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title: Why Does Believing in God Feel Like Work? | Joseph Minich
description: Shane welcomes Dr. Joseph Minich to discuss his book, Bulwarks of Unbelief.
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# [Why Does Believing in God Feel Like Work? | Joseph Minich](https://colsoncenter.org/upstream/why-does-believing-in-god-feel-like-work-joseph-minich/)

 Written by [Shane Morris](https://colsoncenter.org/upstream/author/shane-morris) | Sep 19, 2023 7:00:00 PM

 

 

Atheists like to tell a story in which religion declined because of scientific evidence and arguments. But what if unbelief became a plausible option because of the way modern people work, live, and relate to the world, and the way these changes make us feel? Shane welcomes Dr. Joseph Minich to discuss his book, *Bulwarks of Unbelief. *

 

 

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