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The Counsel of Trent

#598 – DIALOGUE: Do Protestants act like atheists?

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Trent sits down with Geoff from “a Goy for Jesus” and Steve Christie, two Protestants who critique his claim that Protestants act like atheists when they make arguments against the Catholic faith.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

0:07.0

All right, so, Trent Graciously, we did a review, I forgot a month ago or so of how you,

0:19.3

how Protestants argue like Catholics.

0:22.5

I have liked how you were fair and even handed, even when we disagreed with you and stuff.

0:29.9

You mean like atheists?

0:30.9

Yeah, like atheists, right?

0:32.5

Yeah, yeah, sorry.

0:34.2

And I think you're writing a book on that, right?

0:38.5

Yes, so I've noticed these parallels and similarities and exploring them more.

0:45.2

I think there's enough material to write a book about it.

0:49.7

And my point is essentially, and I know that it's somewhat of an inflammatory title.

0:54.4

I don't know.

0:55.4

Yeah, yeah.

0:56.4

I have a point and I also, I don't know what the press will eventually call the book,

1:00.2

but my point in noticing these similarities of Protestant criticisms of Catholicism and

1:06.8

atheistic criticisms of Christianity.

1:10.0

My goal in talking about these is not to say that Protestants and atheists are morally

1:16.2

on par.

1:17.5

I believe Protestants who have a valid baptism are Christians, just like I'm Christian.

1:25.0

And that's something that churches recognize for a long time that even people who are specific

1:29.5

heretics can still have, can still validly baptize and things like that.

1:35.4

So it's not to try to, it's not to try to say, oh, you're just bad like an atheist.

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