The Bible Made Me An Atheist
In this episode, I examine Penn Jillette's famous claim that reading the Bible can make a person an atheist by highlighting troubling passages involving slavery, genocide, and other moral issues. I then challenge that conclusion, arguing that such readings should lead people to question Christianity’s view of God, not the existence of God itself. The problem, I suggest, is not belief in the Divine but the Bible’s portrayal of a deity that often appears immature, tribal, and morally flawed. In contrast, the God of philosophy and Deism offers a more rational, timeless, and intellectually…
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