Shayne Smith

The immediacy of it.

The immediacy of what he's saying, because he's saying a very deep and philosophical thing about the existence of God, if you really get into it.

But the way he's saying it in this moment doesn't give you the opportunity to go, hold up, wait.

You're just in it.

Return from nothing, that's a pretty magical nothing.

You don't have time to dissect what he's doing.

You're just in it with him.

I think that's why the new atheists, at least Christopher Hitchens, were so good at what he did.

Because in a way, he was a comedian.

Christopher Hitchens was very funny, very quick.

He would say things that if you could pause to think it through, you would realize, oh, none of that's an argument against the existence of God or the truth claims of Christianity.

But you're saying it so quickly and with such a beautiful British drawl that

Yeah.

Do you think that you're the Christian answer to Christopher Hitchens?

Me?

Yeah.

Both of you, funny guys from across the pond on a crusade to get everyone to see the truth that you also see.

Both very funny, kind of intellectual, kind of great.

A little bit chubby, loves whiskey.

Both very famously said women aren't funny and got in big trouble for it.