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How Does One Find Faith?
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Item Title How Does One Find Faith?
Guest Muggeridge, Malcolm (1903-1990)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedSeptember 06, 1980
Description

A radiant session with the former left-wing atheist, who became one of the century's leading Christian apologists. Mr. Muggeridge on how he was drawn to faith: "Now why did this longing for faith assail me? Insofar as I can point to anything, it is to do with this profession which both you and I followed of observing what's going on in the world and attempting to report and comment thereon, because that particular occupation gives one a very heightened sense of the sheer fantasy of human affairs-the sheer fantasy of power and of the structures that men construct out of power-and therefore gives one an intense, overwhelming longing to be in contact with reality. And so you look for reality, and you try this and try that, and ultimately you arrive at the conclusion-great oversimplification-that reality is a mystery. The heart of reality is a mystery." WFB: "Even if that were so, why should that mystery lead you to Christian belief?" MM: "Because it leads you to God."

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Place RecordedSussex, England, United Kingdom
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0432
Record Number80040.674
NotesVideo available through Amazon. S0432 is the original 60-minute broadcast. S0432R is the edited 30-minute version, with an added introduction by William F. Buckley, that was rebroadcast annually at Christmas for the rest of the life of Firing Line. The transcript and link that are available for download correspond to the 60-minute version. For the 30-minute version go to http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E52UB2/
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