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Religion

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Awkward Conversation with a Catholic Priest
The speaker recalls a cringe-worthy conversation with a Catholic priest who asked about his plans for having children.
05:57 - 09:09 (03:12)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker recalls a cringe-worthy conversation with a Catholic priest who asked about his plans for having children.

Episode
#54 - Atrium Closing Down, B2B Gifting & Curly Girl Hair
Podcast
My First Million
Celebrating Jesus' Birthday
The speaker questions the traditional celebration of Jesus' birthday and suggests a humorous scenario of Jesus blowing out candles and receiving wishes not to be crucified.
1:27:44 - 1:29:54 (02:10)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker questions the traditional celebration of Jesus' birthday and suggests a humorous scenario of Jesus blowing out candles and receiving wishes not to be crucified.

Episode
Ep. 58 | 2 Bears 1 Cave w/ Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Podcast
2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Egyptian Wisdom Literature and the Ten Commandments
The foundation for the Ten Commandments may have been laid in Egyptian wisdom literature, which does not imply a contradiction with the Christian faith as all religions may be telling the same story.
1:01:34 - 1:15:52 (14:18)
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Religion
Summary

The foundation for the Ten Commandments may have been laid in Egyptian wisdom literature, which does not imply a contradiction with the Christian faith as all religions may be telling the same story. The story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai may be traced back to his knowledge of Egyptian royalty's rights and wisdom literature.

Episode
#267: Noah Huisman – The World's Most Underrated Philosopher
Podcast
The Danny Miranda Podcast
The Importance of Religion in Creating Meaningful Morals
Despite the push towards secularism, religion plays a vital role in providing the foundation for humans to create their own meaning and set of morals.
42:12 - 44:49 (02:36)
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Religion
Summary

Despite the push towards secularism, religion plays a vital role in providing the foundation for humans to create their own meaning and set of morals. While pleasure can motivate actions, it is not enough to consistently drive individuals to do the right thing.

Episode
742 Ben Shapiro: Problem-Solving in Life and Business
Podcast
The School of Greatness
The Church of the SubGenius
The Church of the SubGenius is an absurdist religion created in the late 1970s as a joke about consumer culture by two like-minded guys.
01:53 - 14:06 (12:12)
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Religion
Summary

The Church of the SubGenius is an absurdist religion created in the late 1970s as a joke about consumer culture by two like-minded guys. Bob Dobbs, the world's greatest salesman, is the prophet of this religion that pokes fun at mainstream religion and consumer culture.

Episode
The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Fighting and Faith
The speaker reminisces about his desire to fight and his religious curiosity.
1:09:54 - 1:14:20 (04:26)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker reminisces about his desire to fight and his religious curiosity.

Episode
#43 Eddie Penney - SEAL Team 6/DEVGRU Operator
Podcast
Shawn Ryan Show
The Deepest Values as Religious Questions
The profoundest questions are religious questions, and the most profound values are religious values, as they are embedded in our religious document – the Bible.
55:03 - 59:52 (04:49)
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Religion
Summary

The profoundest questions are religious questions, and the most profound values are religious values, as they are embedded in our religious document – the Bible.

Episode
#502: Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
Allegations of Lifetime Vows and Collateral at a Religious Group
A group is being accused of making members sign lifetime vows of obedience and giving collateral to join.
29:04 - 32:14 (03:10)
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Religion
Summary

A group is being accused of making members sign lifetime vows of obedience and giving collateral to join. One young woman was excitedly told by her master that she had to give collateral to join.

Episode
Collateral Damage
Podcast
Dateline NBC
The Gospel of Tuna
This essay recounts the history of the Unification Church's (aka the Moonies) business ventures, including the founding of the American Tuna fishing company, and reflects on the author's personal experience with the church's influence in his family's life.
43:47 - 44:59 (01:11)
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Religion
Summary

This essay recounts the history of the Unification Church's (aka the Moonies) business ventures, including the founding of the American Tuna fishing company, and reflects on the author's personal experience with the church's influence in his family's life.

