Joshua Feuerstein

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About

Joshua Feuerstein is an American evangelist, internet and social media personality, who frequently uploads Facebook videos documenting his thoughts on a variety of subjects related to Christianity. He is best known online for his outspoken criticism of atheism and the scientific theory of evolution.

Online History

Feuerstein's official Facebook page^[1] was created on April 7th, 2014 and has almost 900,000 likes as of October 2014. His first video, uploaded April 8th, was a motivational sermon aimed at people with self-esteem issues.^[2]

On May 24th, he uploaded a video titled "Dear Mr. Atheist" in which he claimed to "destroy evolution in 3 minutes".^[3] It quickly went viral, amassing more than 19,000 likes and 200,000 shares as of October 2014. On June 3rd, the video was uploaded to Youtube by 438stroker. It has been poorly received there, with over 4,000 dislikes.

Reputation and Reception

Feuerstein has faced intense online criticism from atheists and proponents of evolution. The antitheist blog WWJTD published a blog post on June 9th in which the author provided a line-by-line refutation of the arguments made by Feuerstein in his "Dear Mr. Atheist" video.^[4]

The most prolific of Feuerstein's detractors has been The Amazing Atheist, who has uploaded several videos lambasting the perceived lack of logic and understanding of science present in Feuerstein's arguments. The first of these videos, titled "Christian 'Disproves' Evolution?", was uploaded on June 2nd.^[5]

Personal Life

Feuerstein is a former pastor and currently works as a featured speaker at national and international events. He has also been the host and guest of many television and radio shows.^[6]