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Reasonable Faith Podcast

When Do I Stop Seeking God?

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Craig considers a heartfelt article from a man who lost his faith.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, And it is covered up the tracks where I had.

0:15.0

There was nothing but a whisper,

0:17.0

but a whisper, flashed me to the last,

0:19.0

for it was nothing but the ghost to Paradise and Loos.

0:25.0

Dr. Craig, there are a lot of people who write on the recovering from religion

0:30.2

blog and blogs of similar kinds that are former Christians, ex Christians, people who have lost their faith or rejected their faith.

0:40.0

One was sent to me that I began to read and he's not written very many things and so I can't quite get a total bead on him but I thought I would discuss a couple of things with you from the writing of Joe Amundsen he's writing on the recovering

0:55.0

from religion blog breaking the cycle do I seek harder or let go of God. And that got my attention. This is how he starts it out. Many

1:07.8

believers can't imagine questioning their faith and many lifelong atheists

1:12.0

can't understand why someone would believe in the

1:14.1

first place. Those of us who have experienced a change in belief offer a unique

1:19.1

perspective. Let's work together to raise awareness of how religion impacts our lives.

1:25.0

He says I was raised at a Christian home, Baptist, then non-denominational, and took it seriously

1:30.5

from a young age.

1:31.7

Like most children, I trusted the adults in my life

1:33.8

were telling me the truth. I wanted to believe what was right. I paid attention.

1:38.1

My parents divorced when I was 12. I devoted myself to God more fully in order to avoid their mistakes.

1:44.6

At age 15 I had open heart surgery and I invested heavily on God's promise of heaven

1:50.0

to help me face the possibility of death.

1:52.6

After a high school I followed the suggestion of a youth pastor, mentor,

1:57.1

and went to a one-year Bible program in Europe.

2:00.2

My relationship, quote unquote, with Jesus was the most important thing in my life.

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