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Do you want to understand how survivors of religious trauma are finding the strength to reclaim their lives and make a difference? Join us as we explore a story of resilience, transformation, and healing in the face of religious abuse and domestic violence. We'll be sharing the solution so that you can achieve that result. Get ready to hear a shocking and moving story of how a survivor escaped when her life depended on it. Trauma took your past, but it does not have to have your present and your future, too. And you are the one in charge of that. - Tia Levings In this episode, you will be able to: Explore personal stories of escaping Christian patriarchy and find inspiration for your own journey to empowerment. Learn about the profound impact of religious trauma on mental health and discover strategies for healing and resilience. Uncover the complexities of domestic violence within religious contexts and gain insights into supporting survivors. Gain a deep understanding of deconstructing fundamentalism in modern politics and its implications on society. Discover effective strategies for healing and recovery from religious abuse, empowering yourself to move forward with strength and confidence. My special guest is Tia Levings Tia Levings is an insightful writer, podcaster, and speaker, with a focus on the realities of Christian fundamentalism, evangelical patriarchy, and religious trauma. Her expertise has been featured in notable publications such as Salon, the Huffington Post, and Newsweek. As a content strategist, Tia delves into the impact of religious trauma on mental health, domestic violence within religious contexts, and the deconstruction of fundamentalism in modern politics, shedding light on these critical issues. Her forthcoming memoir, "A Well Trained Wife," chronicles her personal journey of escaping Christian patriarchy, presenting a compelling and courageous narrative that promises to resonate with those seeking empowerment and healing from religious abuse. Tia's work is driven by her passion for advocating resilience and recovery from religious trauma. Tia is on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:02 - Introducing Tia Levings 00:01:17 - Trigger Warning and Self-Care 00:02:25 - Growing Up in Mainstream Fundamentalism 00:05:22 - Trauma and Dogmatism 00:07:42 - Effects of Fundamentalism on Women 00:14:08 - The Influence of High Control Religion 00:15:34 - The Pressure of Traditional Gender Roles 00:16:55 - Red Flags and High Control Religion 00:20:47 - The Manipulative Nature of Patriarchy 00:25:53 - Addressing Pushbacks and Myths 00:27:34 - The Incredulity of Religious Trauma 00:28:22 - Challenges in Seeking Justice 00:29:26 - Empowering Survivors 00:32:35 - Finding Solidarity and Community 00:38:27 - Building Healthy Relationships 00:41:09 - The Impact of Religious Trauma 00:43:18 - Coping with Discomfort and Denial 00:44:50 - Healing from Religious Trauma 00:46:31 - Advocating for Survivors 00:53:18 - Taking Action and Making a Difference 00:56:22 - Understanding Mental Illness and Abuse 00:57:11 - Seeking Justice for Mica 00:57:45 - Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence 00:58:30 - Making a Difference 

Jaguar Heart, our very first guest way back from episode 3, returns. He is a teacher and coach specializing in releasing people from internal unconscious prisons to help the soul emerge through the pathway of authenticity. In this episode, we dive deep and reflect on how our thinking, our relationship with life, our understanding of God, and our exploration of our own psyches have evolved and continue to evolve.   https://www.instagram.com/purejaguar https://jaguarheart.co/ Get your Music & Sky tickets here. Watch all our episodes. Join our group coaching program Rise Above The Herd.  Join our membership community Friends of the Truth. Schedule a 1 on 1 Intuitive Tarot Reading with Joel. Schedule a 1 on 1 Human Design Reading with Yerasimos. Teach your teens how to recognize propaganda - discount code: HFTT Change your life with a Dopamine Detox - discount code: TRUTH50 Undergo a 21-day nervous system tune-up. Download our free e-book 55 Signs of Low Self-Esteem for Truth Seekers.   Connect with us on Telegram. Support our podcast with a donation. Access all our links.   Hosted by Joel Rafidi & Yerasimos Intro and outro music: Illusion by Joel Rafidi Intro voice-over: Namakula (https://www.namakula.com/voice-over)

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant's work, The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Specifically it focuses on the conclusion of the third part, specifically Kant's discussion of how skepticism is bound to arise from the dialectic of pure reason, with critical philosophy, that is, a critical use of reason to examine itself, as the remedy for skepticism and the dogmatism it arises out of. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics - amzn.to/49pc1Xm

