#005: Remembering Forward–Krista Tippet is the Anti-Hitchens and Anti-Dawkins
2007 June 19
I don’t care what you say. Krista Tippet of Speaking of Faith is in every way as compelling in her arguments for faith, and maybe even more so, than Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins are against faith.
This 1 hour podcast should be required listening for every person on the planet. It is scripture to me.
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A great choice. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The George Willis podcast in fantastic. I highly recommend it.
Hey John,
Congrats on the interview, buddy! That’s seriously awesome. My question to you, however, is about this post. You say that Tippet’s arguments are “as compelling or more so” than Hitchens and Dawkins. I have two questions:
1) would you say that “compelling” in this context can mean “rational”? I guess I ask that because to me only rational thought is “compelling”.
2) If so, can you paraphrase any of her main points where her “compelling” arguments may be found as rational as the atheists’ take?
I ask this not as a cynic, but per serious inquiry. I’ve listened to many of SOF podcasts in the past (a history of doubt being my favorite), but lost interest when I recently found the rational thought of the two atheists mentioned in your post to be much more compelling for myself. In other words, I am interested to find compelling rationalism in the philosophy of “faith”…. and if anyone can have a shot at being able to enlighten me in this, I’m sure it’d be you, John.
Maybe there’s no hope for me, however.
thanks…
I think she’s gifted in articulating faith in the language of poetry, of art, and of science and intellectual reason that is spoken in the world at large. One reason I never understood how people could be religious in all my adulthood as an atheist is that I understood the words of faith: salvation, heaven, grace, redemption, sin, eternal life, I understood all these words to mean things completely different than I do now. We don’t speak the same language, when talking about what we believe, as the world speaks, so no wonder they have such trouble understanding us.
There are a few people (and it must be always done new, again and again) who can tell the story of their faith in a way that’s accessible to others in the world at large to understand. I think J.R.R. Tolkien was one of those. Krista Tippet seems to be another one. I’m so glad you brought her to my attention. I enjoyed that hour a great deal.