Wesley Huff

billy who is mr confidence mr you know ancient evidence uh is is completely collapsing so for billy who usually always has the monologue to say well okay well that's fair let's move on to the next topic i think mark was not to speak for him but i think he was genuinely a little bit confused and so felt like he to a certain degree needed to come to billy's aid

billy who is mr confidence mr you know ancient evidence uh is is completely collapsing so for billy who usually always has the monologue to say well okay well that's fair let's move on to the next topic i think mark was not to speak for him but i think he was genuinely a little bit confused and so felt like he to a certain degree needed to come to billy's aid

in the course of this conversation because he just felt the kind of secondhand embarrassment that was going on in the room because Billy was really not acting in the way that Billy usually does.

in the course of this conversation because he just felt the kind of secondhand embarrassment that was going on in the room because Billy was really not acting in the way that Billy usually does.

I mean, I think you can strategically put yourself in positions where you're not going to be put on the defense. The thing is with the internet, and I'm sure you know this as well as anybody, Patrick, that like people love sensationalism. And we live in a world where we know a little about a lot, but we don't know a lot about a little. And so we live in this Wikipedia world, right?

I mean, I think you can strategically put yourself in positions where you're not going to be put on the defense. The thing is with the internet, and I'm sure you know this as well as anybody, Patrick, that like people love sensationalism. And we live in a world where we know a little about a lot, but we don't know a lot about a little. And so we live in this Wikipedia world, right?

You can just hop online. You don't really need to know information. You can kind of – you can – shed that out to someone else, right? And someone else being basically the supercomputer in your pocket. And people love sensationalism. People like to hear the crazy story, the conspiracy theory.

You can just hop online. You don't really need to know information. You can kind of – you can – shed that out to someone else, right? And someone else being basically the supercomputer in your pocket. And people love sensationalism. People like to hear the crazy story, the conspiracy theory.

for you know sometimes i think genuine reasons some conspiracy theories are true sometimes um but i think when you have people who are saying pretty outrageous things people like to be entertained and people like the more sensationalistic theory than the mundane one so i mean

for you know sometimes i think genuine reasons some conspiracy theories are true sometimes um but i think when you have people who are saying pretty outrageous things people like to be entertained and people like the more sensationalistic theory than the mundane one so i mean

In one sense, it is sensationalistic that you have this first century itinerant Jewish preacher in the backwaters of Roman-occupied Judea who predicts his own death and resurrection and then pulls it off. But... I think people are so used to the biblical narrative about the historical Jesus that they want something else.

In one sense, it is sensationalistic that you have this first century itinerant Jewish preacher in the backwaters of Roman-occupied Judea who predicts his own death and resurrection and then pulls it off. But... I think people are so used to the biblical narrative about the historical Jesus that they want something else.

It's the same reason the Da Vinci Code got so popular, even though there really wasn't anything historical behind the Da Vinci Code. But people like these kind of under-the-table conversations that are sensationalistic and make you feel like you know something special now.

It's the same reason the Da Vinci Code got so popular, even though there really wasn't anything historical behind the Da Vinci Code. But people like these kind of under-the-table conversations that are sensationalistic and make you feel like you know something special now.

Or I mean, every Christmas and Easter, it seems that there's some news article about this lost or missing gospel that has this story about Jesus.

Or I mean, every Christmas and Easter, it seems that there's some news article about this lost or missing gospel that has this story about Jesus.

Has he reached out to you directly? No. No, not to me, other than his lawyer sending me a cease and desist letter. Was that handwritten or was that typed out? No, that was an actual one.

Has he reached out to you directly? No. No, not to me, other than his lawyer sending me a cease and desist letter. Was that handwritten or was that typed out? No, that was an actual one.

I know, I guess so.

I know, I guess so.