Guest Bios Show Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tbf5FsOm0oResearch shows more than 95% of women who report being raped are telling the truth. But in some churches, these women are not believed and shamed. According to author Ryan George, it's all part of a propaganda machine meant to consolidate and maintain power. On this edition of The Roys Report, host Julie Roys continues her eye-opening dialogue with Ryan George, the son of an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) pastor. In part one, Ryan described the physical abuse he suffered from his dad. Now Ryan exposes the harmful rhetoric in IFB churches from his insider perspective and comments on shocking examples of IFB misogyny. This podcast includes clips from IFB pastors who shamed women and rape victims in their sermons. Also included in this podcast is Ryan's description of how IFB pastors promote violence, especially when it's directed towards those seen as political foes. This is a no-holds-barred podcast, exposing the ugly truth about the IFB church movement, which Ryan asserts is a cult. It also includes a clip from John MacArthur in which the famous preacher sounds an awful lot like Ryan's IFB pastor dad. However, this podcast also has a wonderfully redemptive story, as Ryan tells how he escaped the abuse and deception in his father's IFB church and overcame fear. Guests Ryan George Ryan George is the author of Scared to Life, Word on the Street, and his latest book, Hurt and Healed by the Church. He's the blogger behind Explorience.org, where he tells stories at the intersection of physical adventures and spiritual discoveries on all seven continents. He co-founded and co-leads Dude Group, a parachurch outdoor Bible study and prayer group in the Blue Ridge Mountains where he lives with his wife, Crystal, and daughter, Deonnie. Show Transcript SPEAKERS PASTOR BOBBY LEONARD, JOHN MACARTHUR, RYAN GEORGE, Julie Roys, JACK HYLES Julie Roys  00:00 The following podcast contains clips from some pastors in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, or IFB, who shamed women and rape victims in their sermons. We chose these clips to illustrate the systemic problems in IFB churches. But we realize these clips are hard to hear, so please take care as you listen.  For more background on these and other stories please visit JulieRoys.com. Research shows that more than 95-percent of women who report being raped are telling the truth. But in some churches, especially IFB churches, these women are disbelieved and shamed. According to Ryan George, it's all part of the IFB propaganda machine meant to consolidate and maintain power. Welcome to The Roys Report—a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roys. And in part two of an eye-opening podcast with Ryan George—the son of an IFB pastor—Ryan exposes the misogynist propaganda in IFB churches. And in this podcast, you'll hear some shocking examples of this misogyny. But as Ryan explains, there's also promotion of violence within IFB churches, especially when it's directed towards those seen as political foes. This is no-holds-barred, stunning podcast, exposing the ugly truth about the IFB Church—a group Ryan confidently asserts is a cult. You'll also hear a clip from John MacArthur, where the famous preacher sounds an awful lot like an IFB pastor. But this podcast also has a wonderfully redemptive story, as Ryan tells how he escaped the IFB and overcame fear. I love Ryan's story—and I think you will too. We'll get to that in a minute. But first, I'd like to thank the sponsors of this podcast—Judson University and Marquardt of Barrington . . . Well again, here's part 2 of my podcast with Ryan George, author of Hurt and Healed in the Church. . . So there’s a whole section of your book that deals with propaganda. And you know, as a journalist, as somebody who’s in media, I mean, that’s something that always sort of piques my curiosity when I see something like that, but it’s really this idea of how the IFB was able to sell certain ideas to you. And extra biblical ideas that really weren’t necessarily in Scripture. And one of them that was just so heartbreaking to me because I work with female victims all the time of sexual abuse, and was that this idea, you actually heard this in college? Just stunning to me, that a woman if she’s raped, she would only get pregnant if she’s somehow enjoying it. And so it was kind of her fault if she gets pregnant. I mean, just despicable. absolutely shocking that anyone would say that. Yeah, just absolutely despicable. And, you know, I’m very pro-life in my convictions, but the thought that somebody would try to treat a rape victim who got pregnant that way is just heartbreaking, heartbreaking. But we know, these really misogynist ideas are woven into so many of these fundamentalist churches. And you mentioned in your book, that Jack Hyles, who if you don’t know Jack Hyles was really a main figure within the IFB movement. He had this church in Hammond, Indiana, First Baptist of Hammond, I think, huge mega church. I think at one point, they said they had like 40,000 people coming. I know he would bus people. RYAN GEORGE  01:42 He had 86 buses at the peak of their ministry, running a bus route. I mean, that’s a big metro area city bus ministry. Julie Roys  01:49 Yeah, Absolutely, absolutely huge. Anyway, you had this clip, and it was so awful, I like had to look it up in your footnotes and be like, is this online? And so the journalist in me, like has to find it, right. So actually I was able to do it, I was able to find this clip. And just so people realize, I also looked up, like what was the context? Because he says, who slew all of these? when he’s speaking and really what he’s talking about, I looked up that phrase, it’s actually from II Kings 10, and it refers to Jehu, who is basically meeting out God’s judgment to the wicked king Ahab, and also Jezabell two of the most wicked kings Israel ever had. And there are actually, you know, these men of the city, who slew who slay the 70 sons of Ahab. And it’s a pretty graphic description in the Old Testament where they actually bring the heads of all of these sons, and they put them at the gate. And it’s like the judgment of God being meted out in just, you know, a horrific way. But then again, what Jezebel and Ahab did during their reign was pretty horrific as well. But Jehu comes and he looks, you know, in front of the people, he’s looking at this this pile, and he says, who slew all of these? And so in this clip, Hyles is actually likening these wicked men who were beheaded, to the people he’s describing, and it’s absolutely breathtaking, because these people are women, who, God forbid, didn’t dress in the way that he thinks is appropriate. So take a listen. JACK HYLES  03:47 Who slew all of the women in shorts? Who slew all of these poor kids that are girls pregnant before they married? caused the boys to get so stirred up passionately that they rape a girl. Brother, you listen to me. For every single man that goes to prison for rape, you ought to be right beside him, a half-naked girl in the next cell. Who slew all these people on beaches? Who slew all these churches to have mixed swimming parties? Julie Roys  04:31 Unbelievable. RYAN GEORGE  04:32 And if you notice in the background of any video, or background of that video, it’s all women except for one guy and they’re smiling. Julie Roys  04:41 Some are some are not. I mean, some are smiling. Some are not. And I just know you know from reading your book, and from the research that I’ve done, I mean, there’s a lot of sexual abuse going on behind the scenes. I just have to wonder how many of these women are standing there hearing this, and they’ve been sexually abused, and now they’re hearing, it’s your fault that this happened to you. Which, interestingly, Jack Hyles’ son, David, he’s been accused by several women of raping them. In fact, I did a podcast about four years ago with a woman who claimed she was raped by Jack Hyles son David Hyles. We’ll put a link to that in the show notes. That’s I mean, if you want to explore this a little bit more that was a really powerful podcast. Amazing woman what she’s been through., RYAN GEORGE  05:36 Oh, yes. Julie Roys  05:38 But also, there’s the son-in-law of Jack Hyles, who, you know, he’s been convicted of taking what a 16-year-old across state lines and raping her. Interestingly, when he was caught in his crime, he did eventually admit, I guess that  he had raped her. But then he blamed it on the teen’s aggressiveness, on her aggressiveness. I mean, this is so just baked into the whip and woof of this culture, that it’s the woman’s fault. And you might think, well, you know, Jack Hyles, died in 2001. So this is like the IFB of many decades ago. And, unfortunately, it’s not. In fact, I found a clip, and this was just like, last month on the internet, and it was a recording that it had been from, I think, August of last year, last September, but it finally made its round. Yeah. On the internet. And it was of a pastor in North Carolina, Pastor Bobby Leonard, at this Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, North Carolina. And this, I mean, every bit as awful as what you just heard from Jack Hyles. Let me play this because, again, this happened within the past year. PASTOR BOBBY LEONARD  07:01 I used to say this. I haven’t said this a long time. You ready? I said, if you dress like that, and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he’s will go free. You don’t like it, do you? I’m right though. I’m right. Because a man’s a man. Julie Roys  07:22 Hhmm. A man’s a man. RYAN GEORGE  07:25 We define manhood very differently. Julie Roys  07:27 Yeah, right. I mean, that was unbelievable. And I pointed out and I think I put a Tweet out there saying or a post on X, I guess I have to say, that, yeah, he’s a man. He’s not an animal. And one of the features of a man is he’s able to exercise self-control. So if a woman’s in shorts, no, that doesn’t give you a license to rape her. And that video went viral. And there were protests there. And I don’t know if they’re still ongoing. I know, several weeks after this video went viral,  those protests were still going. But you know, I looked before we recorded this podcast, and this Bobby Leonard is still pastor at this IFB church. RYAN GEORGE  08:09 Same church. Julie Roys  08:10 Yep. The thing that kills me about this is that this man is a pastor, and he’s espousing something again. So the antithesis of what Jesus would. I mean, his heart broke for victims. His heart was absolutely. So I mean, the only people he was hard on was religious hypocrites. That’s the only people he was hard on,  but people caught in sin, people victimized, those are the people Jesus’ heart broke for. RYAN GEORGE  08:39 There’s a chance that when that woman who was pulled out from underneath her adultery partner, when they brought him to Jesus, brought her to Jesus to stone her, there’s a really good chance that she was naked standing there next to Jesus. Julie Roys  08:49 Oh, I thought you were gonna say that she was a victim. But I’d never thought of that. RYAN GEORGE  08:53 I don’t know. She definitely she could have been a victim. Right? But even if it was consensual, they didn’t draw her adultery partner out. Right? They didn’t try to stone him. Julie Roys  09:02 No, no, not a man. No. RYAN GEORGE  09:04 No, right, right. They pulled her out as if she was the problem which is an IFB thing. And then so if that’s the case, they said, we put her in the act. So, there’s very likely that a pastor like this, a group of Pharisees, pulled this woman out into public, set her next to Jesus and Jesus didn’t look at her, he wrote in the dirt. And then when all the accusers went away, say, Hey, where are your accusers? Neither do I condemn you. Now go and sin no more. That’s like you’re saying antithetical to what is the messaging in that video, and many of the churches that I grew up in. Julie Roys  09:40 There’s so many components that you discuss, and we don’t have time to go through them all. I wish we could. But one of them I was like, we have to talk about this because Christian nationalism has become so big. And especially right now, in an election year, we’re hearing In a lot of it. I didn’t realize how IFB  churches supported Christian nationalism and tried to kind of do it biblically like having a biblical basis. Would you describe that? RYAN GEORGE  10:14 Well, it’s baked into the idea that if we can’t winsomely attract people to Jesus, right? Their churches don’t even try to winsomely attract people. I tell a story in the book about my parents church had a raffle that you could win a shotgun if you brought people to church. Yeah. Because like, that’s the only way, they knew that the message that they had to sell wasn’t going to be popular, right? And so what they look at is well, then just like as they do in the churches, can we go by force? Right. And so, when you hear fundamentalists talk about politics, they’re talking about overtaking and taking control. Like you hear these kinds of authoritarian terms, to say, we are trying to take our culture by storm, we’re going to try to take it back. That’s not exclusive to IFB. But you wouldn’t think that this very seclusionary cult would try to be mainstream in that way. But I mean, we had polling places on our campus. The college I went to is the home district for Matt Gates, who is also accused of multiple sexual crimes against minors. And they would brag that, you know, they would get students to change their voting district to college so that we could vote in Florida elections, and our college bragged that we put Bush in the White House. Because if you count how many votes were cast by our students in that district, that was enough to put Bush over the top, I voted for Bush, this isn’t a political thing. But the idea is that they were trying to take it by any ways necessary, which definitely falls into this whole Trumpism thing now because they’re like, that’s our Savior. He’s gonna force it. He’s talking about retribution. He’s talking about making people pay, making people cry. You know. So it makes sense if you have an authoritarian church and authoritarian pastor that you’d be drawn to political authoritarians. Julie Roys  12:05 And wasn’t there something too about like when the passage about the separation of the sheep from the goats and that certain nations, I’ve never heard this before, that God will separate certain nations, like separating the sheep from the goats, almost like if you’re not in the Christian nation, you’re not going to make it in? RYAN GEORGE  12:26 Yeah, it’s a weird double jeopardy situation. And they’re like, Hey, we have to win America back to God because of this passage. And part of it is because if you only believe that the King James version is the only version you can read, and if you only believe that there are pastors out there, I have a few pastors that say that the English version of the Bible is more inspired than the original. Like, I mean, it’s all over you can find on the internet. If you follow, there’s an Instagram account, I highly recommend called At Bad Sermons. Bad Sermons has a whole bunch of this stuff. Julie Roys  12:55 I think that’s where that clip, actually yeah, of Pastor Monroe first came out, yeah, RYAN GEORGE  13:01 Oh, my gosh. And so what happens is they go, well, then that means if A plus B equals C, then we have to win America to Christ, so that, and they don’t mean that they have to save America. They’re not trying to save Americans. They’re trying to save their version, which is, again, a messed-up version of America for this thing. But that doesn’t make sense. So as I’m writing that chapter in my book, I’m in Slovenia, which I was in northern Slovenia, I was about 5-10 miles from the Italy border. And if you’ve ever looked at that part of the map, Slovenia has been part of like, 12, where I was sitting in that library has been part of like, 12 different countries in the last 400 years. Like, so at what point does Jesus pick your country? Is