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S4E41 - Starving for Enlightenment
Episode 284
In this episode Chris brings us Opinion Scholarship on the effects of starvation on human beings. We discuss the Minnesota Starvation Experiment of the 1940s, which leads into the aggregated data and…
Published on 9 months ago
S4E40 - From Monism to Monotheism - Plotinus and Company
Episode 283
In this episode Chris brings us Opinion Scholarship on the idea of a supreme, monotheistic God as expressed in the Neoplatonic idea of "The One" or "The Monad." We explore the commonalities between C…
Published on 9 months ago
S4E39 - Discussing U.S. Politics and Religion with a Brit
Episode 282
In this episode Chris reconnects with friend of the show--Daniel Torridon of the Onion Unlimited podcast. We talk about U.S. politics in the new Trump era and the English perspective on it; we compar…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
S4E38 - Critique of Mysticism with the Other Chris
Episode 281
In this episode we introduce a new friend of the show and have a thoughtful discussion on the origin of religion and just what rests at the historical beginning of organized faith. We discuss the wor…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
S4E37 - The Power in the Soul - Eckhart Continued
Episode 280
In this episode Chris returns to the Sermons of Meister Eckhart to build from the first Eckhart episode covering Sermon 52. On this pass we cover Eckhart's conception of the soul and how it relates t…
Published on 11 months ago
S4E36 - Robots, Apologetics and the Future
Episode 279
In this episode Kyle and Chris re-unite after 2 weeks to catch up on the state of the world and what's new with each of us. The conversation illustrated the contrast between our relatively recent pa…
Published on 11 months ago
S4E35 - Meister Eckhart - The Eternal Abyss of Divine Being
Episode 278
In this episode Chris brings us Opinion Scholarship on the medieval Christian mystics, Meister Eckhart. We review one of his most famous sermons--Sermon 52--to discover why he was accused of heresy a…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
S4E34 - What Did Jesus Teach
Episode 277
In this episode Chris and Kyle pow-wow with a former evangelist and friend of the show, Daniel Torridon, of the Onion Unlimited podcast, to see what we can make of Jesus as a teacher. What or who Jes…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
S4E33 - The Kingdom of God
Episode 276
In this episode Chris brings us Opinion Scholarship, this time surrounding Christianity. We read through the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, John and Thomas, searching for the teachings of Jesus. Her…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
S4E32 - Game of Thrones, the Debate and Revisionist History
Episode 275
In this episode Kyle and Chris reunite after a few weeks apart to catch up on what's been going on--the presidential debate key among them. We begin with praise and criticism of the GOT series, which…
Published on 1 year ago