Paulogia

Paul Enshttps://twitter.com/paulens, better known online as Paulogia, (born May 24)https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1529144323933097985 is a Canadian YouTuber who makes videos responding to claims from Christian apologetics, especially Young-Earth creationists. Paul responds to claims directly, in order to avoid straw-manning.https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1173847560370307072 His username is a play on Apologia, a Greek word from the Bible, related to defence of Christianity.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=2449s
==Personal Life==
Paul is a former Mennonite, and left in 2015.https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1212127864574763008https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1253133696078475265 He has worked in the software, film, and comic industries.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=340s At one point, it was part of his job to come up with plausible explanations for contradictions in the Star Wars movies and previously established material.https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1222664383362424833 He was also involved in the music industry.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=406s
Paul is in a relationship with, and lives with,https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1423015558086381570 fellow atheist YouTuber Shannon Q.https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1228314263770607616https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1228223272359092224 He has three children.https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1173737584557604865
===Deconversion===
Paul was incredibly active in Christian ministry at all levels, went to Bible College, memorized most of the New Testament and taught children to do the same, and devoted most of his waking hours to his Christian faith.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE Despite a vague notion that some areas of science were in conflict with some of his beliefs, he was too busy with career, family, and church activities to consider this further.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmedqvaP_Q&t=50s
When researching the extinction of dinosaurs for NeoZoic, a graphic novel he was working on, he found information that conflicted with his belief in creation. He later began researching and reading creationist literature, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmedqvaP_Q&t=87s and found their explanations to be “vague, insulting, and outright disingenuous”, as well as a misrepresentation of science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmedqvaP_Q&t=178s He then began reading the works of scientists and scholars such as Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking, and Charles Darwin.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmedqvaP_Q&t=268s He also began watching atheist YouTubers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmedqvaP_Q&t=319s
After leaving Christianity, Paul’s marriage fell apart, and he no longer had relationships with anyone in the church.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=1210s He had originally not planned to tell others about his decision, but was “outed” against his will. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=1306s Shortly after this, he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. As his life was in danger, he decided to create videos that his children could potentially watch, and understand his position.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5SYO5mQfkE&t=1336shttps://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1211474079410085889
==Podcast==
On June 16, 2020, Paul announced his podcast, which is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, and RSS feeds. It is a combination of audio only versions of his new videos, and a gradual archiving of his entire video catalogue.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_bWanJKeNI
==Trivia==
*Paul was one of the founders of TheForce.net, a Star Wars website.https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1373683825784463360
==References==
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:Commentary YouTubers