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Yogesh is the secretary of the Shree Ramji Temple in Montreal. Our interview took place in the basement of the temple, and the live chanting can be heard in the background. He was very patient with my questions.

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We need to go to Christ. We need to go to him in the sacraments, particularly the Eucharist. Go to sacramental confession. If you're not a member of the church get in the church. You're going to suffer either way--but your suffering needs to have meaning. Give your suffering meaning. Give your suffering to Christ. He can handle it--he carried it for 33 years. You know that the work is done, so you can go to him. There is no other way.

We see in the Garden of Eden a level of innocence and a level of trust and a level of self control; they were not ashamed they were not fearful of being taken advantage of because they lived in the perfect paradise. They had not fallen into sin yet. But those happy days were about to end.

From God's perspective it is all good. It's all good because of the ontological goodness of His creation. It's all good because of the good gifts He gives us--His grace. It's all good in spite of our failings our weakness and our sin. It's all good in spite of all of the evils that flow as a natural consequence of original sin and actual sin.

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Anthony is a good friend. We discuss religion and philosophy all the time, so this is nothing new. I appreciate that even though he doesn't agree with me on everything, he listens to me--and defends my controversial faith when he can.

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I was surprised and honored when Rabbi Cremisi agreed to be on my humble show. I can honestly say that this interview changed my religious outlook more than any other interview to date. I am still reeling from what I learned.

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Ben is a good friend. He and I met in 1993 at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario. We were both studying Physics. He's always fun to talk with, and he puts up with my absurd thought-experiments better than most. A very sweet guy.

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Dylan is a good friend. We did this interview in his apartment, drinking herbal tea. I learned a lot about him in this interview. I actually did another much longer interview with him prior to this one, but somehow I forgot to press record.

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I met this gentle man in a depanneur (corner store) in little-India (Jean-Talon). He runs a Mosque above his shop. After closing up, we went into the basement to conduct the interview. I was very moved by his humility, and his very simple, sincere love of God.

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I met Renaud at a "Skeptics in the Pub" meetup, which is run by an Atheist group. I wanted to interview him because when I first met him he was very aggressive. He turned out to be very gentle and calm. He was patient with me. Nice guy.

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