May 23 2011
Divinity of Doubt
One of the nation’s leading prosecutors, Vincent Bugliosi, has a new book called ‘The Divinity of Doubt: The God Question.’ As the title suggests, Bugliosi tackles the controversial subject of God, the Christian faith, and atheism. Claiming that there is no way to ever know whether there is indeed a God, and that there is also no way to know whether there is not a God, Bugliosi makes the case for Agnosticism – that the only logical approach to God is to assert that there is no way of knowing whether God exists. He lays special emphasis on the Christian faith, pointing out glaring contradictions about the existence of God through the concepts of an all-knowing, all-powerful being, as well as the power of prayer and whether humans have free will. But he also takes issue with well known atheist authors like Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins, laying bare their theses on the non-existence of God. Divinity of Doubt is likely to be Bugliosi’s most controversial book. Vincent Bugliosi is best known for prosecuting Charles Manson about which he wrote the best-selling book Helter Skelter, which went on to sell over 7 million copies and become the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history. He also wrote Outrage on the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, and more recently The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder. Vincent Bugliosi has won 21 out of 21 murder cases and 105 out of 106 felony cases. He spent the past two years working on his new book Divinity of Doubt which we’ll spend this hour hearing about.
GUEST: Vincent Bugliosi, author of The Divinity of Doubt: The God Question
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One Response to “Divinity of Doubt”
I so enjoy listening to KPFK and in particular Uprising. I listened to this show in particular because I wanted to hear if there was any insight into being Christian and Progressive in one’s personal politics.
I guess I was not surprised by the guest’s conclusions, but it’s too bad that he completely misunderstands the foundation of Christianity, which is simply, Faith. While the guest provides sound logical arguments to further his various ideas/conclusions, they are completely irrelevant from the perspective of Faith.
Let me pose a question: Have you ever loyally defended a loved one in the face of “sound evidence” that questions their integrity? And even in the face of this evidence, did you “know in your gut, in your whole body” that your loved one was “right” and the “apparent evidence” or “questioning” was wrong, but you couldn’t “prove” it with evidence? You can’t because this is Faith. Faith in your Mom or Dad, Brother or Sister, Wife or Husband, life partner, girlfriend, boyfriend and on and on. Faith, by definition, is not explainable from the perspective of science, logic, reason, etc. Faith transcends this type of thinking and is one of the hallmarks of humanity, of being human.
Religion and Christianity are completely different and the Christian faith has nothing to do with human leaders, but everything to do with an individual’s personal relationship with Jesus and God. If some right-winger uses Christianity to bilk millions from people, that person is a fraud and should go to jail, period. Politician’s love to evoke God in their arguments, but their behavior is far from Christian.
I believe in the theory of Evolution, in Science and logic, but I also believe in Jesus Christ and the Lord our God. I also read Noam Chomsky, etc. and agree with them. So tell me, why do so many people try to blame Christianity for the crimes of individuals? Isn’t that like blaming all Muslims for the crimes of individual nut jobs that we read about??
Just remember, Faith cannot be understood or “explained” by science or logic because Faith, “just i