it 1787? Is it 2004? Is it 1999? Was it when it was in the Soviet bloc? Is it now that it’s not? It’s like, you know, was it when it was part of this country or that? Like, there’s so little intellectual rigor applied to anything. And when you do try to apply any type of academic anything, you’re saying, Oh, you’re a liberal, you don’t have faith, you know, all this stuff. Like you have to take the man of God’s word for this. And so you have IFB pastors after Joe Biden was elected, getting up and saying, Hey, I don’t know if you know if this is right, but I’m not going to get in the way of God if his will is to assassinate Joe Biden, from the pulpit. Wow. And you go, wait, what? Like, where did Jesus ever call us to assassinate our enemy? When Peter cut the guards year off, Jesus healed the guard and then said to Peter, like, what are you doing, man? Like, this isn’t how we do this. Julie Roys  14:37 Ah, that is so I am speechless. That is so so awful. Wow. Well, there’s something else that stuck out to me, probably because this is in the news right now. And you’ve got a chapter called, Misrepresenting Orthodoxy, and you talk about these IFB preachers who will condemn certain groups or certain groups of people in sort of this selective self-righteousness. And you talk about your father, who again, this is a man who was a pedophile. I mean, he molested girls who are not even of age. And yet, he said he would condemn Martin Luther King Jr., because he supposedly was a philanderer and, you know, had relations with women outside of marriage. At least, you know, in that case, you know, I don’t know, but I’m guessing they were consensual. Which was not the case with your father. But you write, I thought  this was a great paragraph. You write, While that irony plays out. Let me just read this here. While that irony plays out on a micro level of my family, I can’t escape the more macro irony of my dad’s disregard for Dr. King. In the unsaved churches of my youth, beliefs were an idol and hypocrisy was defended as a way to protect the gospel. Dogmatism took precedence over following the example of Jesus. Doctrine was more important than authenticity, curiosity, or compassion. And you’re probably aware, right now, there’s a big brouhaha over some things that John MacArthur has said, about Martin Luther King, Jr. In fact, I’m just gonna play that. So if people haven’t heard that, they can hear what he said. I’ll just play it. JOHN MACARTHUR  16:41 The T for G (Together for the Gospel) guys wanted to honor him with a panel, and we spent an hour, an hour and 15 minutes. And it was just beautiful tributes to RC from all of us, who knew him so very, very well. And the strange irony was a year later, they did the same thing for Martin Luther King, who was not a Christian at all, whose life was immoral. I’m not saying he didn’t do some social good. And I’ve always been glad that he was a pacifist, or he could have started a real revolution. But you don’t honor a non-believer who misrepresented everything about Christ and the gospel, in an organization alongside honoring somebody like RC Sproul. Julie Roys  17:36 So how does that hit you? RYAN GEORGE  17:39 So I see it again as a hypocrite, you know. John MacArthur has covered for multiple child molesters in his church. And I go, here’s the irony is you’re going to prop up people in your own church who are doing way worse than what Dr. Martin Luther King is and say that they are examples of the faith. Like this is why we keep them in our church, right? And then say somebody who had some affairs, which we’re not condoning affairs, that it wipes out everything they did, including  whether or not they’re going to heaven. That’s the mental gymnastics that the  IFB church has to do to feel self-righteous. Julie Roys  18:16 And missing, that one of the greatest sins that God calls out is pride. I mean when I hear things like that, I’m like, wow! I mean, I could talk about Dr. Martin Luther King’s doctrine, and there may be some really bad things in there. And I’m not saying that you can’t talk about that. But to say that you, a mere human, who doesn’t know the hearts of man, can say where the eternal destiny of someone else is. That crosses a line to me. RYAN GEORGE  18:46 It’s hubris. Julie Roys  18:48 Absolutely. RYAN GEORGE  18:49 And the irony is Dr. Martin Luther King was a Baptist pastor in the south, which means it was probably conservative to some degree, as far as theologically conservative church. They were probably closer than MacArthur would like to admit. Julie Roys  19:02 Yeah. Well, the last section of your book is beautiful. And it talks about. RYAN GEORGE  19:08 Oh, thank you. Julie Roys  19:08 Yeah, it talks about the greener pastures that are available. You know, there to get beyond the abuse, and the dogmatism, you know, that these things don’t have to define you and define the rest of your life. I think that’s hugely important. But at the same time, moving forward and choosing, you know, the better path, to choose growth over comfort, can be, it’s a risky thing to do. But it’s the path you chose, and maybe the path less traveled. But why would you like to the person who right now is just kind of sitting there going, You know, dare I do that? What would you say? RYAN GEORGE  19:54 I’d tell him, it’s worth it. So I’m a little predisposed to this. So, I’m an adrenaline junkie, I jump off mountains and planes and buildings. I’ve surfed in the Arctic. I do all kinds of crazy things. Julie Roys  20:06 You surfed in the Arctic? RYAN GEORGE  20:08 Yes, ma’am. I’ve camped in both the Arctic Circle and Antarctica. I do a thing called wing-walking, where you go out on the wings of a bi-plane while it’s flying, and it does aerobatic maneuvers while you’re out there. Julie Roys  20:16 No, no, no, no, no, no. RYAN GEORGE  20:18 But here’s what I’ve learned in that. And this is how God designed our bodies with dopamine and epinephrine and other reward chemicals, is that when we do this scary thing, we are chemically rewarded, right? And the times when I felt most alive in my life, outside of a faith community in a relationship, but like physically when I felt most alive, was after I conquered a fear. I was so scared to go wing walking the first time. I finally found a life insurance company to give me life insurance cuz you can imagine it’s hard to insure some of the stuff that I do for fun. And I got back down on the ground after my first, you take lessons, and you get like certified for different things you do out on the wings. And I got back down on the ground and my classmates had waited, I was the last student through the school that day. And one of my classmates yelled out, how was it? And I’m taking off, you know, your gear whatever, I was like, I’ve never felt more alive, right. And so what I’d like to tell people is, it’s that way for me and my faith. When I’ve had a conversation around a fire with somebody, or when I saw someone meet Jesus for the first time or put their marriage back together. Or I have a friend who has six foster and adopted children?, and to watch the reclamation project of what he and his wife are doing right? And different things in my life. I’ve seen Jesus do incredible things. And I have goosebumps right now all over my body, thinking about what I’ve seen is like, that is what life in all caps is. And I’ve experienced it. So my last book was called Scared to Life. And it was about I felt God the most when I’m scared. And so what I’m able to do because it’s become normal for me, I’m scared of heights. People are amazed. I’ve jumped off the 63rd story of a building before, but I’m scared of heights. But what I’ve learned is, is that when I lean into that fear, the reward is at least equal to whatever I was afraid of. And I found that to be true in my faith. You can’t convince them. It’s like trying to convince a seven-year-old that someday they’re going to like kissing girls. Trust me dude, I’m telling you, it’s the same thing. People are like, You’re so crazy, I would never go out on the wings of an airplane. It’s like, but have you ever been upside down at 140 miles an hour looking at the California desert? I can’t explain it right? It’s the same thing. There are things in my faith. I’ve had these encounters with Jesus that’s sweeter than anything I’ve ever had with my parents, anything I’ve ever had in churches growing up, that cannot be explained outside of Jesus. And I want that for you. I won’t ever force someone to jump out of a plane with me or do some of the stuff that I do. But I will invite over and over and over again because I know what’s waiting for them on the other side. And then you go, Okay, you just did something that 99% of humans in America would say you are legitimately crazy to try, and you feel more alive. What is something back home that you’re scared to do? A conversation you’re scared to have, a thing you’re scared to relinquish to Jesus, an addiction you’re scared to tell somebody about whatever it is. That Invitational model has proven true in my life over and over again. Julie Roys  23:16 I mean, it makes me think of when I was about to blow the whistle on the Moody Bible Institute. And I had this piece written, and I won’t go into the whole story of how that went down. But I was terrified because I knew that would burn my bridge forever. Not just with Moody. But you get blacklisted. And that would be the end of my career. And I was okay with that. But it was still scary. And yet, I mean, yes. Did I feel alive when I did that? And then on the heels of that, that’s why I’m doing what I’m doing today. God birthed this out of that, and had I not followed through  on that conviction God gave me, I wouldn’t I wouldn’t be here, you know. And so, to me, I feel like I’m living the adventure. You know. I think life in Christ should be living the adventure. And it will always, always, I think we’ve forgotten about this. RYAN GEORGE  24:14 Jesus hinted at it. So they didn’t have the terms that we have now in the New Testament to describe biology and whatever else. But over and over and over from Jesus and other people Old Testament New Testament. The Bible says the just shall live by faith. But what a lot of people don’t reverse engineer that to go it’s you can’t have faith unless you have doubt, fear, both, right? I’m only scared on the wing of an airplane if I don’t think my harness is going to work or there’s going to be a malfunction in the plane. When you’ve done it 100 times, the 100th time I rode a motorcycle, it wasn’t as scary as the first time right? The first time you ride a roller coaster you’re holding on white knuckles. By the fifth time you’re posing for the picture. You’re physically doing the same thing. But you’ve lost that fear. And so, for us to live by faith on a regular basis, there has to be something that brings doubt or fear into our life. It sounds masochistic and I don’t mean it that way. But if Jesus isn’t given me an assignment on a regular basis that makes my palms sweaty, then I have to ask myself, do I have faith right now? Am I living the just life? Julie Roys  25:11 Absolutely. And that’s why I think we’ve forgotten that to be a moral person, to be a godly person, it actually requires courage. Like, you just don’t hear that very much. We think of it as you have to be pure in your thoughts and your life and all those things are true. But you have to have courage, because God will call you to something that requires faith and like you’re saying, it requires facing your fear. And I’m thinking right now because this is where your book lands. But I know this is where an awful lot of people are. Is some of the scariest things to do, are to pursue your own healing. Because it means instead of running away from what was painful, you actually have to lean into it, you actually have to go places that you don’t want to go. And yet, that’s something that you did. And I feel like you’re kind of not that any of us is on the other side. Because healing is a process that we won’t fully be healed till we’re in heaven, right? You know, so. But you’re kind of on the other side, where you’ve walked through some stuff and been able to say, hey, you can trust this process. So speak to that person right now who may be in that spot. RYAN GEORGE  26:25 Oh, man. The hard part is all of our journeys are nuanced, right? So I’m not calling someone and telling them, Hey, go back to the church where you came from, or go back to the religion that you came from, or even go back to a church as is commonly defined United States, like a Sunday service, or whatever else. What I am calling people to do is to find a version of Jesus they can fall in love with. And I was talking to a podcaster a few weeks ago, and she gave me this great analogy, and I got to use it. But she said, there are a lot of people who go to a Taylor Swift concert alone, but nobody goes home alone. They come home with friendship bracelets, and new friends and new Instagram connections and whatever else. And I said, for me, the Taylor Swift in that story is Jesus. And if I find that Jesus, that I’m a big fan of which I have found, and if I go to the concert, I’m going to bump into other people who love the same Jesus. And we’re going to trade friendship bracelets, and we’re going to start. So whether that spiritual community is a service, or whether it’s just meeting someone for coffee, there are certain people that I know, the first version of Jesus they can find is to go to therapy, and to be real. And what happens is, after you get used to telling your story in that room, then you get more courage to tell people outside of that room, et cetera. And so church can grow for you. But my book is not a call to go back on a Sunday. My call is to fall in love with the Jesus that I’ve fallen in love with, because it’s been utterly rewarding. And if you can look at it as a personal relationship, I know that that terminology has been used and abused in the faith that I grew up in. But as a note, this isn’t like me and the church. This is me and Jesus, and know that Jesus, everywhere he went, other people were attracted around that were fans of his hand up to 1000s of people. So no matter whether you define church as a house church, or, you know, multisite, non-denom, whatever. All of it is trappings; find the Jesus that loves you. And he promised, in his own words, read letters to the Bible. He said, If you seek me, and you seek with your whole heart, you will find me. And we’re on this divine scavenger hunt to find him everywhere and anywhere. And when you start intentionally looking for him. Like before, before I go on a hike, you’ll get this because you’re a hiker. Before I go on a hike in new places like God, will you reveal why you drew me to this trail? God, will you reveal what it is you want me to know about yourself today? And I can tell you how that prayers were answered hiking in the Faroe Islands and Iceland and Norway. I still remember how Jesus answered those prayers. I have prayed that prayer before getting on a flight at JFK. God, would you reveal why it is I’m getting on this plane? What do you want me to know about getting on this plane? And that led to a very emotional blog post and people are like, Oh, my goodness, you met Jesus on a flight to Finland? Like how does that even work? And if we’re expectant to find the real Jesus, why wouldn’t he want to reveal himself? Jesus gave up his life so that we could know him. So when we asked him, Jesus help me know you more, helped me find the real you, why wouldn’t he answer that prayer? Julie Roys  28:45 I love that. I love that. And it is the real Jesus. And unfortunately, he has not been portrayed to some of us as his true self. And it’s important that we find that. Ryan, this has been such a phenomenal conversation. I’ve so enjoyed it. Yeah, just so glad to have this conversation and for the gift of your book. And I know it takes a lot to write a book and especially one this personal. So thank you so much, and it’s just been a delight. RYAN GEORGE  29:45 Thanks for sharing me with your people. Read more