Episode
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’
Podcast
The Daily
God's Timing and the Heroes of the Old Testament
The speaker ponders why God doesn't make himself more clear to us and discusses how we relate to and honor the heroes of the Old Covenant in our hearts.
07:36 - 14:03 (06:26)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker ponders why God doesn't make himself more clear to us and discusses how we relate to and honor the heroes of the Old Covenant in our hearts.

Episode
Day 8: God Forms His People
Podcast
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Extreme opinions from religious leaders
The speaker criticizes the extreme opinions of religious leaders like Paige Patterson and Paul Pressler, and mocks the lack of life experience of Mormon missionaries.
43:24 - 47:15 (03:50)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker criticizes the extreme opinions of religious leaders like Paige Patterson and Paul Pressler, and mocks the lack of life experience of Mormon missionaries. They also make a disturbing comment about a fictional hierarchy of children on a private hunting preserve.

Episode
Part One: How The Southern Baptist Convention Was Taken Over By Republicans and Child Molesters
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
Myths about Religion and their Relation to Relevance Realization
The podcast discusses how religion not only provides patterns of relevance realization but also contains myths about religio itself, which sometimes need some counterbalance.
1:56:16 - 2:00:41 (04:24)
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Religion
Summary

The podcast discusses how religion not only provides patterns of relevance realization but also contains myths about religio itself, which sometimes need some counterbalance. The conversation focuses on the myths of hubris and their relation with the heroic myth in Greek culture.

Episode
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Fallacy of Believing Moral Virtue Comes From Religion
The notion that moral virtue comes from religion is a fallacy propagated by individuals who subscribe to the idea that people cannot find worth in themselves aside from belief in a higher power.
1:02:45 - 1:06:20 (03:34)
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Religion
Summary

The notion that moral virtue comes from religion is a fallacy propagated by individuals who subscribe to the idea that people cannot find worth in themselves aside from belief in a higher power. The belief that one's life must be grounded in metaphysical principles promotes the idea of needing to fill a gap in one's life when belief in a higher power is abandoned.

Episode
#103 - Cosmic Skeptic - Veganism, Atheism and Morality
Podcast
Modern Wisdom
Prostitution, Religion and the First Amendment
Tracy, a woman charged with prostitution, has been barred from using a religious freedom defense in her trial.
15:33 - 21:58 (06:25)
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Religion
Summary

Tracy, a woman charged with prostitution, has been barred from using a religious freedom defense in her trial. The judge ruled that her beliefs cannot be used as a justification for breaking the law, even though she's still allowed to bring up her beliefs on a case-by-case basis.

Episode
Mystic Mother | 6. The Trial
Podcast
Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch
The Limits of Human Understanding of a God-like Being
The human concept of an all-powerful, omnipotent being is limited by our own physical form and perspective, making it impossible for us to truly comprehend what it means to be God-like.
47:52 - 50:07 (02:14)
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Religion
Summary

The human concept of an all-powerful, omnipotent being is limited by our own physical form and perspective, making it impossible for us to truly comprehend what it means to be God-like.

Episode
Solving The Unsolvable
Podcast
Distractible
Biblical Prayer Rules Criticized
Podcast host expresses frustration with the prayer rules in the Bible, stating that some feel repetitive and unnecessary.
1:00:28 - 1:03:09 (02:41)
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Religion
Summary

Podcast host expresses frustration with the prayer rules in the Bible, stating that some feel repetitive and unnecessary.

Episode
Ep 356 - Fire Tornado (feat. Sam Tallent)
Podcast
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
The Influence of Netflix Documentaries on Religion
The speaker expresses a belief that Netflix documentaries have ruined religion for viewers, drawing a comparison to the way true crime documentaries can lead people to see suspects in everything.
32:08 - 36:08 (04:00)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker expresses a belief that Netflix documentaries have ruined religion for viewers, drawing a comparison to the way true crime documentaries can lead people to see suspects in everything.

