Is Christianity Useful to the West?

In one of the last pictures I have of me and my Grandma (a strict Catholic), I'm wearing a Dawkins "For Reason and Science" T-Shirt. I remember her asking me what it meant, and in my unrestrained pride, telling her about the atheist movement. She said nothing, but her face was shocked. Me and my family are back to the Church and I pray for her to see us.

Religion is not about utility. It's about the truth.

Ayan Hirsi Ali didnt just convert because of the usefulness of Christianity. She lately described a true conversion on the Trigernometry podcast. It was a beautiful and humble testimony. ❤️

Thank you Bishop. I just recently got confirmed into the Catholic Church and I thank God for this gift. God bless you and I love the videos.

I’ve listened to this show for years as a podcast. I now look forward to watching this face to face discussion every week on YouTube. Sometimes I even watch it twice. It reminds me of the old Firing Line show from years ago. Great show!

Dawkin’s “cultural Christianity” is essentially saying “I enjoy eating the cake, but I refuse to believe there is a baker”

The Catholic Church shaped the Western culture!!!

Thank you Bishop Barron! Stand up for us and most importantly God!

I love the discussion! So happy to learn new tools to have better conversations!

Yes. We need Christianity. We need this more than ever. As society crumbles around our feet...

Excellent discussion. Thank you, Bishop Barron. And @MattPetrusek, I love the new Word on Fire Show format

Thank you Bishop Barron for sharing the farm visit experience. It brought back my childhood memories of growing up on a farm without running water or electricity where I was by nature close to God. I feel sad that our young generation being addicted to electronics has lost that sense of closeness to God and resulted in what I believe is the loss of Christian values founded by the West particularly in early in the 15th century with missionaries being to Asia to convert that whole continent. We must restore America back to its founding ideals of God, family, and country. Harrison Butker's commencement speech should have been a welcoming one but instead of a storm of controversy.

As a former atheist, too many Christians believe in the revelation of belief and then behavior follows. Opposite is often true. You develop the habits because you know it’s for the better. The reasoning follows after the behavior.

You Bishop Barron are a phenomenal “Tennis” player. Thank you so much! You make our faith so much easier to understand!

Can't wait to listen in the morning 😁🌄

Your reference to likening the strategy of evangelisation to playing tennis is ingenious. Always love listening to your conversations, which is very enlightening.

This is so helpful and encouraging. Thank you!

SO interesting, at many levels. I'll be watching/listening to this interview multiple times.

Buen episodio, Saludos Obispo Barron

A very interesting discussion on this was posted recently on Pints with Aquinas- an interview with John Daniel Davidson on the “Neo-Paganism” of the United States and the Western world.