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Jun 2014
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Why I am not a Christian - Matt Dillahun...

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Its round 2 of atheist Matt Dillahunty & David Robertson. This time Dillahunty explains why following the person of Christ doesn't make sense to him.

Robertson responds as they engage on whether Jesus was good, by what standard we judge, and whether we can trust what he said.

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