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant's work, The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Specifically it focuses on his discussion in the Preamble on the peculiarities of all metaphysical knowledge, bearing upon how and why his transcendental or critical philosophy takes metaphysics beyond two other sets of positions, those of dogmatism and skepticism To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics - https://amzn.to/49pc1Xm

Dogmatism is often used to build a tribe, and strengthen its borders, often by threatening shunning for those who so much as question the dogma. But doctrinal humility and cheerfully welcoming uncertainty will ultimately build the Kingdom in ways that dogmatism cannot. You can also read this episode at https://crucibleofthought.com/dogmatism

Introduction:  Brendan Lenihan is a professional non-executive director, a management consultant, a chartered accountant, and an accredited mediator.  Previously he was a Partner with Andersen (with whom he worked in Dublin and New York) Through his consultancy, Navigo Consulting, he provides strategic, financial and governance advice to clients in Ireland and the UK as well as having a non-executive director portfolio in private companies, public bodies and charities. His is currently; Chair of Irish International Trading Corporation Cork plc which is 103 years in business and turns over in excess of €80m per annum, as well as Chairing the Advisory Board of Regan Wall, a business law firm specialising in mergers and acquisitions.      Chair of Good Shepherd Cork, a sizeable charity providing emergency accommodation and services to homeless and vulnerable families.   Podcast episode Summary:  This podcast explores the nature of Boards, our understanding of the role of Boards, and whether we can consider boards are Teams. In addition, Brendan illuminates the constraints on boards and the potential that exists to support boards be more effective. Points made throughout the Episode:   o    Brendan has led a portfolio career to date. An accountant by nature but he is more than that. His eclectic portfolio and experience has meant that he has learnt how to sell, navigate & supervise professional service bodies. o    Brendan doesn't rush towards fires but he has noticed that he ends up in the thick of things. Around the time of the crash in 2008 in NYC he was involved in the Enron Scandal and as Finance Director for a Property Company he was instrumental in supporting them through the crash. Similarly he was involved with the HSE for 4 years through Covid 19- where he put his consultancy experience where it was most needed. o    10 years ago as the President of the Chartered Institute of Ireland it became clear to Brendan that accountants do 3 things,  they measure, communicate and decide. Brendan observed that if someone like him, even with his vast experience, were to survive he needed to move up the value chain to where decision making and governance happened. Decision making is the business Brendan is now in. o    The Myths of Boards: The great man myth and the myth of omnipotence of boards is very much alive.  The myth that the CEO is the eternal fountain of all knowledge and the organisation pivots around him/her is similarly active. The truth is that the health and direction of a company cannot revolve around one person, especially as CEOs come and go. There is also a great myth that board work is easy, you turn up, listen and go away. That is not the case. o    There is a grain of truth in the idea that the smartest group of people are the executives and the wise comprise the board. The smart and wise sit down together and generally the wise people approve everything the smart people have to say, although it is not always the case. The smartest and wisest is the relationship between the Chair and the CEO. There is some grain of truth to all of this but it should not be how people think for a heathy, dynamic and growing organisation to operate. o    A lot of people end up on boards because of their success in role and the because of their functional expertise but often they do not know what the role of a board member is. o    A healthy board is one that has a very clear sense of its role & its purpose. Many boards have an impoverished view of what their role is as a Board. Often  they encapsulate their role as their function to support management. That definition is too simplistic and too narrow a definition. o    A healthy Board is one you cannot assess on paper. As well as a board appreciating their role & purpose it is also crucial that Board members understand each other as people. A healthy board is one where the relationships are really strong, where people can deal with conflict and differences of style etc. o    What defines Governance? This is the starting conversation with new boards or new board members. Two central elements to Governance (based off an OECD definition) The first element is the notion that Governance is a network of relationships. The relations within the entity such as staff, the board and the executive management team as well as the relations outside of the entity such as shareholders, funders, regulators, customer as well as suppliers. The first role of a Board is to understand and add to the strength and functioning of these relationships. The second element is about the setting of objectives. What objectives is the entitiy trying to achieve, how are the objectives set and then how  are they managed and monitored. o    The degree to which this network of relations is worked governs the degree to  which the entity achieves its objectives. That is the role of Governance. o    Two further dimensions have to be considered. One, the compliance perspective to understand and appreciate the rules of the road with respect to this network of relations and two, a performance dimension to understand what travels over and between the network of relations. Brendan makes the point that too often people assume governance is simply about compliance and not about the management of ideas & the performance of objectives across this network of relations. o    Management has a governance role as well but this podcast is focused on the top level of the organisation, the Board. o    If you are sitting on a board you should be focused on the strength and productivity of the network of relations described above. In addition a Board needs to question what objectives are being set and whether they are being achieved. o    For the person in the street the subject of Governance comes down to the simple question, who is in charge? o    The interrelation between the work of the board and management is often confused and ambiguous. The biggest problem Brendan sees in his work is that folks on boards devolve everything to management. o    The Board should in fact be setting objectives, be providing Leadership and operating with an amount of oversight where the board asks whether the organisation is on plan, getting close to its objectives etc. o    Many board members especially new board members do not realise the many functions of boards and the many mindsets involved. 3 different mindsets prevail on Boards. The first deals with Leadership the second the entity strategy and the third oversight & compliance. Compliance for example requires an evidential focus. Strategy involves a creative process, a heavily laden communication process and psychological process. Oversight is where you are asked to form an opinion and decision based on the question “are we there yet?” o    Boards mix those 3 roles into one combined headset. o    Too often too, a board may be comprised of formerly successful executives you end up Micro Managing senior executives and end up squashing capability. o    In the absence of understanding of the many headsets required of boards duplication, frustration and missed opportunities are inevitable. o    The same is true of teams where there is lack of resources and lack of role clarity. This absence drives conflict and dissent and is especially evident at the interface between senior executives and the board. o    Board members end up on Boards because of their industry expertise, functional expertise and not because they know much about Governance & especially corporate governance. o    The rise of concern about Culture and the question about who is responsible for Culture in an organisation has contributed to the confusion that abounds. The idea that the Board is in fact responsible has really stretched and challenged boards. o    It is not clear what the headset needs to be with respect to the role of Culture setting  but it is clear from Corporate Governance that the responsibility lies with the Board. o    Making the interventions that shape Culture is the honours question that boards are struggling with today. o    The board is responsible for there being a well-defined strategy and it is also responsible for the culture of the organisation that is appropriate for its environment and strategic objectives. o    Boards are decision factories with very limited opening hours o    Consider for example the Public Broadcaster here in Ireland which has just faced a critical Corporate Governance crisis this year.  Its board would have met about 9 times in the year which is incredibly limited opening hours to get through an enormous remit. o    There is a real paucity of time that drives a lot of the dynamics of boards. o    Brendan works with boards to become as efficient as is possible with oversight and monitoring as a role to free up time to spend on Strategy, Culture and Leadership conversations. o    There are ways at releasing time and working smartly as a board but a week Chair and a board that does not appreciate its full role will fudge and burn time ineffectively leading to frustration and embarrassment as  likely possible negative outcomes. o    Brendan works with Boards by sharing simple ideas to support the various roles they play. Leadership for example is about two simple ideas, having a plan and doing the right things. So Leadership from the Board perspective is about making sure there is a plan and challenging the board and executive to be curious about the right things to discuss. o    Too often the senior management team is preoccupied with being busy 60-70 hours a week and they do not often get the opportunity to see the big things on the fringe about which they need to discuss. o    There is so much value a board can bring in terms of ideas, opportunities and even concerns that the executive team might miss. To be a good leader you have to be in the dance of the work but you also need to be on the balcony & able to scan the horizon and outside world. o    Boards can disempower themselves by not understanding their role, similarly they can also disempower their role by handing all power over to management and they can be disenfranchised by the lack of time, ability to meet and the resources at their disposal such as a budget to support Board training. o    Brendan gets asked to assist boards where Governance has gone off the rails and the criticism is made that the board was asleep at the wheel. Often the board has chosen a minimum level of participation or hibernation, which often surprises people. o    The lack of opening hours or time a Board spends together often means that the requisite reflection and quality control of their work is missing. The simple and evocative questions like “what worked” “what could we do differently next time” often do not happen. o    The Titular Monarchy Position is often witnessed on Boards. Every week the Prime Minister of the UK visits the Monarch. The Monarch has 3 rights, the right to be consulted, the right to be supportive of the Government and the right to warn if necessary. That is it. Many Boards operate the same way as a Titular Monarchy where they expect to be consulted, offer support to the executive team and are a bit avuncular when they are concerned about something. This is a recipe for disaster for a Board, because all power has been handed to management  o    A contemporary example here in Ireland includes the FAI (Football association of Ireland) who became a puppet board to management. The CEO had all power. o    The list of matters reserved is the list of decisions that only the board can make. Brendan will often ask boards whether they know these decision rights and he knows a weak board will not know what is on this list whereas a strong board will. o    A lot of basic structures that comprise sound principles and conditions for success for Boards are missing. o    There is a huge opportunity for Boards to benefit from some of the ideas housed in Team Coaching. o    It is not conclusive that a Board is a team but its performance could benefit if it thought more about teaming. o    The role of the Chair is absolutely vital. o    Boards are by their nature a collective and the Chair is first amongst equals. When boards break down it is almost always about the people and relationship issues. A good Chair is equipped to bring people insight, an understanding of styles and an ability to mediate if necessary, to support the effective running of the board. o    If the Chair is open to improvement in what Brendan calls the decision making factory then lots can happen. o    Brendan does not enter a board to discuss what he calls the plumbing or Compliance etc. His value is in helping a board get clear about the decisions they have to make, the headsets they have to be in and also the norms they have to exhibit. o    Brendan usually engages with Boards around practical decision dilemmas. He also employs a model to share 10 behaviours that he would expect every board member to display. The 10 behaviours from this model include Power, Dogmatism, Emotion, Decisiveness, Verbal Contribution, Civility, Preparedness, Knowledge, Trust & Director Tenure. With each of these behaviours there is a golden mean. o    If any of these 10 behaviours are out of whack the social system will be out of balance. For example if the Board has too much trust in the Management Team it will be gullible. o    Oftentimes these behaviours are out of balance and they remain unchallenged or unaddressed until there is a big car crash, a claim or other disaster. o    Brendan would like to see greater understanding and clarity about the  role of Boards. He would like the difference that can be seen on boards between board members to be empowered. He would also like to see a greater awareness of bias & to see more professional scepticism on Boards. o    The big problem with Boards, with biases present is over confidence.  Brendan recalls the Financial Crisis of 2008 where many boards, filled with good people,  simply grew over confident. o    Brendan wishes that Boards would allow Professional consultants, Coaches to better serve them than they do currently, to get that team working as a Board to work better together at a human level, on a decision making level and on a structural level so that organisations can achieve their objectives more quickly and efficiently. o    There exist a lot of obstacles to these desires as Brendan sees it. Often there exists a lack of openness, to examine Board performance and  to take advice or to think differently. Brendan opines the lack of diversity on boards, the range of people entering boards is still, he believes too narrow. The gender balance is better but it is still not where it could be and could be if boards had better advice, tools and more openness to improvement. o    Brendan shares two case studies, boards he worked with where governance had gone off the rails. Brendan through his work helped both to work out their roles, to define a clear strategy and to understand the interdepended nature between the board and management teams. He shared structure and processes over time to improve the decision making and relations on the Board and between the Management teams. o    Boards cover 3 things; Strategy, Finance and People. Strategy is often misunderstood,  Finance is often exceedingly well covered and the people piece is the lease attended. o    Since the Global Financial Crisis a number of tools have evolved to do what is known as a cultural audit. Boards are often shocked that people like Brendan can hold up a mirror and identify what the culture is at an organisation. o    Brendan shares his definition of what comprises Culture. Visible behaviours, behaviours people will see, the group dynamic and then the mindsets that drive these behaviours. There are tools used to hold to hold up a mirror and share what Mindset ideas are being operated. Brendan shares the example of the police force here in Ireland, An Garda Siochana. Its culture was audited and it revealed the high minded ideas that were housed in the annual report with the actual mindset that actually prevailed. The gap proved to be staggering. o    You have to ask what is going on in the narrative of an organisation, the psychology of an organisation, the group dynamic to shape its culture? It is important to tap into these dimensions to shape an appropriate culture, appropriate to the market and context in which an entity lives & it has to be attuned to what the organisation says it wants to achieve in terms of its objectives and plan. o    This is the role of Boards and the value they can provide. o    Brendan makes the distinction between Boards who operate answering the Pass Questions in an Irish Leaving Certificate and a Board that addresses the Honours questions, Culture, Leadership, Strategy and Oversight. o    The Board is a team and it is also a Team with the Executive Directors & staff managing the many relations that comprise the social system in a bid to achieve its goals. o    Brendan would love to see more conversation of this nature to increase awareness & understanding of Boards and board effectiveness and to show case the many tools and techniques that have evolved to support teams and boards to overcome bias in decision making.     Resources mentioned across this podcast   ·         www.navigo.ie

The connection between tobacco smoke, cancer and heart disease has been well established since the 1800's, with irrefutable medical evidence presented since the 1950s. There is no question that smoking has significant public health impacts. The effects of second hand smoke were examined in various studies and  also claimed negative effects. But these reports has some significant limitations, and larger studies later showed no significant risk.  One of the authors, cancer epidemiologist Dr. Geoffrey Kabat, recounts the publication, the fallout, the lack of defense from the scientific community, and later independent reports that would reinforce their findings of no association with lung cancer and heart disease. While predating social media, the findings that did not fit a public health narrative where harshly criticized, using arguments that failed to address the evidence. This example is a precursor to understanding the modern-day discussions about issues like vaccination, COVID19, glyphosate, and other topics where the evidence is strong, but public opinion often fails to accept it. Dr. Kabat's accompanying article on Quillette. 

