"The computer has no consciousness and no free will, but science is telling us that we are like a computer. This is the problem. This must change." https://youtu.be/nUXHVzWo1lE?si=_vyDDctsDxbMU6KM It's rare that a person can pinpoint one specific moment that changed...
"It's always been like an endless exploration: following that which can't be named and arranging my life around it. Wondering has been the engine. So, it has not felt like departures as much as just obvious next steps." https://youtu.be/U7rhplILAIg Rob Bell is always...
“I get a lot of hate mail, death threats and rape threats..I think the violence of their response to me reflects just how frightened they are by these ideas. They accuse me of blasphemy and various other things, but actually it reflects their deep seated...
"I know boundaried communities that produce good fruit. But when I look at tribalism, which is excluding and saying anybody not within this boundary is going to hell, the fruits of that aren't lovely. They aren't nourishing. I'd rather be a pantheist."...
"You can be an enlightened asshole. You just haven't integrated your brokenness into the enlightenment." https://youtu.be/ymSfaKy4CPI "God does not exist," says James Finley, the renowned Catholic mystic who has dedicated most of his existence to studying, writing and...
"I dislike Trump hugely. But if he is impeached, and we get Pence, then we get a man who knows what a theocracy is and is willing to bet his life on it." Millions of Americans had visceral reactions to Donald Trump winning the Presidency. But for Mel White and...
"Somebody claiming that I’m somehow dangerous, or I’ve wandered off the path, is just absurd...When you get through the pain of being misunderstood, your wounds begin to heal and then in some way you become dangerous. Because our worst fear that somebody wouldn’t like...
"If you got good people having weapons, then it's a good thing. If you have bad people having weapons, then it's a bad thing. In countries that have outlawed guns around the world, it's a proven fact that only outlaws have them." Years before the most viral video of...
"Mahatma Gandhi said it, 'I like their Christ, I don't like their Christian.' Unfortunately, when Christendom has been hijacked and made into a state religion or a power institution it gets abused... Christianity is a commitment of surrender, not of power over...
"I've had emails saying that I'm from Satan, and that I'm doomed to hell, but that goes with the territory." The Bible is one of the world's most popular, and controversial books. When you decide to dedicate your whole life to analyzing,...