to talk to scientists.

I have interviewed now Stephen Meyer, with whom I'll be speaking in a minute, I've interviewed

him a number of times before at Socrates and city events.

And every single time we've done it, I say never again.

And then something happens.

I forget what happened. And then somehow we end up doing it again. Every single time I say,

I'm not going to do it again. And here we are. So we're going to get through this together.

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