Thomas Campbell is a Nuclear Physicist, Lecturer, and Author of the "My Big T.O.E." (Theory of Everything) trilogy. He worked as a physicist in technology development and complex-system risk analysis for both government and industry. In addition, he championed for more than 50 years the scientific, drug-free research into altered states of consciousness. This unique combination enabled him to develop My Big TOE, a scientific model of reality based on the insight that consciousness – not matter – is fundamental to all existence. After obtaining degrees in mathematics and physics, he attained his PhD at the University of Virginia. His work includes 12 years in technical intelligence, 15 years at Missile Defense Agency, and 10 years as a consultant in the general area of large-systems risk and vulnerability analysis for various high-tech companies, including two years with NASA. EPISODE LINKS: - Tom's Website: http://www.tomcampbell.info/ - My Big Toe: https://www.my-big-toe.com/ - Tom's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twcjr44 TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) – Introduction (0:30) – Matter is Information, Consciousness is Awareness (8:35) – Materialism & Dogmatism (26:17) – Consciousness is Fundamental, Reality is Simulated (33:00) – Tom's Theory of Everything (TOE) explained via Paradoxes (50:19) – This Virtual Reality only exists in the Minds of the Players (1:05:15) – Realism vs Idealism (1:06:52) – Why is the Universe? (1:11:25) – Evolution of Complexity & Meaning (1:18:10) – Cooperation is the driving force (1:31:55) – Why do people use Tom's work as proof for God when Tom is an Atheist? (1:42:00) – What do other scientists think of Tom's work? (1:46:20) – Tom on Bernardo Kastrup & Donald Hoffman (2:01:43) – Is this virtual reality also expanding? (2:13:35) – Healthy mind, healthy body (2:28:51) – What happens after death? (2:38:00) – How does Tom access metaphysical information? (2:51:04) – Metavirtual reality, artificial intelligence & conscious computers (3:03:50) – Solution to The Fermi Paradox (3:18:41) – Tom's tools (3:24:23) – Conclusion CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtevinnaidu/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu/ For Business Inquiries: info@tevinnaidu.com ============================= ABOUT MIND-BODY SOLUTION: Mind-Body Solution explores the nature of consciousness, reality, free will, morality, mental health, and more. This podcast presents enlightening discourse with the world's leading experts in philosophy, physics, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, AI, and beyond. It will change the way you think about the mind-body dichotomy by showing just how difficult — intellectually and practically — the mind-body problem is. Join Dr. Tevin Naidu on a quest to conquer the mind-body problem and take one step closer to the mind-body solution. Dr Tevin Naidu is a medical doctor, philosopher & ethicist. He attained his Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery degree from Stellenbosch University, & his Master of Philosophy degree Cum Laude from the University of Pretoria. His academic work focuses on theories of consciousness, computational psychiatry, phenomenological psychopathology, values-based practice, moral luck, addiction, & the philosophy & ethics of science, mind & mental health. ===================== Disclaimer: We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of watching any of our publications. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Do your research. Copyright Notice: This video and audio channel contain dialog, music, and images that are the property of Mind-Body Solution. You are authorised to share the link and channel, and embed this link in your website or others as long as a link back to this channel is provided. © Mind-Body Solution

CSI Litigation Consultant Ava Hernandez, M.A. joins Steve Wood, Ph.D. to discuss the concept of dogmatism in jurors. Ava defines what dogmatism is and shares the different perspectives of psychologists about whether dogmatism is a personality trait or is domain specific. Steve and Ava talk about open and closed systems of thinking and how dogmatism doesn't allow an individual to change their perspective, even in the face of evidence that contradicts their beliefs. They also discuss how to approach jury selection to identify dogmatic jurors during voir dire and whether and how someone can be lifted out of their dogmatic belief state. Watch the video of this episode: https://www.courtroomsciences.com/r/OBB

1. Gosip 2. Judging 3. Negativity 4. Complaining 5. Excuses 6. Exaggeration 7. Dogmatism

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This week, theologian Joshua McNall discusses the importance of saying "perhaps" as a sacred space between doubt and dogmatism. We explore the role of hopeful imagination, hard questions, and Scripture in navigating contested topics in our faith, and how "perhaps" can help us resist harmful extremes. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the cast members and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Christ Community Church.

This week Ash talks with Dr. Anna Yusim, an internationally-recognized, award-winning Board-Certified, Stanford- and Yale-educated Psychiatrist & Executive Coach and best-selling author of Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life. Dr. Anna is here to dive deep into sharing the science of spirituality.    Whether you are struggling to find clarity in your life purpose or are looking for a better understanding of the spiritual aspect of life, this episode is for you. Dr. Anna is here to help identify and understand the intersection between science and spirituality.   In This Episode, You'll Learn: How transmutation of energy works. The 4 key struggles of existence and mortality fears. Dogmatism versus mysticism and how these states alter your brain activity and body. What spiritually actually is. The science behind intuition: the 4 Clair's.   Resources: Loves Executioner by Irvin Yalom A Course In Miracles by    Where to Connect with Dr. Anna Yusim https://annayusim.com/ https://www.instagram.com/annayusim/   Herbal Face Food Are you ready for smooth and clear skin? Try Herbal Face Food, the most potent anti-aging, anti-viral skincare product on the market. Visit ashleystahl.com/skin and use code ASHLEY20 for 20% off your order of Herbal Face Food! Want to launch your own podcast?  Get started now with this FREE Checklist to start your podcast and launch with impact! Visit ashleystahl.com/checklist to get this FREE checklist. Connect with Ash: https://www.instagram.com/ashleystahl/ Take a FREE Quiz to Discover Your Most Authentic Career Path: https://www.ashleystahl.com/freequiz/  

In A Fresh Perspective, dig into topics central to the Christian experience in fresh ways, and (re)discover a faith you can love.__What's the Issue Anyway?The word ___________ has become synonymous with the word ______________.“Faith” as a synonym for “belief” leads to _________________.Dogmatism leads to certainty which hardens the ___________.Faith as a beautiful ___________ _________ of living with God always dies on the altar of certainty.Exploring a Fresh Perspective on FaithA Fresh Perspective honors that faith has always been ______________ to the Christian tradition.___________ spoke about and responded to faith. (Matt 8:10, 9:2, 9:22)___________ wrote about faith's power to transform the world. (Gal 3:8, I Thess 1:2-3)Faith is especially important in the __________________ tradition.A Fresh Perspective on faith _______________ the rich meanings of the word “faith.” Faith as ______________: to give one's mental assent to a proposition.Three foundational affirmations of __________________ Faith: The Reality of ___________The Centrality of ___________The Centrality of the ___________Faith as assent is rather __________________. (James 2:19)Faith as ___________: A radical trust in God. (Psalm 59:17)Faith as ______________: Faithfulness to our relationship with God. (Exo 20:3, Lk 10:27) Faith as ___________: A way of seeing the essence of reality. (Matt 6:26)Don't Miss This!A Fresh Perspective understands faith as __________________ a matter of the ___________.How does this make me a better person and the world a better place?A Fresh Perspective on faith reclaims a way of being Christian focused on __________________.A Fresh Perspective on faith grows ___________-__________________.What is God inviting you into today?Take some time to consider whether my understanding of faith is more about statements I must believe in or living a life of loving what God loves.Jump into one of the Conversation Groups.Embrace a Fresh Perspective on faith that is about more about trust, fidelity, and vision and less about assenting to the right doctrines.Thought provoking questions:Would you say that your primary way of understanding faith has been believing in a set of statements or doctrines about God? What were some statements that you had to believe to be a Christian?Do you think Jesus was talking about belief in a set of statements when he recognized the faith of the centurion, the blind man or woman with the blood disorder? If not, what do you think he might have meant by the word ‘faith'?What freedom does understanding faith as primarily a matter of the heart (and not the head) bring to you?Which do you think is a more challenging way to live by faith: loving what God loves or believing the right things about God?

Originally Aired Mar 4, 2022 Richard Carrier is a world-renowned author and speaker. As a professional historian, published philosopher, and prominent defender of the American freethought movement, Dr. Carrier has appeared across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and on American television and London radio, defending sound historical methods and the ethical worldview of secular naturalism. His books and articles have received international attention. With a Ph.D. from Columbia University in ancient history, he specializes in the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, particularly ancient philosophy, religion, and science, with emphasis on the origins of Christianity and the use and progress of science under the Roman empire. He is also a published expert in the modern philosophy of naturalism as a worldview. He is the author of On the Historicity of Jesus, Proving History, Sense and Goodness without God, The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire, Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, Not the Impossible Faith, Why I Am Not a Christian, Jesus from Outer Space, and Hitler Homer Bible Christ. He is also a contributor to The Empty Tomb, The Christian Delusion, The End of Christianity, Christianity Is Not Great, and Resurrection: Faith or Fact, as well as copious other work in history and philosophy, online and in print. He is currently working on several projects, from consulting on the CHRESTUS app for iOS and Android, to teaching affordable online courses in secular philosophy, history, and methodology. He is also regularly blogging and speaking about history, philosophy, and social issues, and sometimes on his military service or polyamory. To learn more about Dr. Carrier and his work see link below: https://www.richardcarrier.info/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnosticinformant/message

