Evangelicals, atheists, and the angry visitor who ate the donuts
- Am I an evangelical?
More survey detail: evangelicals are the highest-rated group among Republicans and the second-lowest among Democrats; evangelicals and atheists are the only two traditions with 'chilly feelings' toward each other, and most Western atheism is really a rejection of Christianity. One host tells how a militant atheist came to his church after his tolerance-sermon ad, sat angry through it, snuck out, then tried to pick a fight on Facebook — and got invited to a real conversation instead. The hosts joke that the visitor ate the church's donuts anyway, and share stories of their own fever hallucinations (pointillism visions, an unfixable radio-studio microphone, punching a shower curtain).
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Simeon's question: 'what made God?' and the case against scientism
- What made God? How can a being have no beginning?
Guest Simeon Clawson names his recurring faith question: what made God, and how can a mind process a being with no beginning?
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Why people ditch God
- Why do people ditch God?
Reading a Christian Post article by Robin P. Shoemaker, the hosts work through three reasons people leave faith: bad events that wreck a life, bad representatives of the faith, and bad morals that collide with sexual freedom.
From No. 505 · Because of Fussy and Fuzzy
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Dear LFTP: the significant other who hijacks every religious discussion
- How do I get my significant other to stop hijacking religious discussions with hostility?
A woman writes in that her significant other, nice in every other respect, injects sarcasm and hostility into any religion or spirituality discussion and always ends with 'show me proof.'
From No. 454 · Read, Protect, and Complain About Your Husband
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News: Kentucky man's 'I'M GOD' license plate lawsuit
- Should my dating daughter choose the nearby college and move in with her boyfriend, or take the scholarship school three hours away?
A Frankfort, Kentucky man — atheist Ben Benny Hart, who had the plate in Ohio for over a decade — is suing Kentucky (backed by the ACLU and the Freedom From Religious Foundation) after being told the 'I'M GOD' plate is inappropriate; a judge let the case proceed.
From No. 345 · Grammys and Cheeseburgers