In this episode, I discuss the reasons why I left Christianity. Topics include how I became comfortable disagreeing with the Bible, being pressured to speak in tongues as a child, my thoughts on religious experiences, basing beliefs on evidence rather than moral pressure, God’s immoral actions and commandments in the Old Testament, why typical Christian responses to these passages are unconvincing, and why Christians often dismiss stories like mine as being ill-motivated. Buckle up, this one’...
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In this episode, I discuss the reasons why I left Christianity. Topics include how I became comfortable disagreeing with the Bible, being pressured to speak in tongues as a child, my thoughts on religious experiences, basing beliefs on evidence rather than moral pressure, God’s immoral actions and commandments in the Old Testament, why typical Christian responses to these passages are unconvincing, and why Christians often dismiss stories like mine as being ill-motivated. Buckle up, this one’...
How can we make our elderly parents miserable? Yup, you read that right. In their last few years here on earth, what can we say and do to our parents that will really make them feel lonely, helpless, and depressed. How can we talk in a way that leaves them feeling isolated, even in a room full of people? What can we do to make them feel completely useless and disconnected? And how can we leave them to face one of life’s hardest challenges, death, on their own? And for those listeners w...
Virtue Vibes with Jarrod Blair
In this episode, I discuss the reasons why I left Christianity. Topics include how I became comfortable disagreeing with the Bible, being pressured to speak in tongues as a child, my thoughts on religious experiences, basing beliefs on evidence rather than moral pressure, God’s immoral actions and commandments in the Old Testament, why typical Christian responses to these passages are unconvincing, and why Christians often dismiss stories like mine as being ill-motivated. Buckle up, this one’...