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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Why Believe? | with Dr. Neil Shenvi

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Why believe in Christianity? Why believe that God exists? Aren't there reasons NOT to believe in God? Reasons like: Evolution Evil Divine hiddenness For centuries, skeptics have disputed the claims of Christianity―such as the belief in an eternal God and the resurrection of Jesus Christ―arguing that they simply cannot be accepted by reasonable individuals. Furthermore, efforts to demonstrate the evidence and rational basis for Christianity through apologetics are often deemed too simplistic to be taken seriously in intellectual circles. And miracles? Ha! They'll say anything is more probable than a miracle, even the idea that Jesus had an identical twin! In his new book, Why Believe: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity, apologist and theoretical chemist turned homeschool dad, Dr. Neil Shenvi, engages in some of the best contemporary arguments against Christianity. He presents compelling evidence for the identity of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels, his death and resurrection, the existence of God, and the unique message of the gospel. As you’ll discover in this podcast episode, Neil is no “uneducated Christian” and responds to some of the most common objections to Christianity with precision, clarity, and grace. Neil also talks with Frank about his college days at UC Berkeley and Princeton, where he came to faith during a class nicknamed “The Faith Buster,” taught using Bart Ehrman’s textbook and other liberal religious scholarship. Talk about a miracle; you won’t believe his testimony! Neil’s website: https://shenviapologetics.com/ Follow Neil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilShenvi If you would like to submit a question to be answered on the show, please email your question to Hello@Crossexamined.org. Subscribe on Apple Podcast: http://bit.ly/CrossExamined_Podcast Rate and review! Thanks!!! Subscribe on Google Play: https://cutt.ly/0E2eua9 Subscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/CrossExaminedOfficial_Podcast Subscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Stitcher Download Transcript

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0:00.0

Does truth exist?

0:03.3

Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?

0:05.6

Does God exist?

0:07.4

So when someone says there is no truth,

0:09.8

if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?

0:12.6

Is that true?

0:15.4

They don't think Christianity is true.

0:18.4

They're talked out of it.

0:20.2

You know why they're talked out of it?

0:22.2

Because they've never been talked into it.

0:24.2

Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.

0:28.0

Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.

0:33.5

Why should you believe in Christianity?

0:36.1

Why should you believe that God exists?

0:39.2

Aren't there reasons not to believe in God, for example, evolution or evil or the hidden

0:45.7

ness of God exists? Why don't you just show up and say, here I am?

0:49.5

I mean, that would make it a lot easier. Why don't we even have aologist?

0:52.7

What's the deal with that?

0:54.8

And do miracles occur? Can they occur?

0:58.0

What is the evidence for the resurrection?

1:00.4

Is the gospel actually an argument for Christianity?

1:04.9

Is that something we ought to expect if God does exist and he's a loving God?

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