16 | Doubting God’s Existence, Evangelism, and Being a Gen-Z Christian

In 2018, Tori was on the path to becoming a full-time missionary when the story broke that John Allen Chau, an young American missionary, was killed off the coast of North Sentinel Island by indigenous people he was trying to evangelize. Chau was determined to reach the island even though it was strictly off limits to all outsiders. This event gained global attention and greatly disturbed Tori. She began a journey of doubt and an unraveling of her worldview. In this episode we discuss the following topics:

• Discovering faith by reading books written by atheists
• Is it possible to be a Christian and not have certainty about God's existence?
• How should Christians evangelize, keeping in mind Christianity's historical connection to colonialism?
• What are other ways the Gospel can be presented other than Jesus dying for sins?
• Does being a Christian simply mean assenting to a list religious concepts?
• Practicing Christianity because it leads to human flourishing, not because it makes sense intellectually
• The difference between what Gen-Z is looking for in Christianity and what past generations looked for

References:

• "The Mission" documentary about Chau by National Geographic (https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-mission)
• The God Delusion book by famous atheist Richard Dawkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion)
• "This Cultural Moment" podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/5vc4AILCeO1HDAQV8jE8J4)
• Surprised by Hope book by theologian N.T. Wright (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2319645.Surprised_by_Hope)

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