I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST What Are You Going to Do With Your Guilt? with Dr. Bobby Conway
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Aug 12, 2025 In this engaging discussion, guest Dr. Bobby Conway, an apologist and pastor with a Ph.D. focused on guilt, delves into the complexities of this universal emotion. He reveals how thinkers like Freud and Darwin failed to address guilt without God. Conway argues guilt can point to God's existence and explores the implications of unresolved guilt in modern culture, including its role in cancel culture. He emphasizes the Gospel as the key to overcoming guilt, asserting that true freedom comes through Jesus Christ, offering listeners hope and insight.
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Personal Drive Behind The Dissertation
- Bobby Conway researched guilt for his PhD because he personally experienced overwhelming guilt before becoming a Christian.
- His dissertation argued philosophically then apologetically that Christianity best explains and resolves guilt.
Broken Faculties Explain Exceptions
- Universal guilt feelings can exist even if some individuals (e.g., sociopaths) don't feel guilt due to broken moral faculties.
- Bobby compares sociopathy to colorblindness: the exception indicates a malfunction, not the nonexistence of the faculty.
Guilt Functions Like Pain
- Authentic guilt corresponds to a real moral wrong and functions like pain as a corrective signal.
- When feelings match facts, guilt warns us we're violating a moral standard written on our hearts.
