Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 979 | Atheist Richard Dawkins Begs Christianity to Come Back

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort.

Starting point is 00:00:19 We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this D-Day Show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. Famous atheist Richard Dawkins says that he wants Britain to remain a Christian country. Also, U.S. soccer star Corbyn Albert is apologizing for sharing a testimony of a young man who says that he was freed by God from the deception of transgenderism. And lastly, dinosaurs apparently might have been gay. All of this and more on this episode of Relatable. It's brought to by our friends at Good Ranchers. Go to Good Ranchers.com.

Starting point is 00:01:09 Use code Alley at checkout. That's good ranchers.com code Alley. Hey guys, welcome to Relatable. Happy Wednesday. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. All right. Let's get right into it. I've been wanting to talk about this Corbin Albert story for a few days now.

Starting point is 00:01:35 It's a really unfortunate story. on a lot of different sides. It's a lesson for all of us Christians, what courage looks like, what it doesn't look like, the various pressures that will be against us to compromise and to fold. Yesterday, we talked about the announcement and proclamation of the so-called trans day of visibility, where we had President Biden as well as the entirety of his administration, as well as several progressive leaders making announcements of celebrations of this day that celebrates evil and wickedness and barbarism and brutality against the Amago Day, against the body that celebrates a lie that you can become the opposite sex.

Starting point is 00:02:24 It is going to be more and more difficult as Christians, not just to say controversial statements like John 146, that Jesus is the way, the truth in the life. But very obvious statements like a man is a man, a woman is a woman that is biologically true and that cannot be changed by way of feeling or declaration. So it's really not John 146 that is only controversial. But it is also Genesis 1, Genesis 1 27, Genesis 1 1 1 that God created the heavens in the earth.

Starting point is 00:02:56 All of these are going to be deemed forms of unacceptable, bigotry, tree. And if we can stand on this very controversial truth that Jesus is the only way truth in the life and that no one comes to the father except through him, then we have to also be able to stand on very obvious, observable, biological and biblical truths that only male and female exist. And that these are not replaceable. They're not interchangeable. They're not fluid. This is not on a spectrum. And so here's an example of this playing out in real life. Corbyn Albert is a 20-year-old professional soccer player and current member of the U.S. women's national team.

Starting point is 00:03:40 She received significant backlash after she shared a repost on TikTok. So I'm not on TikTok. So for the rest of you, 30-year-old olds out there, that it's like similar to retweeting. So she didn't add any commentary of her own. She just reposted it. And it was a teen's testimony about struggling with drugs and sexual sin, including transgenderism, and then finding freedom and peace through Christ. So here is the testimony that this soccer player shared on her TikTok.

Starting point is 00:04:12 Sot3. I knew I needed to get help. So I went to counseling, but never revealed the shame I was battling with feeling transgender. A few months later, I started taking hormones. However, in the midst of this time, God led me to ACC through a new friend. I was introduced to Jesus and the Holy Spirit started consuming me, and I actually felt his tangible presence. I even felt God told me to stop taking the hormones.

Starting point is 00:04:42 I threw them away and have not been on them since. God truly saved me in so many ways. Sweet boy, that just, I mean, it breaks my heart, just what Satan does and how he tempts us and deceives us. And I also just want to, aside from this story that we're about to unravel with this soccer player who shared this video, I just, I just want to praise God for that young man's testimony. There are different arguments and debates and theological discussions that we can have. Of course, apologetics. All of that is really important. But you can't argue with someone's testimony. And so praise God, we've had many people sit on. this couch with a similar testimony that God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, freed them from that sin, from that addiction, from that deception and confusion. So he also talked in

Starting point is 00:05:40 his testimony about his battle with alcoholism, drug addiction, pornography, same sex attraction, and then of course feeling that he identified better as the opposite sex. And he says, It's because of God that I'm alive today. And so praise God for that. I totally understand why Corbyn Albert, who I had never heard of her before, but who professes Christianity, why she re-shared that on her TikTok. So because the video acknowledged same-sex attraction and so-called transgender feelings as sin, LGBTQ activists like Megan Rappano, you remember her. She is like the completely insufferable progressive activist.

