07:40 Craig (A) Syracuse NY Faith healing 14:55 Tony (A?) Baltimore MD prev caller, former Muslim, family reaction 22:00 Brian, Chicago pastor, prev caller Disagrees that his belief is irrational; personal experience (spoiler: dream about jc) 44:40 Christian (C) Cedar Park, TX Power of prayer...a placebo deity
Around 43:00, Brian says there are two kinds of people, the cup half-full and the cup half-empty kind. NO Brian, you are a "we can't even conceive of what the cup looks like so lets assume its" kind of person.
If the god of the bible had been portrayed as a king instead of a God , he would be remembered as the most evil, mass murdering, tyrannical dictator of all time! Christians give the bible god a free pass because, they say, he is god the creator. I don't see the difference whether man or god. If his actions were evil or immoral, as the bible states, then he'd be just as guilty of being evil as any human committing the same deeds.
"god works in mysterious ways": god doesn't need to "work" at anything, he can snap fingers and re-make the universe, and since he knows all the future exactly at all times, there is no point for him to "work things" in order to get there. It's the equivalent of playing a game of chess where you already know exactly what moves your opponent will play, and what you will play in response in order to win ... what exactly is the damn point of that? The whole situation is just asinine.
