"IS THAT TRUE???"

My impression of Frank Turek

Student: Hi Dr. Turek, thank y—wait, is this thing working?

Frank: Just lean into the mic a bit—

Student: —like this?

Frank: Perfect, go ahead.

Student: Hi Dr. Turek, thank you for your talk. I was raised religious, but I’ve been an atheist for a couple years now. I came you your talk because I wanted to hear the other side. What would you, like um, like, say to get me to change my mind?

Frank: Great question… sorry, what was your name?

Student: Nate.

Frank: Nate, let me ask you something. Does truth exist?

Student: *blinks* uh…

Frank: IS THAT TRUE???

Student: *stares*

Frank: Is it true that there’s no truth because if it’s true that there’s no truth then the claim “There is no truth!” can’t be true, but it claims to be true!

Student: um…

Frank: Let me ask you something else, Nate. Did nothing create everything?

Student: uh, well…

Frank: Because if there is no God, what you’re telling me is that nothing created everything, that life came from non-life and evolved from goo to the zoo to you, that mind came from non-mind, that reason came from non-reason, that thought came from non-thought, that information came from non-information, that truth came from non-truth, that objective morality came from non-objective morality, and that Jesus of Nazareth’s empty tomb came from non-Jesus of Nazareth’s non-empty tomb. People always tell me “Frank, you need faith to be a Christian!”. The truth is, I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist!

Student: Wait, I ne—

Frank: There are a lot of people so let me ask you one more thing, Nate. If Christianity were true would you become a Christian?

Student: *stops to think*

Frank: Ohoohoohoohoohoo, OK!

Student: Hold on, I didn’t answ—

Frank: No no no, I see what’s going on!

Student: What?

Frank: *grinning* How long has it been going on, Nathan?

Student: I don’t—

Frank: HAHAHAHAHAHA! *punches air* YOU ARE FINISHED!

Student: Uh—

Frank: Another one, cooked again!

Student: Uh—

Frank: *inflates chest* What’s her name, Nate...

Student: Who?

Frank: WHAT. IS. HER. NAME.

Student: I don’t know who y—

Frank: You’re raising all these objections because you’re sleeping with your girlfriend, aren’t you!

Student: *All the blood drained from the young man’s face. He was caught. He was rejecting God because he didn’t like God’s morality*