In this episode, Aneesh Karve joins me for a detailed conversation on the book, "Discrimination and Disparities" by Thomas Sowell. We discuss the problems of the current social vision, the importance of testing the Marxist hypothesis, the cure for dogmatism, and how we change for the better.Aneesh Karve is the Co-founder and CTO of Quilt. He's an expert at data, visualization, entrepreneurship, Bitcoin, and economics.// GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/akarve Website: https://akarve.com/ Book: https://shorturl.at/wNS36// SPONSORS // iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/Ledn: https://www.ledn.io/CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://b.tc/conference/Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/// OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:01:13 - Intro 00:02:46 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:03:43 - Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn 00:04:28 - Introducing Aneesh Karve 00:04:58 - The Concept of Social Vision and Human Consequences 00:06:02 - The Notion of Real Socialism 00:06:52 - Scientific Analysis of Social Vision and Economic Value 00:09:12 - How to Measure Education 00:11:32 - Underlying Problem of our Education System 00:13:42 - The Moldy Bread Theory 00:15:08 - Importance of Self-Sorting 00:15:33 - How Social Vision Shifted in the 20th Century 00:16:42 - Distribution of Natural Phenomenon 00:18:20 - Negative Impact of Social Welfare Programs 00:21:58 - Difference Between Rights and Responsibilities 00:26:30 - How Parents' Occupation Affect their Children 00:28:32 - The Complexity of Social Language and Terms 00:32:03 - Centralized vs. Distributed System 00:36:20 - Distributed System and Bitcoin 00:38:06 - Facts and Data of our Socio-Economical Status 00:41:06 - Cognitive Resonance and Breakdown of Fiat Model 00:44:15 - The Margin of Morality 00:46:26 - Reciprocity being Replaced by Unilaterality 00:50:11 - The Problems with our Social Vision 00:54:56 - The Counter Examples to the Prevailing Social Vision 00:54:57 - Testing The Marxist Hypothesis 01:00:48 - Take Control of Your Healthcare Insurance with CrowdHealth 01:01:50 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 01:02:25 - A Chance to Win Discounted Tickets to the Bitcoin 2023 Conference and 10M SATS 01:03:22 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 01:04:10 - Destruction of Individual Rights 01:05:18 - Effects of Fiat Paradigm on Social Morality 01:10:20 - The Network is Only as Good as its Links 01:13:22 - Understanding the Model of Complex System 01:19:06 - True Miracle of Bitcoin 01:21:32 - Inflation of Knowledge is Reducing Discrimination 01:24:41 - The Importance of Volatility 01:28:41 - What is Economic Mobility 01:30:12 - Consequences of Social Interventions by the State 01:32:40 - Rational Approach to Better Mental Models 01:36:09 - Can Bitcoin Survive in the Long Run 01:39:07 - Ingredients for Understanding the Complex Reality 01:44:31 - The Importance of True Inquiry 01:46:22 - Bitcoin is the Cure for Dogmatism 01:49:48 - Changing for the Better 01:52:57 - Understanding the Term, ‘Ultimate Reality' 01:55:39 - The Final Conclusion 01:58:50 - Where To Find Aneesh's Work // PODCAST //Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/Robert-Breedlove-2The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ // SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22

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Connections between brain regions lead to a healthy and stable brain (and a healthy and stable life). Trauma prevents these brain connections. This is known as fragmentation. In today's episode, I explain how trauma leads to fragmentation in the brain and why fragmentation makes you feel unstable in your day to day life. I then suggest that when we feel unstable, we are drawn toward theologies and worldviews that offer certainty. The fragmentation in your brain resulting from trauma can make you a very dogmatic person. Why? Because, as Dan Allender says, “The more certain you become, the less fragmented you feel.”

The one in which we explore AntiSemitism and its relationship to other forms of bigotry, racism, and hate.

Insightful discussion of society's attitude toward new research, and of the nature of science. Henry Bauer shares how science has becoming less trustworthy through conflicts of interest and excessive competitiveness. Evidence tending to challenge established theories is sometimes rejected without addressing its substance. Henry H. Bauer is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Science Studies and Dean Emeritus of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Earlier he had worked at the Universities of Sydney, Michigan, Southampton, and Kentucky. His publications include more than a hundred articles and eleven books, most recently Dogmatism in Science and Medicine: How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth From the Archives: This live interview was recorded on November 9, 2001 on the nationally syndicated radio program, hosted by Laura Lee . See more at www.lauralee.com 

Sermon: John 1:1,3-5, 14; 8:12-36 Preacher: Nathaniel Lee

Brian Wolfel discusses his article "Thomas Carlyle's Conception of Transcendentalism in Sartor Resartus and Its Application to Theorizing Postliberalism," from Telos 199 (Summer 2022).

Lenin's *What is to be Done?* in the illuminating new translation by Lars T. Lih. Foreword; Chapter 1: Dogmatism and ‘Freedom of Criticism': a) What does ‘freedom of criticism' mean?, b) New defenders of ‘freedom of criticism', c) Criticism in Russia, d) Engels on the significance of theoretical struggle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Merced talks about why political, religious and other belief systems play a healthy role in society but can be dangerous when they become overly dogmatic and divisive.Libertarian101.comLearnEconomicsNow.comSupport the show

1. Seth continues his review of Matthew 13 examining the parable of the mustard seed.2. Seth responds to a listener submission about letters from Jehovah's Witnesses.3. Seth discusses church planting and dogmatism. 

1. Seth continues his review of Matthew 13 examining the parable of the mustard seed.2. Seth responds to a listener submission about letters from Jehovah's Witnesses.3. Seth discusses church planting and dogmatism. Become a Patron! Donate on PayPal. Check out all the BTWN podcasts.

From the 2012 annual meeting of the Scientific and Medical Network.Peter Fenwick is the current president of the Scientific and Medical Network. He was a senior lecturer at King's College, London, the Consultant Neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley and John Radcliffe hospitals, and has been part of the editorial board for a number of journals, including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Epilepsy and Behaviour.https://explore.scimednet.org/index.php/peter-fenwick/David Lorimer is Programme Director for the Scientific and Medical Network. He was President of Wrekin Trust and a Founder of Character Education Scotland. Originally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College, he is the author and editor of over a dozen books, most recently “The Protein Crunch”.https://explore.scimednet.org/index.php/david-lorimer/

We loved this episode we recorded with the handsome and articulate Alan Flanagan way back in mid 2021, that we had to breathe some new life back into it with this replay. Similar to religion, we see people backing their diet of choice as 'the best' or 'the only true diet' that everyone else should adopt while ignoring all the potential pitfalls or deficiencies that may arise from it. We can think of this as nutrition dogmatism. In this episode, our guest Alan Flanagan offers a convincing argument for being nutritionally agnostic. Fan of the show? If you find value in the Flex Success Podcast, we'd love if you could show your support by leaving a review on iTunes. This will help expose the show to a bigger audience so we can help more people be less shit. Disclaimers: Flex Success, and the associated coaches, are not doctors or medical professionals. Always consult a physician before starting any exercise program. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. Flex Success will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of information contained in this video including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death. Send in a voice message.

Dogmatism and the slat problem are conflated in this episode of the Lexman Artificial podcast. Dmitri Dolgov is the guest and he discusses howdogmatism can often be the root of many problems, especially the slat problem. Agapanthuses are also mentioned.

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How are Doubt, Dogmatism, and Deconstruction shaping the future of the church in America? That's our topic for this episode of the More Than a Pastor Show. Get the show notes at our website: Doubt, Dogmatism, Deconstruction, and the Co-vocational Future of the Church.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iamrichavery)Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iamrichavery)

Joshua M. McNall is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Church Relations Ambassador at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He's the author of several articles and four books, including one we discuss today that was published just last year. That book is Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space between Doubt and Dogmatism, a compelling look at the role of the …

