Hitchens Hated ‘Original Sin’. Here’s Why the World Needs It. || SLP668

The Speak Life Podcast

The Speak Life Podcast
Hitchens Hated ‘Original Sin’. Here’s Why the World Needs It. || SLP668
Aug 03, 2026
Speak Life with Glen Scrivener, Naomi Brehm and Thomas Thorogood.

Glen Scrivener discusses the Christian doctrine of original sin. Is it the awful teaching that atheists like Christopher Hitchens have made it out to be? Or is it good news?

00:00 Introducing original sin
09:18 4 reasons the world should love the doctrine of original sin
16:35 3 reasons it doesn't
19:54 2 analogies
26:48 1 call-to-action

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