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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2015 · 1H 20M

Should China’s future be atheistic humanism or Christianity? John Lombard vs David Marshall

from Unbelievable? · host Justin Brierley

China is experiencing rapid Christian growth, with more Christian believers today than members of the Chinese Communist party. John Lombard is an ex-Christian and David Marshall is a Christian apologist. Both work in China. John believes that, despite the state sanctioned atheism of China’s communist party, secular humanism has never really been tried in the country, and is the best way forward. David Marshall believes that the growth of Christianity is a good thing for China, and that atheism has been show to have failed in the country. For David Marshall: http://christthetao.blogspot.co.uk/ For John Lombard: http://wrestinpeace.com For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

China is experiencing rapid Christian growth, with more Christian believers today than members of the Chinese Communist party. John Lombard is an ex-Christian and David Marshall is a Christian apologist. Both work in China. John believes that, despite the state sanctioned atheism of China’s communist party, secular humanism has never really been tried in the country, and is the best way forward. David Marshall believes that the growth of Christianity is a good thing for China, and that atheism has been show to have failed in the country. For David Marshall: http://christthetao.blogspot.co.uk/ For John Lombard: http://wrestinpeace.com For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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