Ep 1414 | A Child’s Tragic Death Forces This Difficult Question About God

John Luke opens up about deconstructing his faith after years of hearing Christians use the Bible to defend conflicting ideas. Al and Christian wrestle with a local tragedy of a child’s unexpected death and the questions it raises about grief, justice, and God’s presence. The guys trace the rise of “my truth” back through the Enlightenment, naturalism, and the split between faith and reason, then consider whether artificial intelligence could be ushering in another massive shift in how people understand truth.

In this episode: Psalm 139; Acts 17; Daniel 3:17-18; Jeremiah 20; Isaiah 55:8-11; Isaiah 1:18; Genesis 22; Hebrews 11; John 1:1-14; Job 2:3; Job 42; John 9; Romans 1; Romans 10

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Chapters

00:00 Facing the Comment Section

03:05 90s Nihilism & the Culture That Eroded Truth

06:20 How We Arrived at “My Truth”

11:10 Christian Wrestles With Unanswered Prayers

15:20 Al’s Four-Year Walk Away From God

18:45 Two Types of Crises of Faith

24:05 Could AI Spark a New Enlightenment?

31:20 Job, Suffering & the Limits of Human Reason

37:10 John Luke Rebuilds Faith After Deconstruction

42:40 Naturalism Pushed God Out of Universities

45:00 What Happens When Everything Becomes Subjective

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