Frank Turek

[[File:Frank_Turek.jpg|thumb|right|165px|I don't have enough [[False_equivalency|faith to lack faith]]. It makes sense.]]{{christianity}}
'''Frank Turek''' is a [[Christian]] [[apologist]] and [[Atheophobia|anti-atheist]]. He co-authored the book ''I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist'' with [[Norman Geisler]] and has a television show with the same name on the Christian cable channel, {{wpl|NRB Network||.}}<ref name=vor>[http://www.voiceofrevolution.com/author/fturek/ About Frank Turek]. voiceofrevolution.com.</ref> 

Turek hosts an expansive blog called CrossExamined.org, where he peddles [[evangelical]] Christian apologetics products and services. The site also provides podcasts, and is the source for a weekly radio show on American Family Radio, the [[American Family Association]]'s hate radio organ.<ref>[https://crossexamined.org/radio/ CrossExamined radio program and podcast.] crossexamined.org.</ref>

Of course, Turek also has a [[YouTube]] channel with a quarter of a million subscribers and over 44 million views.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/TurekVideo/about Cross Examined] on [[YouTube]].</ref>

==Views==

Turek is stridently opposed to [[atheism]] and atheists. His YouTube channel has videos in which he debates and answers atheists with factually inaccurate and laughably [[fallacious]] arguments.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHhtWL_3Og Frank Turek Answers Atheist's 3 Objections to Christianity] on [[YouTube]].</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJGivuQ7as Does the Vastness of the Universe Prove Naturalism?] on [[YouTube]].</ref> Turek also seems to hold the popular [[Christian]] belief that [[Objective morality|morality is objective]] and that atheists [[Argument from morality|have no morals or "moral compass" to "guide" their ethical decision-making]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqYK9972s0 A Challenge To The Moral Argument.]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqYK9972s0 Discussing Morality w/Atheist; Atheist Gives Surprising Response]</ref>

Turek is an [[Old Earth creationism|Old Earth creationist]] and an [[intelligent design]] activist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqMwqwb8Vn0 How Old is the Universe?] on [[YouTube]].</ref> He even claims to have once traveled to Iran in search of the fabled [[Noah's Ark]].<ref name=vor/> In his list of the "top 20 Christian apologists" he included creationist organizations and people such as the [[Discovery Institute]], [[Hugh Ross]], [[Lee Strobel]], and [[Ravi Zacharias]].

Turek is also quite [[homophobic]] and has written articles for [[Townhall.com]], a far-right website in which wingnuts rant about the evils of them 
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 goddamn [[Librul|libruls]] and [[Homosexuality|other]] [[Barack_Obama|assorted]] [[Atheism|anti-'Murican]] [[Feminism|bogeymen]]. These articles were later republished on Voice of Revolution, [[Michael Brown]]'s homophobic website.<ref name=vor/><ref>Frank Turek, [https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2010/08/12/top-ten-gay-marriage-false-%e2%80%9cfacts%e2%80%9d-part-1-n1031690 Top Ten Gay Marriage False “Facts” Part 1] townhall.com, 12 August 2010.</ref><ref>Frank Turek, [https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2010/08/13/top-ten-gay-marriage-false-%e2%80%9cfacts%e2%80%9d-part-2-n1231622 Top Ten Gay Marriage False “Facts” Part 2] townhall.com, 13 August 2010.</ref>

Turek is also known for writing the book ''Correct, Not Politically Correct: How Same-Sex Marriage [[Bullshit|Hurts Everyone]]''.<ref group=note>Even just the title of the book begs the question: How exactly does two men/women who love each other getting married affect the marriage of a heterosexual couple?</ref>

==CrossedExamed.org==
Turek created CrossedExamed.org, a "non-profit" [[webshite]] that peddles evangelical Christian apologetics products and services. According to the site's official mission statement, they exist "to address the problem that 3-out-of-4 Christian youth leave the church while in college, many because they are intellectually skeptical."<ref>[https://crossexamined.org/about About page] at crossexamined.org.</ref><ref group=note>Really? The core beliefs of young people are changing and they're starting to [[Skepticism|think critically and ask questions]] as they grow up? Oh the humanity!</ref> The webshite includes the following masterpieces of Christian apologetics:

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|1=[https://crossexamined.org/secular-leftists-demand-christian-student-senator-resign-for-disagreeing-with-them/ Secular Leftists Demand Christian Student Senator Resign For Disagreeing With Them] {{quotebox|I was watching this video from [[Prager University]]<ref group=note>Upon citing [[Prager University]], Turek immediately removes any credibility from any further statements he might make on this topic.</ref> on resiliency, and it was talking about several ways that a person can make themselves defensible against unexpected setbacks.}}
|2=Christian student is being persecuted by teh evul [[Jonah Goldberg|leftist fascists]] and teh [[homosexual agenda]]
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|1=[https://crossexamined.org/the-darwin-tales/ The Darwin Tales]{{quotebox|Everyone believed the Darwinists, boys, and girls until [[pseudoscience|a few brave scientists]] concerned with data and following evidence came along and called their bluff.}}
|2=An article about [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientists]] [[Stephen C. Meyer]], [[Tom Bethell]], and [[Jonathan Wells]] showing why Darwin is wrong
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|1=[https://crossexamined.org/if-god-created-the-universe-who-created-god/ If God created the universe who created God]{{quotebox|I also want to stress that this isn’t [[special pleading]] for God. This is what the atheist has typically said about the universe; that the universe is uncreated and eternal in its existence. No atheist was asking “Who created the universe”? They thought the universe was “Just there,” that it was a brute fact. Although that conclusion is now invalidated by [[pseudoscience|powerful scientific evidence]] and philosophical arguments.}}
|2="God was just there all along"
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|1=[https://crossexamined.org/how-sunday-schools-are-raising-the-next-generation-of-secular-humanists/ How Sunday Schools Are Raising the Next Generation of Secular Humanists]{{quotebox|It’s going to take a lot for the church to catch up to the impact of culture. But it can be done. Just as parents and the church can lose the [[culture war]] together, we can win the culture war together. It starts with the realization that the battle is happening whether we want to fight or not. The choice is then ours: Prepare and engage, or keep giving kids goldfish and playing games each Sunday.}}
|2=This article was tackled by YouTuber, Mr. Atheist.<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gyYFRbzDE64 This Christian Mommy Blog Thinks You Aren't Indoctrinating Kids Hard Enough] on [[YouTube]]</ref>
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