Apologetics
151 conversations where the hosts get into apologetics.
151 conversations
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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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Christian Post 'Missing Heaven': what would it take to become a Christian
- What would it take for you to become a Christian?
- What would it take for you to give up on Christianity?
A host reads from a Christian Post article titled 'Missing Heaven' about the opener 'what would it take for you to become a Christian?' and argues the most interesting question…
From No. 531 · Just For The Taste Of It
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Article: why people reject Christianity, and record unhappiness
- Can you be holy and happy at the same time?
- Are people actually unhappier than past generations, or just more willing to say so?
A host reads an article arguing that beneath surface objections, two reasons top the list for rejecting Christianity: bad experiences with professing Christians who look nothing…
From No. 519 · Folk Ain’t Happy
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Ask the Pastor: Why Is Revelation the End?
- Why is Revelation the last book of the Bible, and how do we know the 66-book canon is closed?
Boova asks why Revelation is the last book and how the 66-book canon got closed. The answer pushes back on the 'council of old white dudes at Nicaea hid books from you' narrative:…
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How do we even know the Bible's true?
- How do we even know the Bible's true?
A host raises the common objection that the Bible can't be trusted, mocking shady YouTube channels and people who do just enough Greek research on one word to argue with a translation.
From No. 504 · Saul, Naturally
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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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The church that will not answer hard questions
- Do churches need more apologetics ministries to stop young people from leaving the faith?
A host reads from a Robin Schumacher article in the Christian Post: a trained apologist offered her megachurch a free apologetics ministry and got ghosted, while Barna data shows Gen Z drifting from religious identity.
From No. 395 · How the Church is Solving Every Modern Problem Incorrectly
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Proof 50 from godisimaginary.com: 'Ask Jesus to appear'
- Why doesn't Jesus appear to everyone today like he appeared to Paul and the 500?
- Is 'blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe' just a cover for a long con?
A host reads aloud proof number 50 from godisimaginary.com at length: Jesus would appear to everyone today if he had truly risen, since he appeared to hundreds after the resurrection (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:3-6).
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New believer asks: how do I answer a Christian who says the Bible is just stories?
- How should a new believer answer a Christian who says the Bible is just stories and not literally true?
A host (speaker-1, addressed on-air as Boova) relays a question from a new believer he knows who was confronted at a party by a self-described Christian claiming the Bible is a…
From No. 253 · Habits of Highly Miserable People
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Proof #53 read aloud: think about marriage as described in the Bible
- Does the Bible condone polygamy and the other 'biblical' marriage practices proof #53 lists?
- Why don't Christians follow the Old Testament marriage laws (stoning adulterers, forced marriage, virginity laws) today?
Ben reads proof number 53 from godisimaginary.com in full: the claim that the Bible condones polygamy (David, Jacob), bride-prices, captive wives (Deuteronomy 21), forced marriage…
From No. 150 · Marriage in the Bible
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50 proofs bonus #52: watch your minister, pastor, or priest
- Does the 'watch your minister, pastor, or priest' proof show that God is imaginary?
Continuing the godisimaginary.com '50 proofs' series, the reader (addressed as Ben in the audio) reads bonus proof #52, which claims ministers ignore four biblical prescriptions:…
From No. 149 · Listening
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Proof #51: Think about God and Baal
- Does the Elijah-and-Baal story in 1 Kings 18 prove that God is imaginary?
The hosts walk through proof #51 from godisimaginary.com: think about God and Baal. A host reads the 1 Kings 18 account of Elijah confronting Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel, then reads the site's argument that God's failure to show himself today proves he is imaginary.
From No. 148 · Now Serving Seven
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Proof 50 read-through: 'Ask Jesus to appear'
- If Jesus appeared to Paul and to hundreds of others, why does he not appear to everyone today?
A host reads godisimaginary.com's proof number 50 in full: since Jesus appeared after the resurrection to hundreds (Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21, 1 Corinthians…
From No. 147 · The Promised Land Festival
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Reading proof #49: look at who speaks for God
- If God is real, why doesn't he silence the lunatics who speak in his name?
A host reads proof #49 from godisimaginary.com verbatim from the site: since God is silent, his only spokespeople are people, and many of them are lunatics (citing clips like Westboro's 'thank God for dead soldiers' and a 'holy spirit enema' video).
From No. 146 · Ask Jesus to Appear
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Proof 48 read aloud: prayer as a lucky horseshoe
- Is prayer any different from a lucky horseshoe?
A host reads proof number 48 verbatim from the site: the dictionary definition of superstition, the cancer-patient thought experiment contrasting a man with a lucky horseshoe…
From No. 145 · Prayer vs. the Lucky Horseshoe
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Proof 46 read aloud: Pascal's wager
- Is Pascal's wager a sound argument for believing in God?
A host reads proof 46 from godisimaginary.com, 'ponder Pascal's wager': believers argue 'I have nothing to lose, you have everything to lose,' and the site rebuts that thousands…
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Debating proof 46: the many-gods objection and the 'I am Spartacus' analogy
- If many gods are claimed, does that prove none of them exist?
The group debates the proof's 'many gods' argument. A host argues the Bible's historical grounding and the early Christians dying for their claims set it apart, and that martyrs…
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Proof 41: 'Flip a Coin' read aloud
- Does unanswered coin-flip prayer prove that Jesus is imaginary?
A host reads proof 41 from the godisimaginary website's '50 proofs', cleverly entitled 'Flip a Coin': pray to the sun god Ra to make a coin land heads 50 times and note that…
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Proof bullet 4: the un-outgrown parental slot
- Are humans born with a slot for an all-knowing being, or does that point to God?
A host reads the proof's fourth proposed motivation: humans are born with a place for an all-knowing, all-loving being that some adults never outgrow.
From No. 138 · 30 Below
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Proof bullet 5: answered-prayer one-upmanship at church
- Do Christians exaggerate answered-prayer stories to impress their peers?
A host reads the proof's fifth proposed motivation: Christians invent answered-prayer stories (a dog's skin sores, a vacation paid by a credit card offer) to be the center of attention in their peer group.
From No. 138 · 30 Below
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Proof 39, part 1: hypocrisy and broken promises
- Was Jesus a jerk, as proof 39 of godisimaginary.com claims?
The hosts introduce proof 39 from godisimaginary.com — 'realize that Jesus was a jerk' — noting the author implicitly concedes Jesus existed.
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Proof 38 read: Christian divorce rates
- Why do Christian divorce rates match the general population, and does that prove God is imaginary?
A host reads Proof 38 from an on-air list of proofs that God is imaginary. The proof argues: Christian weddings invoke God as witness, the Bible forbids divorce (citing Matthew…
From No. 136 · The Divorce-Rate Proof
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Fifty proofs, proof 37: DNA as evidence of a creator
- Does the existence and information content of DNA prove that God is imaginary?
The hosts work through proof 37 from GodIsImaginary.com, which argues DNA's information content does not prove a creator because evolution/natural selection produced it.
From No. 135 · Righteous Vendetta
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Proof 35 read aloud: notice Jesus' myopia
- If Jesus were God, why didn't he use his power to end slavery, sexism, disease, poverty and war?
A host reads the full text of proof 35 from godisimaginary.com. The argument: if Jesus were God, he would have used omniscience and omnipotence to end slavery, sexism, racism,…