Originally aired in 2014 — Weds., Mar 5th (NOT 8th). Atheists everywhere, invading us, taking over! GUEST: Dr. Daniel Fincke, Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University. At this time he offered private online instruction & counseling in philosophical problems. He had two blogs: Camels With Hammers and Empowerment Ethics, and had recently premiered a new podcast Hammering Out Ethics with Dan Fincke. VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/I6OfOj029Kk

Patheos BLOG POST: "Before I Deconverted: My Dad and My God" https://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2014/02/before-i-deconverted-my-dad-and-my-god/

This is Dan's 3rd appearance on the show — this time IN-STUDIO in Los Angeles. He officiated a wedding for a friend in Arizona.

Dan's mother took him to church and trained him to be a devout Christian. He went to Christian university, tried to convert his friends since the age of 12 — even losing friends over it. His father was agnostic — got baptized but had doubts and was more analytical and skeptical like Dan later grew to be.

Dan & Jesse discuss and debate whether he truly believed in God, or whether he was taught by his mom. Jesse asserts that his mother smothered him, but Dan downplays this. During high school, around age 14 for some time, he only interacted with his father by phone — for an hour or so per week. He balks at Jesse's question whether that was all he needed from his father. Dan says after his parents' divorce he had a youth pastor and his religious older brother who mentored him in adolescence.

Jesse and Dan also debate whether there's ever a time to resent. They argue about abusive fathers and mothers who may rape or hurt their kids, and whether forgiveness and love is necessary. Jesse says that you cannot know God if you do not love your father.

They debate whether thoughts can be trusted. Jesse says God reveals things to you; he doesn't feed you in your thoughts. He says the brain creates thoughts, and Jesse presses him on how sure he is that brains create thoughts.

In the Old Testament, the Bible says, "The fool says in his heart: There is no God." Dan disagrees. He points out 80-percent of philosophers (one of his favorites is Friedrich Nietzsche) are not theists, and details how he arrived at his conclusion. Jesse asks him if he's jumping from one conclusion to the next — under his mother as a kid, he assumed he believed in God, and now he assumes there is no God.

The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (M-F 6-9am PT) http://jlptalk.com

Originally aired in 2014 — Weds., Mar 5th (NOT 8th). Atheists everywhere, invading us, taking over! GUEST: Dr. Daniel Fincke, Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University. At this time he offered private online instruction & counseling in philosophical problems. He had two blogs: Camels With Hammers and Empowerment Ethics, and had recently premiered a new podcast Hammering Out Ethics with Dan Fincke. VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/I6OfOj029Kk

Patheos BLOG POST: "Before I Deconverted: My Dad and My God" https://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2014/02/before-i-deconverted-my-dad-and-my-god/

This is Dan's 3rd appearance on the show — this time IN-STUDIO in Los Angeles. He officiated a wedding for a friend in Arizona.

Dan's mother took him to church and trained him to be a devout Christian. He went to Christian university, tried to convert his friends since the age of 12 — even losing friends over it. His father was agnostic — got baptized but had doubts and was more analytical and skeptical like Dan later grew to be.

Dan & Jesse discuss and debate whether he truly believed in God, or whether he was taught by his mom. Jesse asserts that his mother smothered him, but Dan downplays this. During high school, around age 14 for some time, he only interacted with his father by phone — for an hour or so per week. He balks at Jesse's question whether that was all he needed from his father. Dan says after his parents' divorce he had a youth pastor and his religious older brother who mentored him in adolescence.

Jesse and Dan also debate whether there's ever a time to resent. They argue about abusive fathers and mothers who may rape or hurt their kids, and whether forgiveness and love is necessary. Jesse says that you cannot know God if you do not love your father.

They debate whether thoughts can be trusted. Jesse says God reveals things to you; he doesn't feed you in your thoughts. He says the brain creates thoughts, and Jesse presses him on how sure he is that brains create thoughts.

In the Old Testament, the Bible says, "The fool says in his heart: There is no God." Dan disagrees. He points out 80-percent of philosophers (one of his favorites is Friedrich Nietzsche) are not theists, and details how he arrived at his conclusion. Jesse asks him if he's jumping from one conclusion to the next — under his mother as a kid, he assumed he believed in God, and now he assumes there is no God.

The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (M-F 6-9am PT) http://jlptalk.com

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