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در دو قسمت قبل شنیدیم که آنچه در ذهن ما به عنوان باور وجود داره عمدتا از طریق قبول کردن بدون فکر و اندیشه بدست اومده و همچنین شنیدیم که یک راه حل عملی برای آزمایش باورهامون اینه که بر سر اونها شرط بندی کنیم. همچنین یاد گرفتیم که در روابط انسانی، باورها و عقیده ها محترم نیستند و این انسانها هستند که بواسطه کرامت و شرافت انسانی قابل احترامند. امروز اما قراره درباره این صحبت کنیم که هویتی که ما بواسطه باورهامون داریم اصولا تا چه حدی درسته و تکلیف ما باهاش چیه؟ مرجع اصلی این قسمت از پادکست، فصل ششم از کتاب مشهور مارک منسون با عنوان The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck هست که ترجمه فارسیش با عنوان هنر ظریف بیخیالی یا هنر ظریف به تخم گیری منتشر شده. یه جستارهایی هم به کتابها و مقالات دیگه خواهیم داشت که به رسم این پادکست در جای خودشون بهشون اشاره خواهیم کرد. خوب، بریم سر اصل مطلب. مطمئنم شما هم درباره باورهای عجیب و غریب شنیدید. مثلا دانشمندان زمانی باور داشتند که خورشید به دور زمین می گرده و یا دریانوردان زمانی باور داشتند که زمین مسطحه و اگر به لبه اون برسن سقوط می کنند. اصلا چرا راه دور بریم؟ همین الان در ایران بسیاری آدمها در یک کشوری که نمیخوام اسمش رو بگم باور دارن که دود حاصل از سوزوندن مدفوع الاغ ماده، خاصیت آنتی بیوتیک داره و برای درمان سینوزیت و میگرن و مننژیت و چه میدونم اسکیزوفرنی حاد مفیده. و یا عده ای در همون کشور باور دارن خوردن ادرار شتر باعث پیشگیری و یا درمان بیماری کرونا و هزار درد و مرض دیگه میشه.  یا مثلا اگر پنبه آغشته به روغن بنفشه رو در سوراخ مقعد قرار بدیم دیگه کرونا نمی گیریم. اما آیا این آدمها درست میگن؟ یا اونهایی که بهشون ایراد میگیرن و یا مسخره­شون می کنن درست میگن؟ در واقع، بشر هرگز بطور یقین در هیچ موردی درست نبوده. یعنی درک ما از چیزها، هرگز 100 درصد نبوده و هرگز هم نخواهد بود. این یعنی چی؟ یعنی که همونطور که ما الان به به اونایی که 100 سال پیش باور داشتن خورشید به دور زمین می گرده می خندیم، 100 سال دیگه هم آدمها به باورها و شیوه زندگی ما خواهند خندید. حالا به کدوم باورمون و چه نوع شیوه زندگی، خیلی جای بحث نیست چون ما از آینده خبر نداریم. ما آدمها، همیشه در اشتباهیم، در همه موارد و درباره همه موضوعها. تنها دلیلی هم که تا الان باعث شده برای ما انسانها و در جوامعمون سنگ روی سنگ بند باشه، اینه که بعضی از ما درباره بعضی موضوعها کمتر از بقیه آدمها در اشتباهیم و یا هر کردوم از ما، درباره تعدادی چیزها کمتر از سایر چیزها در اشتباهیم. این یعنی، اگر من درباره مثلا خواص خربزه مقاله ای بخونم، میزان در اشتباه بودنم درباره خربزه، قبل و بعد از خوندن اون مقاله متفاوته. حالا اگر اون مقاله بر اساس تحقیقات درس ت علمی و در شرایط کنترل شده و بر اساس روشمندی علمی باشه، بعد از خوندن اون من میتونم ادعا کنم که درباره خربزه کمتر در اشتباه هستم نسبت به خودم قبل از خوندن اون مقاله و یا نسبت به کسانی که اون مقاله رو نخوندن. برعکسش هم صادقه. یعنی اگر من مقاله ای درباره خربزه بخونم که مطالبش نادرست باشه، در اشتباه بودن من درباره خربزه، بعد از خوندن اون مقاله بیشتر خواهد بود. حالا شما خربزه رو با چیز دیگه ای مثلا روابط انسانی، واکسن، فال قهوه، کائنات، فیزیک کوانتوم، امواج درونی زمین، سلولهای بنیادین، علوم ژنتیک و یا هر کوفت و ذهر ماری جایگزین کنید، گزاره ای که گفتم صادقه. اون گزاره چی بود؟ دوباره میگم: میزان در اشتباه بودن ما درباره چیزها، قبل و بعد از گرفتن اطلاعات درباره اونها متفاوته اما هرگز صفر نیست. حالا اطلاعات درست میتونه میزان در اشتباه بودن ما رو پایین بیاره و اطلاعات نادرست میزان در اشتباه بودن ما رو بالا ببره. ولی حالا که گفتیم اعتماد 100 درصد به داشته ها، دانسته ها و باورهامون درست نیست، پس تکلیفمون با اونایی که بهمون میگن: به خودت اعتقاد داشته باش. تو بهترینی، تو میتونی، تو خوشتیپ ترینی و از این حرفها چیه؟ پولی که میدیم و میریم میشینیم توی این سمینارهای خودشناسی و از این جور برنامه ها چی میشه؟ در اواسط دهه ۱۹۹۰ میلادی،  Roy Baumeister روانشناس آمریکایی و همکارانش یک سری آزمایشاتی بر روی مفهوم شرّ انجام دادند. باور عمومی در اون زمان این بود که آدمهایی که جنایت‌های هولناکی مثل قتلهای سریالی انجام دادن، یا از خودشون بخاطر کاری که کردن متنفرند و حرمت نفس پایینی دارن و یا دلیل اینکه افراد دست به این نوع جنایتها می زنند همین امره که اونها عقده خودکم بینی دارند. اما نتیجه آزمایشات این دانشمندان کاملا عکس این باور رو ثابت کرد. در واقع اونها نشون دادن که آدمهایی که جنایت‌های خیلی بد انجام میدن از کارشون راضی هستن و بعد از انجام این جنایتها اتفاقا از خودشون بیشتر خوششون میاد. اما چطور چنین چیزی ممکنه؟ پاسخ اینه که وقتی کسی به چیزی ۱۰۰ درصد باور داشته باشه دیگه دلیلی برای فکر کردن در مورد اون نمیبینه و هر کاری در راستای اون باور رو مجاز میدونه. یک اصطلاحی در انگلیسی وجود داره به اسم self righteouness که فارسیش میشه خودصالح پنداری. آدمی که درگیر این باوره که آنچه باور داره قطعا درسته میشه آدم خودصالح پندار. نتایج آزمایش‌های Baumeister اینطور برداشت می‌کرد که مثلا مردی که تجاوز های زیادی به زنان انجام داده، باورش این بوده که زنها پست هستند و اون حق داره از اونها بهره وری کنه یا یک نژادپرست نئونازی باورداره که نژاد آریایی از سایر نژادها بالاتره و به همین خاطر اون حق داره به آدمهای سایر نژادها بی احترامی کنه و به اونها آسیب بزنه. در واقع نتایج آزمایش‌های Baumeister همراستای آزمایش‌های Stanley Milgram بود که سالها قبل از اون و در دهه ۶۰ میلادی انجام شده بود. این سری آزمایش ها که نتایجشون با عنوان Obedience to authority  یا به فارسی: اطاعت از قدرت منتشر شد، از مشهورترین و پر سر و صدا ترین تحقیقات روانشناسی در تاریخ این علم محسوب میشن. جریان چی بود؟ آقای میلگرام و همکارانش در دانشگاه Yale یه اطلاعیه منتشر کردن و در اون از مردان بین 20 تا 50 سال که به طبقه های متنوع اجتماعی و حرفه های متفاوتی تعلق داشتند خواستن که برای پیشبرد یک تحقیق ساختگی درباره یادگیری و آموزش داوطلب بشن. کاری که باید میکردن چی بود؟ اینکه به داوطلبهای دیگری که در اتاق دیگری بودند و ظاهرا مشغول یادگیری چیزی بودند در صورتی که پاسخهای نادرست به آزمونها بدن، شوک الکتریکی وارد کنند. البته شوک الکتریکی هم ساختگی بود و از داوطلبهای دیگه خواسته شده بود ادای ذجر کشیدن در بیارن. چی شد؟ دو گروه آدم داریم که یک گروه در یک اتاق مشغول یادگیری یک مطلب هستن و درصورتی که خوب یاد نگیرن باید توسط گروه دوم تنبیه بشن و این تنبیه از طریق وارد کردن شوک برقیه. یه چیزی توی مایه های شرایطی که متولدین دهه 60 و قبل از اون در سیستم آموزشی ایران تجربه کردیم و اگر خوب درس نمی خوندیم معلمها و مسئولین مدرسه کتکمون میزدن و یا تنبیه های دیگه. با این تفاوت که ما واقعیشو تجربه کردیم ولی در آزمایش میلگرام، شوک برقی واقعی نبود البته اونهایی که شوک رو به دیگران وارد می کردن نمیدونستن. این گروه تنبیه کننده، بدون اینکه به خودشون اجازه بدن درباره ماهیت آزمایش از خودشون سوال کنن، گروه تنبیه شونده رو تنبیه می کردن و در برخی موارد از محدوده درخواست شده هم درجه تنبیه رو بالا می بردن. روی دستگاه شوک هم درجه بندی بود و میزان شوک تا حدی میتونست بالا بره که مرگبار باشه. خوب فکر می کنید آدمها وارد منطقه مرگبار نمیشدن دیگه؟ یعنی آدم به خودش اجازه نمیده برای یک خطا در یک آزمایش طرف مقابل رو بکشه، درسته؟ باید بگم که نه، درست نیست و میزان شوک به دفعات تا آخرین حد کشنده بالا برده می شد و تنبیه کننده ها از کارشون راضی هم بودن.  میلگرام در این آزمایشات نشون داد که اگر از اشخاصی بخوایم آدمهای دیگری رو بخاطر خطاهاشون مجازات کنن، اونها معمولا این کار رو بدون توضیح می پذیرند و معمولا شدت مجازاتی که انجام میدن بیشتر از چیزیه که ازشون خواسته شده. صرفا به این خاطر که این حق به اونها داده شده که دیگران رو مجازات کنن. این خیلی نکته دردناکیه ها. اینکه من و شما اگر بپذیریم که کاری غیر اخلاقی برای هدفی از پیش تعیین شده باید انجام بشه، انجامش میدیم. یعنی هدف وسیله رو توجیه می کنه. اگر من باور داشته باشم که تنبیه بدنی نتیجه مثبت داره، بر اساس این باور انجامش میدم هرچند که این کار غیر اخلاقی و نادرسته. اگر من باور داشته باشم که اگر به خودم مواد منفجره ببندم و عده ای انسان رو بکشم به بهشت میرم، این کار رو انجام میدم. اگر من باور داشته باشم که حق دارم به آدمهای دیگه زور بگم، انجامش میدم. اگر من باور داشته باشم. اگر باور داشته باشم. باور داشته باشم. باور. باورهای ما از یه جایی به بعد به هویت ما تبدیل میشن. هویتی که از یه جایی به بعد برای ما حکم بودن و نبودن داره و بدون اون به پوچی میرسیم. هویتی که هر چیزی در راستای اون باشه برای ما معنی پیدا می کنه و هر چیزی بر علیهش باشه برامون غیر قابل قبوله. این هویت الزاما هم نباید چیز پیچیده و بزرگی باشه. مثلا، اگر من به فوتبال علاقه دارم و تیم مورد علاقه من رنگ لباسش آبیه و رقیب دیرینه اون هم قرمز می پوشه، استفاده از رنگ قرمز برای من خیلی سخته و در عوض رنگ آبی رو با علاقه زیادی وارد زندگیم می کنم. ماشین آبی میخرم، لباس آبی می پوشم، کسایی که قرمز می پوشن رو مسخره می کنم و بهشون میگم لونگی و شاید شاید شاید در حالتهای شدید عاطفی و مثلا وقتی تیم من از تیم رقیب شکست خورده باشه و یا تیم من از تیم رقیب برده باشه، به طرفدارای تیم رقیب ناسزا بگم و حتی به اونها آسیب بزنم. همه اینها رو هم بدون اینکه از خودم دربارشون سوال بپرسم انجام میدم. وقتی هویت من طرفداری از تیم آبی پوش باشه، از چیزهایی که هویتم رو تهدید می کنه اجتناب می کنم و یا در مقابلشون می ایستم. قانون اجتناب مانسون که انگلیسیش میشه Manson's Law of Avoidance رو مارک منسون اولین بار به عنوان یک شوخی مطرح کرد ولی بعدا به تفصیل در نوشته هاش به اون اشاره کرده. چیه حالا این قانون؟ هرچه چیزی بیشتر هویت ما رو تهدید کنه، بیشتر ازش اجتناب می کنیم. گفتیم سیستمهای اعتقادی، برای ما به مرور زمان به هویتمون تبدیل میشن و ما میتونیم بواسطه این هویت، شرایطی برای خودمون بوجود بیاریم که باهاش راحتیم. حالا اگر شرایط جدیدی بوجود بیاد که هویت فعلی ما رو تغییر بده، چون راحتیمون رو تهدید میکنه، حتی اگر بوضوح زندگی ما رو بهتر می کنه، ما رو می ترسونه. چرا؟ چون تهدیدی برای آنچه در ذهن خودمون از خودمون ساختیم به حساب میاد. شما هم حتما کسی رو در اطرافیانتون می شناسید که سالهاست تصمیم داره دست به یک کار بزرگ بزنه مثلا یک استارتاپ راه بندازه که ممکنه میلیاردرش کنه ولی هرگز در واقعیت این کار رو نکرده چون شک داشته که شغل فعلیش که مثلا مسئول بایگانی فلان اداره دولتیه و یک آب باریکه ای داره که زندگیش باهاش میچرخه رو ترک کنه. اون آب باریکه و شغل روتینی که داره براش هویتی ایجاد کرده که تغییر در اون هویت برای اون فرد غیر ممکن به نظر میاد. یا مثلا شما ممکنه یک دوستی دارید که از سالها قبل باهاش دوست بودید. این دوست شما بارها و بارها از راههای مختلف به شما ضربه زده ولی شما حاضر نیستید یک بار برای همیشه بهش زنگ بزنید و با دلایل محکم و کافی بهش بگید که دیگه قادر به ادامه دوستی باهاش نیستید. چرا؟ چون اون دوست و رابطه ای که باهاش دارید بخشی از هویت شما شده. بر این اساس، جا داره بپرسم اصلا شناخت خود و کشف خود (که توی این سمینارهای جدید خودشناسی خیلی بهش تاکید دارن) آیا چیز خوبیه؟ آیا خوبه که ما بپذیریم چیزی که هستیم درست و خوبه؟ به نظر مارک منسون، نه چیزخوبی نیست. چرا؟ چون وقتی خودت رو شناختی و قبول کردی چی هستی، دیگه تلاشی برای تغییر نمی کنی و رشدت متوقف میشه. بله بله درسته که اولین گام در راستای بهتر شدن شناخت خوده ولی اگر این خودشناسی منجر به این بشه که آنچه هستیم رو قبول کنیم و باور داشته باشیم که درسته، و به موجب اون دیگه تلاشی بر بهتر شدن نکنیم، چیز جالبی ازش در نمیاد. مثلا حتما شما هم بچه های حدود یک ساله ای رو دیدید که دارن یاد میگیرن راه برن. بچه بارها و بارها زمین می­خوره و شاید حتی آسیب هم ببینه ولی هرگز توی ذهن کودکانه خودش با خودش فکر نمی­کنه که شاید تقدیرش اینه که نباید راه بره و یا هرگز اینکه بقیه عمر رو چهاردست و پا راه بره رو به عنوان آنچه هست قبول نمی­کنه.  در آمریکا چند سالی میشه که یک فرهنگی داره رواج پیدا می کنه به عنوان چاق زیبا که در اون به آدمهایی که اضافه وزن دارن قبولانده میشه که اونها همینی که هستند زیباست. حالا اگر من دویست کیلو باشم و در خطر شدید حمله قلبی و سایر خطرات مرتبط با چاقی، بر اساس این فرهنگ، هویت خودم به عنوان چاق رو قبول می کنم و باور پیدا می کنم که زیبایی من با چاق بودنم همراهه. پس دیگه به دنبال کم کردن وزنم و در نتیجه سلامتی و طول عمر بیشتر بر نمیام. نظر شما درباره چنین باوری چیه؟ واژه دگم یا جزم اندیش در فرهنگ معین به معنای « فردی که بر عقیده خود متعصب است و بر روی آن پافشاری می کند » تعریف شده. وقتی کسی اسیر جزم اندیشی یا همان Dogmatism باشه، عقیده یا عقایدی داره که بر درست بودن اونها یقین داره. وقتی از جزم اندیشی و دگماتیزم حرف می زنیم، معمولا توجه ما به سمت عقاید مذهبی و مسائل ماوراءالطبیعه میره که خوب اشکالی هم نداره اما اینجا من توجهم به چیزهای بسیار ساده تره. به این دو مثال توجه کنید: مثال اول: آقا سعید بابام همیشه میگفت بچه تا تو سری نخوره درست بار نمیاد. نور به قبرش بباره. کتکهای اون باعث شد که من اینی بشم توی زندگی که الان هستم. حالا شما هر چی هم میخوای بگو که بچه رو نباید زد. مثال دوم: رعنا خانم. مردی که غیرت نداره که مرد نیست. اگر شوهر من نمیذاره من برم سر کار، حق داره. خرج خونه با اونه، دلش میخواد زنش توی خونه باشه. ولی حالا اگه اینو به داداش بی غیرتم بگی، برات دلیل میاره که مرد حق نداره زنشو محدود کنه و حضور زن در جامعه و کار کردن بهش امید به زندگی و استقلال میده و از این جور ژستهای روشنفکری..... در هر دوی این مثالها، گوینده دچار جزم اندیشی دررابطه با شخص یا اشخاص دیگریه که بر اساس اون، رفتار نادرست خودش یا شخص دیگری رو توجیه کنه. اما اگر هریک از اونها می دونستن که نه خودشون، نه کسی که بهش ارجاع میدن و نه حتی کسی که در مقابلشون صحبت می کنه هیچ کدوم 100 درصد بر حق نیستند و هر کدوم بر اساس تجربه و نگرششون به زندگی میزان متفاوتی از نادانی درباره موضوع مورد بحث دارند، براشون ممکن می شد که به قضایا جور دیگری نگاه کنن. بودایی ها ایده ای رو مطرح می کنند که در اون، تعریف شخص از خود، در واقع یک ساختار ذهنیه و بر این اساس، چیزی به نام خود در دنیای واقعی وجود نداره و تنها ساخته و پرداخته ذهن ماست. بر همین اساس هم بودایی ها اعتقاد دارند که باید چیزهایی که من و شما بر اساس اونها خودمون رو تعریف می­کنیم رها کنیم و تنها در این صورته که به آرامش می­رسیم. پس اگر قراره پیشرفت کنیم، وقتی صدایی توی ذهنمون میگه: تو بهترینی و یا وقتی یکی از این اینفلوئنسرهای اینستاگرام توی استوریش زل می زنه به دوربین و توی چشممون بهمون میگه تو اسپشیالی، باید در پاسخ بهش بگیم خفه شو. در واقع من و شما تنها در صورتی می­تونیم رشد کنیم که اتفاقا باور داشته باشیم که اسپشیال و منحصر به فرد نیستیم و هرآنچه ما رو در شرایط فعلیمون نگه می­داره رها کنیم. یعنی اون باوری که از خود داریم رو ولش کنیم. یا طبق چیزی که مارک منسون در کتابش گفته: خود رو بکشیم. البته که خودکشی به مفهوم کلمه منظورمون نیست. کسی که باورهایی که بر اساس اونها خودش رو تعریف می­کنه رها می­کنه و نه تنها بر درست بودن اونها اصرار نداره بلکه در صدد بهتر شدن از طریق جستجوی روشهای جدید، باورهای درست تر (یا بهتره بگیم کمتر اشتباه) بر میاد، میشه آزاداندیش یا روشن­فکر. آزاداندیشی بر پایه تفکر پرسشگر و نقاد استوار شده و اساس اون بر تحقیق و بررسیه. وقتی شما آزاداندیش باشی، در شرایط مختلف ممکنه از خودت بپرسی اگر اشتباه کنم چی؟ و همچنین اگر اشتباه کرده باشم چه معنایی داره؟ و آیا قبول اشتباه برای من و اطرافیانم شرایطی بهتر از الان فراهم می­کنه یا بدتر. وقتی من به چیزی باور دارم و بر اساس اون باور دارم تصمیمی در ارتباط با خودم یا دیگران می گیرم، باید بتونم در همون لحظه از خودم بپرسم که: اگر اشتباه کنم چی؟ و بعد، اگر پاسخم اینه که شاید دارم اشتباه می کنم، از خودم بپرسم: اگر اشتباه کرده باشم چه معنایی داره؟ اون معنا، اون پاسخی که به این سوال میدم، اون نقد کردن خودم در بزنگاه مهم، میشه آزاداندیشی. آزاداندیشی یعنی من از خودم بپرسم هویتی که من برای خودم در طرفداری از تیم آبی پوش درست کردم تا چه اندازه درسته؟ و این درست بودن آیا به من اجازه این رو میده که به طرفداران تیم رقیب توهین کنم؟ آزاد اندیشی یعنی اگر از من خواسته شده مخالفین یک طرز فکر رو که بخشی از هویت منه بکشم، از خودم بپرسم اگر اشتباه کرده باشم و این هویتی که برای خودم انتخاب کردم نادرست باشه چی؟ آزاد اندیشی یعنی اگر فرزند من نگرشی به زندگی داره که با باورهای من و هویت من در تناقضه، قبل از محکوم کردنش از خودم بپرسم اگر من اشتباه کرده باشم، آیا قبول اشتباهم شرایط بهتری برای من و اطرافیانم فراهم می کنه؟ آزاداندیشی یعنی اگر طبق قانون به من حقی داده شده و باور به این حق بخشی از هویت منه، اگر این قانون اشتباه باشه چی؟ آیا باید از حقم استفاده کنم؟ اگر همه ما اینطوری به باورها، اندیشه ها و نگرشمون به مسائل مختلف زندگی نگاه کنیم، هم قادر خواهیم بود به رشد خودمون کمک کنیم و هم کسانی که دوستشون داریم. در نهایت هم کل جامعه از چنین نگرشی سود می بره. دنیایی رو تصور کنید که همه با آغوش باز پذایرای شواهد و معلومات تازه هستند و در صورتی که این معلومات تازه با باورهای قدیمیشون منافات داشت، بر علیه این معلومات، کسی که مطرحشون می کنه و مرجعی که اون معلومات رو ارائه کرده قد علم نمی کنند. از قسمتهای قبلی یادمون هست که آدمها می تونن با هم دوست باشن ولی باورها یا نظرات متفاوتی در مورد چیزی داشته باشن. همچنین یادمون هست که باورهای ما وسیله هایی برای رساندن ما به هدفهامون هستند. وسیله هایی که میتونیم در میانه راه، ازشون پیاده بشیم و سوار وسیله های بهتری بشیم تا بهتر و سریعتر به هدفهامون برسیم. امیدوارم همه ما مردهای ایرانی، در باورهامون تجدید نظر کنیم و از این راه، رشد کنیم. امیدوارم.  

