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The Weightless Space Podcast is for those that have started the process of spiritual deconstruction, renewal or any other kind of spiritual awakening.

Robert and Lindsay Johnson


    • Jul 27, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    11 - The Meaning of Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 99:22


    Lindsay and I discuss the tension between, effort, fulfillment and meaning. Why dreaming is important and Rob can't stop thinking about nothing.Digging DeeperIn this episode, we talked about effort and fulfillment, along with the importance of having dreams. We touched on the following ideas in our conversation: Effort: conscious exertion of power Nothingness Absurdism Albert Camus, and The Myth of Sisyphus Sheol GehennaCommunity Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.

    10 - What is a Father's Role?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 66:09


    Join Lindsay and I (Robert) in this informal discussion regarding gender, family and the patriarchy.Digging Deeper The Vox had a pretty good write-up at the time regarding the Spider-Woman cover art. Be warned, some of it is a bit Not Safe For Work. Here is a pretty great science article discussing the history and traumas of the patriarchy. HIV/AIDS in the 80sCommunity Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.

    9 - What even is "A Calling?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 61:37


    Lindsay and I sit down to check in and have a loose conversation about being called. It's doozy. It's a little bit spicy and a little bit silly. Be sure to have your earbuds in before you start it. Don't say I didn't warn you.Digging DeeperBelow are some links that we mentioned and even some scripture

    8 - Recontextualization of Spiritual Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 70:10


    This is the 2nd part of our conversation with Joe and Michelle, you can listen to the 1st part here. In this episode we discuss our what our spiritual traumas were and how to re-contextualize them.The questions we asked can be found in our community forums here: https://connect.theweightless.space/t/healing-trauma-with-re-contextualization/26.After listening, I invite you to add your own thoughts and experiences to the forums too.Digging Deeper What Is Scrupulosity OCD? What Is Excoriation Disorder?Community Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.

    7 - Joe and Michelle's Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 48:07


    This is part 1 of a 2 part series. In this episode, we sit down for an intimate conversation with our friends Joe and Michelle. Michelle, Lindsay and myself worked together. Until we didn't. Listen in on what happened.Part 2 will be a conversation around us recontextualizing our spiritual trauma to be released next week.Digging Deeper Lindsay's contribution: 10 Key Bible Verses on Evangelism

    6 - 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 72:09


    In this episde, Lindsay and I talk about our impressions of Trump and the evangelical reponse. This is an informal conversation filled with impressions, obersavations and feeling and thus is not to be listened to as a “record of what happened,” rather, it's more appropriate to think of it as being included in one of our post dinner or early morning conversations, as we tend to do. I have tried to include relevant links that you can click through as topics come up in the conversation to give more color (and more importantly, accuracy) to our conversation.Editorial Corrections The shooting mentioned was in Charleston (June 2015, not Charlotte) and the event mentioned in question was in Charlottesville (August, 2017) regarding our house church prayer. I (Robert) was wrong, the Bible was right side up: Did Trump Hold the Bible Upside Down?Digging DeeperIntro The year was 2015 YouTube Link Make Like a Tree and Get Outta Here! YouTube Link Trump launches 2015 presidential bid atop the Trump Tower escalator YouTube LinkCharacter Matters The Deeper Reason Trump's Taco Tweet Is Offensive NPR.org Link The Real Record of the Reagans on Gays and AIDS Slate.com Link How Trump talks about women - and does it matter? BBC.com Link National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey PDF Donald Trump criticised for mocking reporter with disability BBC.com Link Donald Trump: I could “shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters” CBS News Link Peanuts? YouTube Link How Trump talks about his faith: ‘God is the ultimate' YouTube LinkWas America Great? The Newsroom Speech by Jeff Daniels YouTube Link Jim Crow Laws end in 1954 Britannica.com Link The Equal Credit Opportunity Act Department of Justice Link (When women could apply for a credit card.) List of things prohibited to women in the US USAToday.com Link Marital rape in the United States Wikipedia.org Link Donald Trump's long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2020 Vox.com Link Fidel Castro Britannica.com Link Trickle-down economics Wikipedia.org LinkWomen's Issues Single women were given the right to birth control 50 years ago today (Mar 22, 2022) TheHill.com Link 7 in 10 Women Who Have Had an Abortion Identify as a Christian LifeWay Research Link Percentage distribution of U.S. women obtaining abortions in nonhospital settings and of all U.S. women aged 15-44, and abortion index, by selected characteristics, 2014 and 2008 Guttmacher Institute PDF Can Endometriosis Increase Your Risk for Miscarriage? Endofound.org Link Did Trump Claim Credit for Overturning Roe v. Wade? Snopes.com LinkGuns, Violence Civil War (2024) IMDb.com Link Gun Laws in Florida Pensacola News Journal Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation NYTimes.com LinkCommunity Connection:How about you? What was your first impression of Trump? Did you have similar experiences? As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.

    5 - I Want To Believe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 55:00


    In this episode, Lindsay and I discuss my epiphany after watching the docu-series Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God on Netflix. Afterward, I realized I could've easily fallen for that and likely already had fallen for a cult myself.Digging Deeper Amy Carlson, Mother God The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Stanford prison experiment and later, the Heroic Imagination Project What makes a cult?Community Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.[Leave a Comment]

    4 - Apostles of Unbelief

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 49:21


    In this episode Lindsay and I discuss an article published by The Gospel Coalition on the deconversion of YouTubers Rhett and Link. Are we culpable for the salvation of others? Are we too, Apostles of Unbelief? Are we in or out?These questions and more are discussed.Digging DeeperA YouTube Playlist of all of Rhett and Link's Spiritual Deconstruction StoriesCommunity Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.[Leave a Comment]

    3 - The Hole

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 50:00


    In this episode Lindsay and I discuss the hole left behind by Christianity. Did we fill it? With what? Did it work?These questions and more are discussed.How about you? If you've left institutional Christianity, how did you respond to its absence?Also, there is always help if you need it: https://988lifeline.org/Digging Deeper Our friend Cliff's website is https://www.cliffravenscraft.com. The episode I mentioned was episode 156 and the gentleman's name was Tony.

    2 - Starting with the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 59:09


    In this episode, Lindsay and I start with the end.What was it that drove us away from evangelical Christianity and the church? We also discuss what effect these events had on our faith.Join us for an intimate conversation.In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful song by David Wilcox.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Community Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.[Leave a Comment]

    1 - Introductions, What's in a Name?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 38:33


    Hi. This is Robert and Lindsay Johnson here.We have spent the last few years picking up the pieces of our spiritual lives after leaving an evangelical mega-church. In this episode, we discuss why creating this podcast is an important step for us both. Also, what's in a name? Future podcast episodes (what's to come) Fears Transparency GoalsAs you will hear in this introductory episode, we will go over why we are doing this and what we hope to achieve.Disclaimer: We want to recognize that each person's path in life is unique and can only be experienced by them. We respect many walks of faith, anti-faith, backgrounds, and histories. We are not trying to sell something, assert something or prove something. We are only sharing our thoughts and experiences.Interest Piqued? Dig Deeper: What Does Deconstruction Even Mean? (desiringgod.com) PHILOSOPHY: Jacques Derrida (YouTube) What Would Jesus Deconstruct? (Book, Archive.org) John Caputo on the Event in Christianity (YouTube)Community Connection:As always, feel free to discuss this episode on our community forums.[Leave a Comment]

    Season 1 Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 0:14


    Hi, this is Lindsay and Robert, and you are listening to The Weightless Space Podcast where we discuss topics from a post-Christian perspective that are near and dear to our hearts and relevant to our days.

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