Starting point is 00:06:25 They were quick to call out Albert's post as hate. So I guess Megan Rappano saw it. And then she posted this to her story. She said, for people who want to hide behind quote unquote my beliefs, I would just ask one question, are you making any type of space safer, more inclusive, more whole? Any semblance of better bringing the best out of anyone? Because if you aren't, all you believe in is hate. And kids are literally killing themselves because of this hate, wake comma, T.F. Up. Yours truly number 15. Now it's interesting actually because now Albert wears the number 15. Now that Megan Rapino has retired.

Starting point is 00:07:06 And then other senior players within the U.S. Women's National Team shared Rappano's post. And the team captain Becky Sauerbrand shared it with the caption saying, well, said. Well, of course, she is being inclusive of this young man who had a very real and emotional testimony talking about his own personal experiences and how the Holy Spirit liberated him. That is loving. That is celebrating something that is good. And no, no one is killing themselves because of that. Unfortunately, young people who think that they're the opposite sex have many other diagnoses that pre-existed their deception and confusion about their gender.

Starting point is 00:07:54 We know that to be true. They are far more likely to be suicidal, even if they have accepting friends, accepting community, accepting schools, accepting families. We've seen this in studies of Sweden, which as a society is extremely accepting of being identifying as the opposite sex. They are far more likely to be suicidal than the rest of the population because I can imagine it's very frustrating to realize no matter how hard you try, no matter how many hormones you go on, you never actually will be able to accomplish your goal of actually being the opposite gender. And so they're just trying to empathy shame you,

Starting point is 00:08:30 empathy bully you, to morally extort you, to coerce you and to accepting their completely absurd 2 plus 2 equals 5 position to make you feel that saying something that is true and right and good is killing people. That is wrong. And even if it were true that that correlation and causation exists, which it's not true, that doesn't change the biological reality of the gender binary. Therefore, it is worth affirming. Unfortunately, Corbin fell or Albert, rather, fell into.

Starting point is 00:09:06 the pressure or was swayed by the pressure that she felt and she did issue an apology. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality.

Starting point is 00:09:35 We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they. even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this T-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. All right.

Starting point is 00:10:05 So I don't know what other influences she has in her life. I don't know if it was just Megan Rapineau's message, which she confirmed by the way. to an outlet that she was talking about Albert. She, it was kind of cryptic and vague, but of course she was referencing Albert's original post. And so I don't know if it was just that. I don't know if it was because the captain of the team reshared it, but she obviously felt a lot of pressure to apologize

Starting point is 00:10:39 for what she had shared on TikTok. And so here's what she said. She said, I want to sincerely apologize for my actions on social media. Oh, it just breaks my heart that she would apologize for that. Liking and sharing posts that are offensive and sensitive and hurtful was immature and disrespectful, which was never my intent. Girl, I'm not, I mean, I'm not here to judge you because we've all been in a position where we wish we hadn't compromised and we had been more courageous.

Starting point is 00:11:05 I've certainly been there before, but it just hurts me to read these words. So immature and disrespectful, which was never my intent, I'm really disappointed in myself. And I'm deeply sorry for the hurt that I have caused to my teammates, other players, fans, and friends, and anyone who is offended. I truly believe that everyone should feel safe and respected everywhere and on all playing fields. I know my actions have not lived up to that. And for that, I sincerely apologize. It's an honor and a privilege to get to play this sport on the world stage. And I promise to do better. Oh, my gosh. So she must have gone through a very intense struggle session because that was an extreme apology. That was.

Starting point is 00:11:46 wasn't just, you know, I shouldn't post my personal beliefs on social media, which I think would have been silly to say too. But she could have kept it a lot shorter. She could have simplified it a lot. But, I mean, she said that she's disappointed in herself, that it was immature, that it was insensitive, that it was disrespectful, that she promises to do better. I mean, we heard that language a million times in the summer of 2020. And so she obviously had someone or a group of people say you harmed this group, you could have pushed someone to suicide, which is absolutely ridiculous, and you need to apologize. She might have had someone write this apology for her. I'm sure she had someone edit this apology and check this

Starting point is 00:12:32 apology to make sure that it was contrite enough. And it's just so sad to see. Again, I'm not trying to sit in a place of condemnation or judgment, but I can say, just like looking at the objective standard of God's word that this was the wrong thing to do. I'm not afraid to say that. This was the wrong thing to do. This was the sinful action to take just to be perfectly clear about that. This was sin to apologize for this. If the word of God says something, it is good enough for us to repeat.

Starting point is 00:13:06 We were never guaranteed that repeating God's word and sharing the truth wouldn't come with consequences. actually we were told that in this world we will have trouble but take heart Jesus has already overcome the world so the comfort that we have is not that we won't deal with repercussions not that we won't be excluded not that people won't try to chastise us or condemn us or push us out in some way the comfort that we have is that Jesus has already overcome the world that is where our boldness comes from we are supposed to count the cost before we follow Christ. If we are ready to take up our cross and to follow him,

Starting point is 00:13:51 we have to really understand what that sacrifice looks like. And really, one of the smallest forms of sacrifice is losing the approval of activists, the approval of the world. And yes, it might mean even being kicked off a soccer team. It might mean losing livelihood. It might mean really, really big consequences and unfortunate outcomes. It might mean losing absolutely everything in everyone in your life. Jesus came not to bring peace, but to bring a sword.

Starting point is 00:14:30 The Word of God divides. The gospel divides the truth about who God made us to be in his image and that His gospel liberates us from the lies of the world, liberates us from the shackles of sin. That is a controversial and radical and divisive message. It is. It always will be. And it is worth standing on. Look, you just shared someone's testimony. You shared their quote unquote lived experience, which we are told is always valid and has some kind of moral authority and can't be questioned at all. But because this person's lived experience has to do with the gospel and has to do with dying to the old self, of course that is going

Starting point is 00:15:21 to be offensive to a world that is dying. It's going to be offensive to people like Megan Rapino, who is, according to Ephesians 2, she's dead in her sin. She is under the authority of the prince of the power of the air. And so, of course, she's going to be angry about it. Let her be mad. Be mad. That is part of what we are called to as Christians. Not to purposely make people mad, but to withstand people's offense and anger as we are standing for the gospel. That doesn't mean you have to be purposely abrasive or purposely insensitive, but you shared someone's powerful testimony and now you are cowtowing to the mob and that is sinful and that is wrong. Now, if there is grace for you, absolutely, because all of us have it at some point been cowardly,

Starting point is 00:16:14 100%. We have all been cowardly. And so there is grace for you and you can repent and you can actually through the power of the Holy Spirit do better in accordance to God's standards. You can. But, but this will require a change of heart, a change of mind, and it will require a lot of courage. And here's the cool thing is that courage is contagious. Courage is contagious. When you stand up and say, I'm not apologizing for God's word. I'm not going to try to let God off the hook. I'm not going to try to soften or cover up what he says is true.

Starting point is 00:16:56 When you stand up for that, there are other Christians who will see that. and then we'll find the bravery in their own lives to stand up for what God says is good and right and true. And something that we talk about on this podcast a lot is the importance of sharing arrows. When someone stands up and says something that gets a lot of backlash, if it is in accordance to God's word true, or if it is factually true, but it just happens to be controversial, inconvenient, uncomfortable, rather than us looking at that person, saying, who, I'm glad that's not me. I'm glad I'm not getting that backlash. I'm glad I'm not dealing with that bullying. Instead, the right thing for us to do is to say, you know what? She said that

Starting point is 00:17:42 and I believe it too. If you're going to launch arrows at her, you're going to have to launch them my way too. And it's really powerful when that becomes a contagion, when we all stand up as Christians and say, you know what, I will share the arrows with her. That gives courage to the person who originally stood up, that gives courage to everyone who is watching that contagion happen. That gives courage to all of us. Courage is contagious. And we stand up when we share the arrows with someone like this who is on the front lines of this particular battle, powerful things happen.

Starting point is 00:18:16 That is such an incredible testimony. But when we buckle under the pressure, when we say, actually, I counted the cost and it's too expensive and too costly for me to follow Christ here, then the world sees cowardice. And they're emboldened. People like Megan Rapino, they smell blood in the water. And so they realize, wow, all I have to do is flex my influence, say something passive aggressive and gossipy about someone that I don't like, and they're going to buckle. That just emboldens them to do that to the next vulnerable person who is brave enough to stand for their faith. So unfortunately, Corbyn is not an example for us to follow in this case. Now, again, I hope that changes in the future. I really do feel for her, and I feel that she has to kind of be hoisted up as a public example of cowardice. But she's a grown woman and she made the choice that she made. And she decided to cowtow and apologize. And that's unfortunate. But again, there is grace. And hopefully if she is confronted with this kind of test in the future, she will pass. Because look, God, God's authority and God's approval is so much more important than the world's approval. What does it profit us to gain the world but lose our soul?

Starting point is 00:19:41 Nothing. And so I just pray for her and other people like her on the front lines. Look, I know from experience. I know from experience how difficult it can be to stand up for what the world calls hateful and divisive, but that God's word says is good. And I am not perfect at it by any means, but courage and clarity in these days is such a powerful example and testimony.

Starting point is 00:20:10 That is actually what changes hearts and minds. And again, I just want to say, God bless that young man who with shaking hands and a shaking voice was willing to stand up and to share his testimony. May God emboldened him. And here's the thing. Here's the thing I just want to say. also that that young man had more courage in standing up and sharing his own testimony than Corbyn Albert had just to share his testimony.

Starting point is 00:20:38 And so he is the example that we look to, not her. All right. Let's move on to Richard Dawkins. And all of this really kind of ties together as we're talking about what Christianity should look like and how we can actually be salt and light. how we can shine in a dark world, how we can be like salt. So a preservative, adding flavor, making things better. That's what Christians are supposed to do through living out and sharing the gospel and manifesting it in so many different ways in our lives.

Starting point is 00:21:13 So all right, Richard Dawkins is the famous atheist and the famous apologist for atheism. And he was just in a conversation with LBC, leading Britain's conversation. It's Britain's biggest commercial news talk brand where he said that he doesn't want to lose cultural Christianity. He doesn't want to lose the influence that Christianity has on a culture, even though he rejects all beliefs of Christianity. So here is dot one. We are culturally a Christian country. I call myself a cultural Christian. I'm not a believer, but there's a distinction between being a believing Christian and being a cultural Christian.

Starting point is 00:22:15 And so, you know, I love hymns and Christmas carols. And I sort of feel at home in the Christian ethos. I feel that we are a Christian country in that sense. It's truth that statistically the number of people who actually believe in Christianity is going down. And I'm happy with that. But I would not be happy if, for example, we lost all our cathedrals and our beautiful parish churches. So I count myself a cultural Christian. How entirely incoherent and incongruent such a brilliant person is.

Starting point is 00:22:54 But that's not surprising because atheism is in itself a very incongruent and an inconsistent, incoherent belief system, even just starting from the atheistic idea of the origin of the universe, which is that something came from nothing. It is actually much more feasible and logical to believe that there is something outside of our finite understanding of existence, something that is infinite, something that is beyond us, something that is transcendent, someone that is an intelligent designer that our finite minds cannot comprehend that is even existed outside of time and space. It's much more logical to believe that there is something that we can't comprehend than to say that we can

Starting point is 00:23:44 comprehend everything, but we can't properly tell you how something came from nothing. Of course, he's written about this before, and I'm sure that he is a very formidable adversary when it comes to apologetics debates. In fact, I know he is because I've seen some of those debates. And he wrote a book called The God Delusion in 2006. It ended up becoming a bestseller, selling more than 3 million copies. As someone who has sold my fair share of books in my day, I only have one book, but I can tell you that 3 million copies is a lot. That's a lot of books, and he's sold more than that by now. But here's a summary of his book, just so you can understand how incredible this statement is that he just gave before I actually.

Starting point is 00:24:28 respond to those comments. So he begins in the God delusion, stating that the belief in God is not only irrational, but also dangerous as it perpetuates dogma and hinders human progress. Now, isn't that interesting in light of what you just heard? He believes that the belief in God is not only irrational, but also dangerous as it perpetuates dogma and hinders human progress. The book also delves into the harm caused by religious belief, ranging from perpetuating intolerance and divisiveness to impeding scientific progress. One of his quotes is, I do everything in my power to warn people against faith, not just against so-called extremist faith, the teachings of moderate religion, though not extremists themselves, are an open invitation to extremism. And then, of course,

Starting point is 00:25:14 he negates the fact or he denies the fact that atheism requires a whole lot of faith. Again, going all the way back to where we come from. That is a faith. That is a faith. faith-filled statement that something came from nothing and that we have evolved over the span of millions and millions of years into this. And you also still have to have faith for the why behind things. Like I guess from an atheistic perspective, if you kind of depart from this crazy idea that something, that all this came from nothing, you could try to explain the existence of the material world. But you can't explain the existence or the need for. for beauty. You can't explain why human beings all seem to share this innate drive to find

Starting point is 00:26:05 belonging in purpose and transcendence and belief in their own lives. You can't define what love is. You can't define what these big concepts of purpose, like purpose are. There's really no atheistic understanding for that which we cannot see but is real. They can't even be explained by the idea that everything was just passed down from our ancestors because it was useful, because there are many virtues like kindness, like love, like some form of tolerance that is virtuous that wouldn't be if you look back throughout history necessarily helpful for survival. And so where did these come from? Why are they here? And why do we seem to all kind of aspire to them or want to aspire to them? He has suggested, just to give you an idea of his

Starting point is 00:27:03 moral compass, that children should not be brought up into a religion, that faith-based teaching in schools needs to be eliminated. It also shouldn't be surprising that he is very pro-abortion and has argued very adamantly that bringing a baby into the world who has Down syndrome, for example, is immoral. He has even counseled someone directly on Twitter, and we have the tweets from 2014, to abort it, abort a child with Down syndrome, and then try again because it would be wrong, unethical to bring that child into the world. So that's Richard Dawkins. Of course, there's much more about him that we could talk about. And here he is saying in this video, sure, I believe all of that.

Starting point is 00:27:51 I'm an atheist through and through. I believe that Christianity is dangerous. I believe that Christian morality is irrational. That's basically what he's saying, especially in the abortion conversation, this idea that people are made in the image of God, that they have innate worth from the point of conception and therefore shouldn't be murdered or mistreated. He would, of course, say that that's dangerous in some way, deleterious to society, and just illogical.

Starting point is 00:28:18 But here he's saying, oh, wait, wait, wait. I think I do still want these vestiges of Christianity to remain. I think I want the cathedrals. I think I want the general morality. I think I want the joy and the peace that comes with Christmas. And what he's really afraid of, as he's seen Britain change so dramatically, is the Islamification of Britain. the Islamification of Europe. And he's seeing, okay, so we're not replacing Christianity with atheism or secularism,

Starting point is 00:28:52 the way that I think he would have said that he wanted 20 years ago. We are actually replacing it with another belief system that he sees as worse than Christianity, which is worse than Christianity, of course, and that is Islam. And he doesn't want that. And so he's hoping that we can kind of keep some semblance of Christianity, because he sees now its benefits, especially in comparison to a religion like Islam without actually believing in Christianity. And I've never heard something so completely irrational or illogical in my life. Jordan Peterson responded with what I think is a great rhetorical question, what happens to a plant when you remove it from its roots? It dies. And of course, that is true. You will not convince people to retain the virtues, the morality, the goodness, the developments of Christianity if they do not believe in the authority of Christianity, which is God, which is his word.

Starting point is 00:30:00 You cannot spend your career telling people Christianity is stupid and dangerous and warn them against it and try to invalidate the, Bible and then say, but we need to apply it. So we shouldn't believe in the Bible, but we should apply the Bible. So you believe that Christianity is useful and practical, but it is not true. And I would just encourage you, good sir, to dig into that a little bit more. Why do you think Christianity is useful and fruitful and practical? Like why do you think it has done? such a revolutionary job since its inception of producing human progress. Like I know that you say that it goes against human progress and goes against scientific progress, but that's actually a historical nonsense.

