The Real Reason Why Fewer Americans Think Religion Matters
The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast
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🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As Christianity wanes in America, a national poll reveals that fewer people think religion matters than ever before. What is motivating people to adopt this position? Why are fewer people interested in God in this "Information Age"? J. Warner answers these questions in this episode of the NRBtv Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast.
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| 0:00.0 | J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective who's been investigating cold-case murders |
| 0:07.2 | in Los Angeles County for over a decade. |
| 0:09.4 | His work has been featured on Fox News, Dateline, and Core TV. |
| 0:12.8 | Now, we join him as he applies his investigative skills to making a case for Christiane. |
| 0:17.4 | Thanks for joining me at Cold Case Christianity, I'm J. Warner Wallace. |
| 0:27.9 | We have been talking about the decline of religious belief, generally, and what might be a cause |
| 0:34.6 | for that decline. |
| 0:35.6 | Last week, we talked about how, in fact, there's a relationship that you find statistically |
| 0:40.0 | between people's IQ levels, at least this one study made that claim, that there's a relationship |
| 0:45.2 | between IQ studies and whether or not you're a believer. |
| 0:48.6 | But the fact that you're just too smart that only stupid people would believe this to begin |
| 0:52.3 | with is that really what is the relationship or is it really that something else comes |
| 0:56.0 | along with IQ that might be their real cause? |
| 0:59.4 | Is there a pride issue? |
| 1:00.4 | Is it an issue of you thinking that you know more than others? |
| 1:06.0 | You know so much. |
| 1:07.0 | You can't be taught anymore. |
| 1:08.5 | There are other issues that come along with information that come along with IQ that can |
| 1:12.2 | sometimes be a barrier to truth claims that have nothing to do with their rational content |
| 1:16.5 | have more to do with the volitional content of your own heart. |
| 1:20.3 | So that being said, that was last week. |
| 1:22.1 | This week we're talking about something that's really interesting based on studies that |
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