this is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho and here's the cover of this book, "there is a god: how to respond t atheism in the last days." i want to start with those last words, in the last days. what are you referencing? >> guest: yes, i'm referencing at specific faith tradition. there's a lot of work coming out, the new atheists have gotten aggressive and the 21st century, who are the new atheist [inaudiblatheist? >> guest: . richard dawkins is most notable. sam harris, christopher hitchens has passed on and daniel, a philosopher at tufts university, they call them the four horseman of the atheist apocalypse but their aggressive and angry. the old '80s and of the 20th century was much more live and let live. the idea i can't believe but if you want to believe that your business and is probably good for you and probably good for society. the new atheist will have none of this. they will say i don't believe that i'm going to make sure no one else believes either and i want a crusade to try to destroy effluence faith. part of it is playing off that of the new atheists that i'm not t

this is hyrum lewis, he teaches that byu in idaho. here's the cover of his book, "there is a god: how to respond to atheism in the last days". i want to start with the last words, "in the last days" what are you referencing? >> referencing a specific faith tradition. there's a lot of work in apologetics coming out the new atheists have gotten very aggressive in the 21st century a. >> where the new atheists? >> usually talking about the four horsemen, richard dawkins, he wrote a book called the god delusion but he has some cold followers, sam harris, christopher hitchens passed on, and daniel bennett Ãbthe column the four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse. they are aggressive and angry. the old atheism of the 20th century was much more live and let live. the idea was i can't believe but if you want to believe that to our business and is probably good for you and probably good for society. the new atheists will have none of this. they will say i don't believe and to make sure nobody else believes either and i'm going to crusade to try

this is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. here's his cover of his book "there is a god". i want to start with those last words. in the last days. what are you referencing? >> yes, i'm referencing a specific faith tradition. there's a lot of work in apologetics coming out they had gotten aggressive in the 21st century. >> who are the new atheists? >> used to talk about the four horsemen. richard [inaudible] wrote a book and sam harris and christopher hitchens just passed on and [inaudible] they call them the four horsemen of the easiest apocalypse. they are aggressive and angry. it's much more let's live in i can't believe but if you want to believe that your business and it's probably good for you but the new atheists will have none of this. they will say i don't believe in i will mak sure no one else please either and i will crusade to try to distort everyone's faith. and so, part of it is plain the new atheists but i'm not talking about the last days or the latter-day saints. i'm trying to broaden the scope of apologetics so you have catholic tradition going back to st.

i first came to know the name jason chaffetz when he became a placekicker at byu. this date holds records including the most successful points after touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season. and he was also famous for the fact immediately after he kicked a field goal for or pat, the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome slow jog to the sidelines and he became known as the chaffetz and it resulted in something called the chaffetz rule but i actually think it played a key role in his success as a statesman in the state of utah. people came to know him and they knew who he was. i remember many years later, long after he had played for byu and had a successful career as a businessman, i met him in person for the first time. i was quite starstruck because it was a big deal. met him while he was running governor huntsman's campaign for governor before he was governorhuntsman . and he, jason chaffetz himself convinced me that john huntsman was the man to become utah's next governor in 2004 we had a long conversation about it at the con

hiram lewis has a history at byu talks about his there is agod , how to respond to it is in the last journalism review contributor liz lens report on faith and religion in middle america in gotland. watch tonight at 8 pm eastern on cspan2 and enjoy books tv this week and every week on cspan2. >> the supreme court justices return for the new term next week . the first monday in october with the court hearing cases on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. the trump administrations winding down of doctor and state funding for religious education. listen to supreme court oral arguments on our website, c-span.org and watchon c-span . >> jamil jaffer served on the house intelligence committee as their senior counsel from 2011 to 2013 . he was at george mason university law school, founder of their security institutes, welcome to the program. based on your experienceof the house intelligence committee and there's a lead committee on this impeachment inquiry, what national security concerns do you hear coming out of that one piece of evidence, that memorandum on the phone ca

i first came to know the name over 30 years ago when he became a placekicker at byu. to this day he holds records including the most successful point after touchdown scored in a single game, and i think in a single season. .. . >> and jason himself could be utah's next governor with a long conversation of the republican convention and then to say was under consideration and said i didn't imply they said we don't carry want to talk to you anyway for go but we hit it off and ended up working together for go and then i became his chauffeur. [laughter] he and i live closer together than any two members of the senior staff and even broke his foot. >> actually was quite serious but he fell and broke his foot and had to be in a cast and had to be elevated several months at a time. >> and then to sit in the backseat of the car to keep his foot elevated i asked him if he wanted me to get a chauffeur's hat and i didn't charge him anything. and then to be subjected to my lengthy rants on constitutional issues. who wouldn't want to do that? [laughter] but i digress. we are not he

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they knew who he was i remember many years later long after he played for byu and had a successful careeras a businessman i met him in person for the first time, i was quite starstruck because he was a big deal. i met him while he was running governor huntsman's campaign for governor before he was governor huntsman. jason chaffetz himself convinced me that john huntsman was the man to become utah's next governor in 2004. we had a long conversation about it at the utah county republican convention. several months after that after governor Ãgot elected he called me and informed me i was under consideration for a position within the huntsman administration and i said i didn't apply and he said i don't care what to talk to you anyway.we went over there and had a chat. jason chaffetz and john huntsman and i. we hit it off and went about working together. i ended up serving as governor huntsman's general counsel at the time when jason chaffetz was the chief of staff. my most important role during that time period was when i became jason chaffetz's chauffeur. [laughter] he and i lived closer tog

this is hyrum lewis, he teaches that byu in idaho.'s the cover of his book, "there is a god: how to respond to atheism in the last