{"id":39991,"date":"2021-09-24T15:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=39991"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:01:23","slug":"1508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1508\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Moshe Averick Deflates the Multiverse, and the New Atheists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this classic episode of <strong>ID the Future<\/strong>, Jerusalem-based guest host Ira Berkowitz talks with Rabbi Moshe Averick about his book&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nonsense-High-Order-Confused-Atheism\/dp\/1535018348\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism<\/em><\/a>, a critique of the new atheists\u2019 views on nature. 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