Ex-Pastor Tries "A Year Without God" (Atheist SJW Ryan Bell, 2014) - a podcast by Jesse Lee Peterson

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7Yp89HI1sdg Monday, January 6th, 2014, Hour 2: PREACHERS IN THE PULPIT (GUEST): Dr. Ryan J. Bell, "social justice Christian" and former pastor of nearly 20 years was "trying" what he called "A Year Without God: A Former Pastor’s Journey Into Atheism" (Huffington Post) https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-year-without-god_b_4512842

Ryan was supposed to come in-studio here in Los Angeles, but cancelled and joined by phone from Pasadena, CA. He was born United Methodist, but his parents soon changed to Seventh Day Adventist. He was involved at Fuller Theological Seminary, Azusa Pacific University,

He thinks that Christian churches are unfair to LGBT people and women as members and leaders. Jesse asks him: Did you have a trauma or test in life that you failed at? If you don’t believe in God, where do you get your moral grounding from?

Callers confront Ryan, including Guy from Phoenix, AZ, and Bible Go-to Guy from Los Angeles, CA.

They touch on that homosexual marriage has been rejected everywhere for 10,000 years, that atheists set up city-states called socialism or communism, which is where those beliefs take you. Someone says that's a mouthful. Atheists don’t believe in God, so they are their own god — or aren't they?

When asked if he'll come back, he hems and haws, and under pressure for a yes or no, he lies and says he'll come back later in the year. Atheists do lie.

Now Ryan Bell is the founder, director, and senior consultant at Life After God and host of the Life After God podcast.

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