Cspan2, television for serious readers. After words is on vocational law las vegas at the freedom fast Libertarian Convention we are talking with authors here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres the cover of his book there is a god there is a god how to respond to atheism in the last days. I want to start with those last words. In the last days, were you referencing . Im referencing a specific faith tradition. Obviously theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out the new atheists have gotten very aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . They usually talk about the four horsemen, Richard Dawkins is most notable, he wrote a book called god delusion but he has some calm prayers, sam harris, Christopher Hitchens just passed on and then Daniel Bennett of tuscan university. The call in the four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse. There aggressive and angry. The old atheist of the 20th century was much more live
I want to start with the last words, in the last days what are you referencing . Referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out the new atheists have gotten very aggressive in the 21st century a. Where the new atheists . Usually talking about the four horsemen, Richard Dawkins, he wrote a book called the god delusion but he has some cold followers, sam harris, Christopher Hitchens passed on, and Daniel Bennett abthe column the four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. The old atheism of the 20th century was much more live and let live. The idea was i cant believe but if you want to believe that to our business and is probably good for you and probably good for society. The new atheists will have none of this. They will say i dont believe and to make sure nobody else believes either and im going to crusade to try to destroy everybodys faith. Part of it is playing a little off the apocalypticism of the new atheist. Tal
Moving closer to russia, which happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. Later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up the Economic Community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west African Economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. Brandon kendhammer is politics professor at Ohio University and expert on politics in west africa. Hejoins us now. Thank you and welcome to the programme. What is your take on what we are witnessing in niger right now . Right now . Good morning. I think what right now . Good morning. I think what we right now . Good morning. I think what we are right now . Good morning. I l think what we are witnessing right now . Good morning. I. Think what we are witnessing is likely the consolidation of any Military Regime. Enough time has passed now that we have a general sense of who was in charge or who would like to be in charge and while we have seen a fair bit of International Response at this point,
Has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. Officials said the missile hit an education centre. Earlier on President Putin spoke at the annual Navy Day Parade in st petersburg, the same city he was meeting african leaders. There was a flotilla of ships present and the russian president gave a speech in which he said the russian navy baguette that 30 new battleships and thanking naval trips for their services and the love of the motherland. Lets take a listen to some of putins speech. Translation patriotism is at the core of the particular Neighbour Culture which helps them fulfil the tasks and evokes pride among our people in the strong fleet. This pride proves that the people of russia can hold the power on the seas. Today, the Russian Fleet is solving the tasks of National Policy and increasing its strength. This year alone, 30 new battleships are joining the navy one of which has been named after a glorious seafarer and it is great that we have this tradition to give the name