Those authorities that exist have been instituted by god. When he states that he is proving the point that secular thought pushes christianity away from those values that i was just trying to make. That passage is clear. Then he has to connect it to the founding. He has to show where the founders relied on that idea. Fascinating conversation i love to have this conversation especially if you want to buy me a glass of delicious bourbon here. Even if they were all jesus rose from the dead christians heat you he you still have to show that their religious beliefs influence their choices. Those must be examined and compared against the constitutional design. We can talk more about the studies if you want to ask a question about that. We should also add you might want to show that the principles positively influenced the founding of the United States. All you have to do is look at slavery. It was widely justified using the bible. It is a christian principle that influence our surroundings i
He wrote that into the highest most powerful office in the land. This is why i wrote that book. It is fundamentally unamerican. It is a threat to our country for the people and by the people. I think every american ought to be standing up to it right now. I would like to see a lot more of that. We had 15 minutes approximately. I also had to note that weve only had questions from gentlemen. So first this gentleman in the section. This is a question for dr. Saito. You said that they had been a exciting and away that trumps legal priorities and structures where would you say those illegals legal principles come from. And if the structure how do the laws change in response to history and how especially in light of the redefinition of how justice should be understood according to some elements if we have a car were cut timeless constitution we should have timeless rights versus more valuable rights. Youre getting pretty deep into constitutional institution. The cases that im speaking about
Look for these titles and bookstores this coming week, and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on cspan2. Host booktv is on location in las vegas at the freedom fest libertarian convention. Were talking with authors here and noand i want to introduce yo one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho and heres the cover of this book, there is a god how to respond t atheism in the last days. I want to start with those last words, in the last days. What are you referencing . Guest yes, im referencing at specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work coming out, the new atheists have gotten aggressive and the 21st century, who are the new atheist [inaudiblatheist . Guest . Richard dawkins is most notable. Sam harris, Christopher Hitchens has passed on and daniel, a philosopher at tufts university, they call them the four horseman of the atheist apocalypse but their aggressive and angry. The old 80s and of the 20th century was much more live and let live. The id
Talk with others here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres his cover of his book there is a god. I want to start with those last words. In the last days. What are you referencing . Yes, im referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out they had gotten aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . Used to talk about the four horsemen. Richard [inaudible] wrote a book and sam harris and Christopher Hitchens just passed on and [inaudible] they call them the four horsemen of the easiest apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. Its much more lets live in i cant believe but if you want to believe that your business and its probably good for you but the new atheists will have none of this. They will say i dont believe in i will make sure no one else please either and i will crusade to try to distort everyones faith. And so, part of it is plain the new atheists but im not talking a
This is hyrum lewis who teaches at dy you in idaho and heres the cover of his book, 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, what are you referencing . Referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work coming out, the new atheist has been aggressive in the 21st century. Host who are the new atheists . Guest they talked about the four horseman. Sam harris, Christopher Hitchens passed on and daniel bennett, call them the force and of the atheist apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. The old idea of the 20th century was much more live and let live. The idea that i cant believe but if you want to believe that is your business. I dont believe and im going to make sure nobody else believes it and im on a crusade to destroy faith. Part of it is the apocalyptic talking about the last trying to broaden the scope of apologetics. A catholic tradition goes back to st. Thomas aquinas that they make philosophi