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Am I going to hell?

>> Yes. But here's the thing. Everybody is

going to hell. And it's not because they

don't believe in God. And look, I'm a

historian and a theologian. So, I study

ancient biblical manuscripts. And if you

truly understand what this book is

saying, I don't want you to experience

that.

>> This is not a place I want to go. So,

what do I do about that?

>> It's not about trying to earn my way

into heaven. It's not about checking

off. I read the Bible as many times. I

didn't lie. I didn't steal. I didn't

cheat. Like, it's none of that. But

here's the problem. Unfortunately, we

bought the lie that we are the sum of

our actions, where we're chasing after

things that aren't going to give us what

we actually need. Which is also why we

live in a world that is lacking in

purpose and meaning.

>> But the part that I've always struggled

with is that the answer being religion

as an antidote to that feeling because I

require a really high standard of

evidence because of the way that I am.

>> Well, I think not only can it provide an

antidote, it can provide the antidote.

And I'll explain why. like how can we

trust human accounts of these things and

then how do you take people who agree

that there's clearly something missing

to believing that what's written in the

Bible is the thing that should guide my

life also do you have any doubt oh

especially when there are times of

struggle and pain and suffering [music]

like the whole Epstein thing right now

we are seeing examples of true evil so

there are moments where I think how

could there be a good god [music]

however from my investigation I am

convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that

there's actual evidence for the

existence of God the historical

reliability of the Bible and the

philosophical explanations for meaning

and purpose.

>> And what is that?

>> First, we have

>> that is some of the most persuasive

evidence one can receive.

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Wesley, I have this fascinating uh graph

in front of me here and it shows several

things that I find to be really really

interesting. One of them is that as of

2024,

the decline of religion has started to

level off and actually increase a little

bit. And now 63% of US adults identify

as Christian, which is roughly 160

million people. In 2025, Bible sales hit

a 21-year high in the United States with

19 million units sold. Weekly Bible

reading amongst US adults has increased

to 42%, which is up 12% since 2024. And

in 2024, Christian and gospel music

streams in the US increased by roughly

20% according to the Washington Times.

Wesley, what is going on in society? If

we zoom out,

>> I think we're in a unique bubble where

we found ourselves in a time frame where

we're connected more than ever. We've

kind of come out of a period of time

where the new atheism is very, very

popular. You had Dawkins, Daniel, uh,

Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher

Hitchens, and they made a big impact in

the early 2000s.

>> I think we should probably just give

some color to what new atheism is.

>> Sure. Yeah.

>> I've actually got a graph here, which

I'll throw up on the screen, which shows

the rise and then the the fall of new

atheism, but I was pulled in by new

atheism.

>> And that meant that I, and again, I

should probably preface my beliefs

because people are going to want to know

what my bias is when I'm asking

questions. I grew up in a very Christian

household up until the age of 18. I then

became agnostic/ atheist when I started

consuming a lot of this stuff from

Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris and all

of these people. And then I find myself

at a point now where I'm just

open-minded and curious,

>> but I have lots of questions. Yeah, you

had these individuals who are writing

these very influential works. But I

sometimes wonder whether the new atheism

movement worked a lot more effectively

in print than it did in actual real

life. Like in terms of the practicality

of the application of the things that

were being talked about, especially in

regards to meaning, if you apply ideas

like you being a product of time plus

matter plus chance, what does that

actually give you in terms of the

ultimate identity questions? And so I

think I think that's true in a lot of

circumstances where you have these seeds

that are planted and they grow and they

produce trees that produce fruit that

are kind of hard to digest in their

actual application. And along with that,

we have a world that's very complex.

We're more connected than we ever have

been. I don't know if we're truly we

were ever truly meant to know as much

information as we do, especially about

things that are going on around the

world and things that are hard to to

comprehend. And so what I think that all

kind of adds up to is people asking

questions about, okay, I'm here. I'm

right now trying to figure out what's

going on. How do I actually find out the

answers to a lot of these questions that

just go beyond the here and the now that

I'm experiencing? This is what um

individuals like James K. Smith called

the dynamics of disenchantment where

people are struggling with these

transcendent questions, questions that

are metaphysical that go beyond just the

here and the now in the world. Why is

the three pounds of gray matter in my

brain able to comprehend the

complexities of the universe? How do I

how do I come up with a solution to that

problem? So, I think that's part of it.

I think it's kind of moving on in a

world that just is probably more messy

than it's ever been. A lot of countries,

the UK, Europe, Canada, America, all of

these western countries,

they they were founded on these

Judeo-Christian ethics of foundations

that come from the Old and the New

Testaments, what we call the Bible. And

a lot of people kind of attempted to

divorce the religious aspect from the

societies. And societies became less and

less overtly religious in those natures.

And then a lot of people saw that their

parents were no longer going to church.

Like the Bible wasn't part of kind of

the household any longer. And I talked

to a lot of young people who look at

that and they say in almost like a

rebellion against their parents, they're

now interested in that. Their parents

rebelled by disassociating from

religion. And [clears throat] now I

wonder if there's part of a rebellion in

kind of looking back and trying to

reclaim some of that religious stuff. I

think in part as well this younger

generation, Gen Z's and I guess to some