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We\u2019ve hit the 20-year anniversary of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, a book that\u2019s provoked a reaction through the decades for its take on young romantic relationships. Back in 2001, one author wrote for CT, \u201cJoshua Harris hasn't made my life any easier. In fact, thanks to him, my future wife\u2014wherever she is\u2014 may very well have given up the idea of ever dating.\u201d This author wasn\u2019t the only one questioning the book\u2019s advice on dating, sex, and love\u2014over the next two decades, a number of people influenced by the book began to push back. Today, Harris is a former megachurch pastor enrolled in seminary and is currently reconsidering some of the book\u2019s arguments and perspectives. Harris has begun engaging his critics and is trying to raise money to film a documentary about the book\u2019s negative feedback. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to move on from this book for some time, but I\u2019m trying to talk to people who are sharing stories with me about ways the book really hurt them and damaged them. It\u2019s partly for my own sense of closure to come back and reevaluate it and even to admit ways that I have now changed in my thinking,\u201d Harris said. Harris joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss the consequences of ideas, the arguments in I Kissed Dating Goodbye that he still finds appealing, and whether he\u2019d recommend the book today.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices