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Are Atheists Reconsidering Christianity? with Justin Brierley

Truth Over Tribe: Christian Takes on Culture, News & Politics

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The Impossibility of Believe in Miracles

The idea of Christianity being a useful fiction to me feels a little bit like saying, well, if you understand how a refrigerator works and there's all these different components that creates all the cooling that keeps your drinks cool. So it would be irrational for me to say, Well, if it works, that actually might suggest that the science behind it is describing something true. But the other half I love that you just said is you have to believe in a miracle either way. It's a miracle that the world turned upside down, that human rights became a thing. That's why Tom Holland is so great because he understands this was entirely contrary to everyone thought. And so it's a miracles that

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