Everything We're Told About The West Is WRONG - Abdu Murray

Zuby is joined by Abdu Murray; attorney, public speaker, author, and founder of Embrace the Truth. Abdu is a former Muslim who spent nine years investigating the historical, philosophical, and scientific claims of Christianity before converting. The two discuss what 'truth' is, the argument for God’s existence, and why Abdu sees the Bible as uniquely coherent both philosophically and existentially. The conversation also explores the West’s cultural crisis, post-truth thinking, gender ideology, transhumanist dreams, and more.

Timestamps:

(0:00) Trailer

(01:27) Introduction

(02:00) Who is Abdu Murray?

(02:36) From Muslim lawyer to Christian

(03:26) Founding Embrace the Truth

(04:00) Lebanese roots, immigration and Detroit

(05:02) Parents’ story

(06:17) Growing up in the suburbs

(07:43) Questions about destiny

(09:18) Faith and culture

(10:29) From propositional truth to existential truth

(10:53) What is truth and how do we actually know it?

(13:15) The contingency argument for God

(18:59) Why atheism also requires faith

(20:02) Misconceptions of God

(38:07) Recording in the Middle East while critiquing the modern West

(38:49) Cultural weirdness from 2015–2020

(40:46) Postmodernism vs post-truth

(43:59) Freedom vs autonomy

(46:14) The first post-truth humans

(49:36) Mental health, meaning crisis & cultural schizophrenia

(52:20) The transgender moment

(55:32) Why gender ideology is “bioclasm”

(1:01:51) Social contagion

(1:05:32) Contradictory expectations on men and women

(1:10:33) Treating dysphoria

(1:14:57) Transracial vs transgender

(1:20:42) Why Abdu sees the crisis as spiritual, not just social

(1:22:43) AI, transhumanism & becoming our own gods

(1:26:27) Over-reliance on tech, lost creativity & loneliness

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