{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.29 / Do you want the truth, or just to feel right?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2602,"description":"\"This is the fourth episode where you've tried to justify your wealth. You reek of greed, the love of money and evil. I'm out.\"\nWe got that comment after I said, talking about money a few episodes back, that I don't believe a person who doesn't tithe should consider themselves a Christian. The comment doesn't bother me. But notice what it argues about. Not whether tithing is biblical. Whether I'm greedy.\nSo do you actually want the truth, or do you just want to feel right? My co-host Nick Surface and I talk about why the most defensive people are usually the most insecure, why we attack the person instead of the argument, and why truth gets complex the moment you take it seriously.\nWhy are people so defensive about their beliefs?\nThe most defensive people are usually the most insecure. When you put your identity into your beliefs, a question about the belief feels like an attack on you.\nWhat do you do when your beliefs don't line up with the Bible?\nMy theology professor said you have a decision to make: throw out your beliefs or throw out the Bible. For me, I'm going to throw out my beliefs.\nWhy do we attack the person instead of the argument?\nAd hominem attacks are normal now. We guess at motives and never get to whether the position is true.\nWhy do we want everything to be simple?\nCertainty makes us feel good, and a lot of times certainty is just another word for simplicity. If you want to live according to truth, you can't eliminate complexity. You have to learn how to embrace it.\nScriptures\nMatthew 6:21 · John 8:32 · John 18:38 · Romans 7:15-20 · Acts 17:27 · Job 1:12\nPeople and ideas\nRichard Dawkins, The God Delusion · Bart Ehrman · Pontius Pilate's \"What is truth?\" · Josh's dad: frustration is a God-given emotion\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:53 The tithing line that started this\n2:57 \"You reek of greed\"\n5:41 Who decides who's a Christian?\n7:05 Why this podcast exists\n8:24 The most defensive are the most insecure\n9:15 What does \"God has a great...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}