What is Christianity’s contribution to history and has it been positive or negative? John Dickson says Christians should obey Jesus’ command to remove the plank from our own eye and admit the many ugly truths about church history. Only then will we be able to see clearly the parts of church history that conform to the way of Jesus. Skye talks to Dickson about his new book, “Bullies & Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History.”
Also this week, a conspiracy filled speech by the actor who played Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ” has gone viral. Why are evangelicals more susceptible than others to such nonsense? And was Bonhoeffer right that stupidity is more dangerous than malice? Plus, why does the Bible forbid witchcraft? (Hint: it has nothing to do with patriarchy.) And, PETA is trying to change our language to protect the feelings of cows and chickens
News Segment:
Celebrating Halloween? [3:32]
PETA urges MLB to change ‘bullpen’ term [8:10
]https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/peta-urges-mlb-change-bullpen-term-over-insensitivity-cows
‘Jewitches’ embracing both Judaism and witchcraft [12:20]
https://religionnews.com/2021/10/25/how-some-jewitches-are-embracing-both-judaism-and-witchcraft/
Jim Caviezel quoting Bravehart at a QAnon conference [19:25]
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/current/jim-caviezel-quoting-braveheart-at-a-qanon-conference-is-a-metaphor-for-american-christianity-if-there-ever-was-one-1/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook-troll-farms-report-us-2020-election/
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8616320-stupidity-is-a-more-dangerous-enemy-of-the-good-than
https://sproutsschools.com/bonhoeffers-theory-of-stupidity/
Interview with John Dickson:
Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History - https://amzn.to/2ZLgOE4
Centre for Public Christianity - https://www.publicchristianity.org
Interview Start [48:06]
Why church history? [49:31]
Tribalism and the plank in our own eye [53:05]
How do we explain Christians doing terrible things throughout history? [58:27]
How to talk with people about church history [1:13:00]
Is Christianity really still needed? [1:18:36]
https://undeceptions.com/podcast/christian-revolution/
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