Episode
Ep 4: Are They Serious?! Discussing Headline-Grabbing Cases with Heather McDonald of Juicy Scoop!
Podcast
SERIALously?!
The Importance of Objectivity and Religion's Role in Spiritual Practice
The guest speaker shares his thoughts on the importance of maintaining objectivity in spiritual and religious practices and how formalized religion can act as a middleman in connecting with a higher power.
17:39 - 24:26 (06:47)
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Religion
Summary

The guest speaker shares his thoughts on the importance of maintaining objectivity in spiritual and religious practices and how formalized religion can act as a middleman in connecting with a higher power.

Episode
Hour 2: NFL Sunday Ticket Is How Much? & Russell Crowe
Podcast
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Negative Effects of Punishing Children with Religion
Punishing children with religion may give them a negative image and cause spiritual trauma, defeating the purpose of the religion.
02:58 - 13:05 (10:07)
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Religion
Summary

Punishing children with religion may give them a negative image and cause spiritual trauma, defeating the purpose of the religion.

Episode
43: Marcus Wesson: The Evil Vampire King Of Fresno
Podcast
Lights Out
Unpacking the Financial Privileges of Religious Institutions.
The podcast discusses the financial perks of religious institutions and how mega churches sell merchandise and programs, offering a millionaire mindset, instead of focusing on charitable services.
15:39 - 20:56 (05:17)
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Religion
Summary

The podcast discusses the financial perks of religious institutions and how mega churches sell merchandise and programs, offering a millionaire mindset, instead of focusing on charitable services. The speaker reflects on four years of research on religious financial privileges in their thesis.

Episode
First fruits
Podcast
Faith on Trial: Hillsong
The Conflict Between Belief and Science
The podcast discusses the difficulty of reconciling religious beliefs with scientific evidence and how this affects people's views of the world.
23:23 - 26:19 (02:55)
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Religion
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The podcast discusses the difficulty of reconciling religious beliefs with scientific evidence and how this affects people's views of the world.

Episode
"Sam Harris"
Podcast
SmartLess
Native Peoples and Settler's Religious Beliefs
Native peoples took on some religious beliefs of the Christian settlers.
30:36 - 39:50 (09:14)
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Religion
Summary

Native peoples took on some religious beliefs of the Christian settlers. A woman who lost her partner to death due to frigid weather was afraid of becoming a windigo if she ate his flesh, and she left him in her shelter due to her beliefs.

Episode
15: Stranded in Isle Royale National Park with Windigo
Podcast
National Park After Dark
Reflections on the Rapture and Its Effects on Perception of Others
The speaker reflects on the idea of the rapture and how it influenced their perspective towards other people, and the manifestation of thoughts in different ways.
08:02 - 14:10 (06:08)
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Religion
Summary

The speaker reflects on the idea of the rapture and how it influenced their perspective towards other people, and the manifestation of thoughts in different ways.

Episode
Terry Crews' Decision That Almost Ended His Hollywood Career | Howie Mandel Does Stuff #68
Podcast
Howie Mandel Does Stuff Podcast
Custody battle over religious beliefs
A woman shares her custody battle experience and how her husband didn't want their sons to attend any religious services, which led to a court allowing supervised visitation for a certain timeframe while she was at church.
57:40 - 1:03:00 (05:19)
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Religion
Summary

A woman shares her custody battle experience and how her husband didn't want their sons to attend any religious services, which led to a court allowing supervised visitation for a certain timeframe while she was at church.

Episode
The Susan Powell Case Files | Topaz Mountain | 12
Podcast
Cold
The Inspiring Story of a Pastor's Dedication to His Church
Despite financial challenges and personal obstacles, Jim, a pastor in a low-income community, puts his heart and soul into his church with the help of his dedicated partner.
03:13 - 15:18 (12:04)
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Religion
Summary

Despite financial challenges and personal obstacles, Jim, a pastor in a low-income community, puts his heart and soul into his church with the help of his dedicated partner.

Episode
Jonestown Massacre [Apocalyptic Cult] Who Was Jim Jones?
Podcast
Murder, Mystery & Makeup