Starting point is 00:30:58 Like if we look at the introduction of the gospel and the introduction of the Christian church in the pagan world, as we've talked about many times, what we see is the revolutionizing of, the view of science, of the view of medicine, of the view of human beings, the view of the poor, Christianity created these amazing institutions that led to human flourishing and human health and well-being like hospitals, like orphanages, like homeless shelters, like all kinds of nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations that demanded each society view the truly marginalized as people. That's why it was Christians that led the charge for the abolition of slavery. That's why you have incredible stories of anti-Nazi Christian heroes like Coritin Boom and Bonhoeffer

Starting point is 00:31:58 trying to protect the Jews and protect the victims of the Holocaust. Christians have always been on the front lines of human progress. not with coercion, but through the power of the Holy Spirit, leading by examples set in love, and set in grace, and set in generosity. That is part of what makes Christianity so different than any other belief system, is not just that it is true, that it's based on the fact that God made full, flesh came and died and rose again as we just celebrated over Easter weekend, but that it has made more positive change than any other belief system in the world, and it's not even close.

Starting point is 00:32:54 And as we've said, many times, once the belief in Christianity goes, so all of its benefits will go with it. Of course that's just true. Can't tell people that Christianity is dangerous, but that love, charity, grace, mercy, the dignity of the human being, generosity, that all of these things must remain, it just doesn't happen. It just doesn't happen. Not on a large scale. And so I'm sorry, Richard Dawkins, but you have brought this upon Britain. You have helped bring this upon the world. if you are now so worried about the Islamification of Europe or the Islamification of the West, or the West losing our identity as a Christian civilization that cares about Christmas, that sings Christmas carols, that is joyful, that cares about peace and love and charity and goodness and morality

Starting point is 00:33:57 and marriage and monogamy and all of these things that have been just so important for human progress and civilization, then you have yourself at least in part to blame for that. Because what you've realized is that people will just exchange one belief system for another. And so if you are sad about how Christianity has been weakened in the Western world, especially in your beloved Britain, who basically is turning into Londonistan now, then you can take credit for that. You can pat yourself on the back for that. You should take responsibility because of your lectures and your debates and your work.

Starting point is 00:34:40 You should take responsibility for much of the world losing the faith that you only now are seeing as practical and good. And just like with Corby and Albert, there is grace for you. We have all made mistakes. We have all said things that are not true. For all of us, there was a time that we didn't believe. there are a few testimonies I can think of. For example, Saul turning to Paul of people who were crusaders against the Christian faith, who Jesus changed and then used as missionaries,

Starting point is 00:35:20 used as evangelists for the only true religion that exists today. And that can be you. And I pray that that is true. I pray that God would humble you greatly, that you would look around and see the destruction that your ideology and your form of apologetics has helped bring upon the world. And then you would just see that you've been battling against the truth for so long. And the church will welcome you with open arms, and we will be very, very thankful for your repentance.

Starting point is 00:35:56 But I do believe that God can save Richard Dawkins. and maybe it is the waning influence of cultural Christianity that will do that. And we should all mourn, by the way, for the waning of cultural Christianity. Cultural Christianity can't save. It's not salvific. So if someone just believes in like Christian values loosely because they think like Richard Dawkins does that they're practical and useful, but they don't actually believe in Jesus Christ, then of course they are not saved. There are many people who will say, Lord, Lord, and Jesus will say, depart from me, I never knew you.

Starting point is 00:36:35 They don't really believe in their hearts. They just see it as kind of helpful and useful. So that's not salvific, but there are still benefits to cultural Christianity. And as the influence of Christianity has waned, has decreased, we, of course have seen the celebration and the elevation of all kinds of absolute degeneracy and depravity that is hurting not just society in general, but specifically children. And children are always going to be the first to be sacrificed, as we have said many times, but of course, the complete demolition of the family, the acceptance and celebration of all kinds of sexual immorality, the subversion of justice, the exchange of actual justice for things like

Starting point is 00:37:30 social justice, the increase in lawlessness, all of these things are the effect, the consequence of the loss of the influence of Christianity. Christianity brings civilization. Christianity brings order. Christianity brings goodness when its principles are made manifest in a society in a community they flourish. There's good fruit that then is produced there. When it goes away, rotten fruit. And we will see that. And unfortunately, we will pay the price for that.

Starting point is 00:38:08 The one good thing I will say that comes out of that is that it becomes less popular, less convenient to be a Christian, and only the real ones exist. So as Christianity is pushed to the margin, you've got people who are forced to really count the cost of their faith and decide whether or not they really believe it. And if you really believe that Jesus is who he says that he is, then you will remain a Christian and remain in the faith by God's power despite how uncomfortable and inconvenient it is. that's what happens when it becomes less cool and less convenient and less comfortable to be a Christian. And I think the church can shine even more brightly in that darkness. And so there's good, even in this, even as we will and our children will suffer the consequences of a lack of influence of Christianity.

Starting point is 00:39:10 It also means that the church will shine even more brightly, I think. And I think that's true throughout history, this respite that we've had. in America for freedom of religion and really Christian dominance. That's coming to an end. I do think, but Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, Hebrews 138, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against his church. And the only thing that we can do is the next right thing in faith with excellence and for the glory of God and continue to share the gospel as much as we can. Like I can just tell you in my own life, I've had more opportunities just in the past few years, and in the past few months even to share the gospel with curious people, not even just on here,

Starting point is 00:39:56 just like in my personal life than I ever have before, people are really hungry. They really want to know. Like, can you make sense of all of this? Can you tell me that something good is going to happen? Can you tell me that there's a greater purpose? Can you tell me that there is someone who loves me? Can you tell me that there's a reason why I'm here? Can you help give me some kind of peace or comfort as my life is falling apart?

Starting point is 00:40:19 And it's so easy just to buy someone. in a Bible and to tell them about God's plan of redemption. And a lot of people are hungry for that right now, including Richard Dawkins. All right. For our last segment of the day, we actually had like a whole other subject to talk about, but we just don't have time. It was about moms and weed. And that's like, believe it or not, that's a whole big subject that we will have to

Starting point is 00:40:54 say for a later episode when we have more time because apparently this is a phenomenon, like moms getting high. So forget the wine moms. We're moving on to weed moms now. But anyway, that is not what we're going to talk about. Instead, we're going to talk about this story that I saw on Twitter the other day. Here is the headline. Are you ready for it?

Starting point is 00:41:14 Like, this just combined so many things that we talk about. British Museum claimed some birds, dinosaurs may have been queer and new exhibit. Now, this might have been the thing that sent Richard Dawkins over the edge. Like, he might have seen this and been like, okay, no. We got to find God. This is just too far. So dinosaurs may have been queer in a new exhibit. Well, that explains extinction.

Starting point is 00:41:39 That would be why they did not make it. Okay, let's see. Let's see what this says. So, okay, this is taxidermied pheasant. Okay. So this is in the British Museum. Okay. Despite queer behavior in the animal kingdom being observed as far back as the 18th century,

Starting point is 00:42:00 okay it is okay it is often ignored or hidden from the public one example is a female peasants changing their sex when they stop laying eggs

Starting point is 00:42:12 and turn their brown feathers into brightly colored feathering typical of males okay if by queer you mean weird like is this a loss in translation here

Starting point is 00:42:25 because the British do they say oh that's quite queer is that what they're talking about they do mean that when they say that But no, I'm pretty sure they mean trans birds. Trans birds. Okay. Okay.

Starting point is 00:42:37 But, okay. A pheasants feature in some of the earliest European studies of queer behavior in animals. In 1780, naturalist John Hunter shared his observations of sex-changing pheasants and account of an extraordinary pheasant with queerness visible in the natural war. The argument that it is somehow unnatural begins to unravel. But it doesn't because you're not a bird. You're not a bird. change your feathers and you can't change your body when you stop laying eggs you have to pay someone to mutilate your body to look different that is the definition of unnatural like you can't just

Starting point is 00:43:13 all the sudden look like the opposite sex it just doesn't happen you have to do all kinds of artificial unnatural things to your body to even slightly look like the opposite sex you're not a bird you're not a bird okay um so here's what the article says A museum in the United Kingdom is facing mockery after claiming that some dinosaurs may have been queer. And its latest exhibition celebrating LGBT history, a pamphlet handed out to guests speculates on the sexuality of dinosaurs. Okay. The LGBTQI Plus history exhibit was founded in 2021, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Included among the stories is one about a cast fossil of an herbivore's footprint.

