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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – October 29, 2024 – Hour 1

Matt Archbold discusses the past and future of atheism and Marcus looks at the Volstead Act, which enforced prohibition.

 

Marcus’s Monologue: Virtue and the Volstead Act

The Volstead Act, which enforced prohibition, went into effect on October 28, 1919. Marcus discusses. 

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Atheism Is Fading, But This Uglier Beast Is Taking Its Place

Big Atheism has failed. In 1970, Pew reported that atheists made up 3% of the American population. By 2023, that number was 4%. But that doesn’t mean Christianity has won. Around 30% of Americans are now considered “nones,” the vast majority of whom are “spiritual but not religious.” They don’t look to the Church and therefore delve into dark areas. We have seen moments like this before. Matt Archbold joins us.

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Atheism Is Fading, But This Uglier Beast Is Taking Its Place

 

Matt Archbold graduated from Saint Joseph’s University in 1995. He is a former journalist who left the newspaper business to raise his five children. He writes for the Creative Minority Report.

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How I grew in my faith during my time in the seminary

Luke Lancaster spent several years in the seminary before recently discerning out. He shares his spiritual journey.

Luke Lancaster is a cradle Catholic from Florida who dove into Scripture and apologetics in high school, when some Protestant family friends were trying to get his family out of Catholicism using the Bible. In college, he took every Scripture course available and led his campus apologetics club. He received his B.A. in theology at Ave Maria University and is working on his M.A. in Scripture at the Augustine Institute. Luke was the director of biblical apologetics at the St. Peter Institute and host of the Catholic Challenge apologetics show through Maria Vision USA (DirecTV, Dish Network, and Spectrum cable). He recently spent two years discerning and serving with the Franciscan Friars on the Gila River Native American Reservation (becomefire.faith).

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