Starting point is 00:43:57 Although the excerpt knows it cannot conclusively say that the dinosaurs, that made the fossil is homosexual. It is a nod to LGBT history because Christopher Winter, the boy who found it is now grown up happily married to his husband, Greg. And living in a pink house in Hastings, what does that have to do with the dinosaur

Starting point is 00:44:22 that he found, which was probably just like a dog? Yeah. Well, he was gay, so it's part of gay history. Okay. Explaining how winter first came across the fossil with his father at the age of 11, the description of the fossil knows that queer history takes many forms. In this case, it takes of an important part of the fossil's provenance. The museum speculations about an instinct creature's sexuality was met with ridicule online. Yes, of course, as it should. Blah, blah, blah. Okay. Sorry, not saying blah, blah, blah, blah to this article. It's just all so ridiculous. I can't read all. of it. Despite queer behavior in the animal kingdom. Okay, we've already read that. Let's see. Dr. Emma Hilton, a biologist and board of director of the gender critical campaign group, Sex Matters, to credit statements about pheasants is nonsense. The only vertebrates that change sex are all fish. Birds do not change sex. Often in the process of aging,

Starting point is 00:45:21 female animals can produce male features as a result of hormonal changes. We can also see this in humans following the menopause, but we would not say, the older woman had changed sex if they had a bit of a mustache. These kinds of claims can be very wearying. So even the description that they have, that's since she is saying is not even accurate. In addition to the exhibit highlighting several other gay historical figures, the pamphlet also asserts under its description of a samurai suit of armor,

Starting point is 00:45:48 the 18th century colonialism is to blame for the destruction of many ancient gender systems in countries around the world. Right. Right. Right. Uh-huh. I don't know, Brie. You got anything else to say about the gay dinosaurs?

Starting point is 00:46:03 I'm just glad that England is informing people of this. Me too. In the British Museum. I'm surprised that it's England. I'm surprised it wasn't France or Germany or Canada. I don't know. A lot of queer things seem to happen in those places. That's true.

Starting point is 00:46:19 It seemed to stem from those places. Or in the United States. England is joining them. Yeah. You know, I still get a lot of angry comments about our our theories about dinosaurs, but honestly, it seems like every week someone sends me another post, another discovery or development that dinosaurs didn't actually look how we have been told that they look. And it's like, oh, yeah, this fossil that we thought looked like this

Starting point is 00:46:50 taradactyl is actually just a chicken. And I'm like, yeah, I know. Okay, if they can say from a footprint that this dinosaur was a homo. I just like, okay, tell me the scientific method that is being employed to deduce the scales that they had, the voice that they had, like the sounds that they were making and all of that stuff. Okay, I've always said it's just a bunch of nerds coming together and making up weird things. and now I realize it's a bunch of gay nerds. It's a bunch of gay nerds.

Starting point is 00:47:31 They're adding that. Yeah. British gay nerds. Wow. Yeah. It's all fraudulent. Oh my goodness. That's a good time.

Starting point is 00:47:40 That's a good time. Well, thank you so much. Britain for that, a bit of information. That's all we've got time for for today. Let's see, Bree. Do we have like any announcements or anything? Yes. Just to submit your questions.

Starting point is 00:48:09 Submit your questions. Relatable with ABS at gmail.com. So parenting, relationship questions. You can submit. I will be answering these. Maybe the chief related bro and I might be answering these as well. We've also still got a lot of cute merch out there. Alliemerch.com.

Starting point is 00:48:27 You're not enough, but Jesus is, T-shirts, Kroonax. And we've got some cute stuff coming out for Mother's Day too, which I'm excited it out. All right, before we go, I do want to tell you all that my colleague, Blase TV, Jason Whitlock, They've got their second event happening in Nashville, Tennessee. This is called the Fearless Roll Call. And this is for men who want to find a godly community, but also godly encouragement to be present fathers, to be strong men and leaders in their community. They've got Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina.

Starting point is 00:48:58 He's just been such a strong warrior for truth. They also have Glenn Beck and John Rich will be performing. There's going to be great music, food, fellow. ship. And so make sure you check it out, Fearless Army Roll Call.com. This is on June 1st. It's going to be amazing. It was a hit last year. Fearless Army rollcall.com. All right. Well, that closes us out for today. We will be back here tomorrow. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself.

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