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Purchase a copy of Perhaps by Josh McNall: https://amzn.to/3k3gOpTOn this episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, Eric Skwarczynski interviews Joshua McNall (PhD, University of Manchester) – an associate professor of pastoral theology, ambassador of church relations, and director of the honors program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Mosaic of Atonement: An Integrated Approach to Christ's Work, Long Story Short: The Bible in Six Simple Movements, and A Free Corrector: Colin Gunton and the Legacy of Augustine. He also hosts the blog Outpost Theology.Support the Show:https://www.patreon.com/preacherboysPurchase a Preacher Boys shirt, mask, sticker, or other merch to rep the show! https://www.teepublic.com/user/preacher-boys-podcast_______________Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting:– preacherboysdoc.com– https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/– https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc– https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/To connect with a community who share the Eric Skwarczynski and the Preacher Boys Podcast mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/preacher-boys-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tired of gurus that have all the answers? Or those so zealous for deconstruction that the have none? We need a recalibrated theological imagination that can fuel faithful loyalty. In this wide-ranging interview featuring his new book Perhaps, Joshua McNall shows us that when Scripture and great literature are allowed to resonate, we are able to move beyond rigid dogmatism and endless doubt. Co-hosted by Matt Bates. The post Between Doubt and Dogmatism – Joshua McNall first appeared on OnScript.

Roles reverse as editor David McNutt of IVP Academic interviews Josh McNall about Josh's new book, Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space between Doubt and Dogmatism. Topics include: Why Perhaps fuses theology, fiction, and cultural critique. Being spiritually caught between warring, partisan extremes. What's wrong with certainty, from a biblical perspective? The place of mystery in theology. Who has said "perhaps" in helpful ways? How kids inspire projects. Writing rituals and habits. The fictional story of Eliza Johnson. Advice for pastors leading between doubt and dogmatism. David's advice for aspiring writers.

Joshua Mcnall takes us on a deep dive into issues of faith, certainty and uncertainty. We explore his new IVP book Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism. Buy Joshua's book: Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism. https://amzn.to/3AcJi5P Bio: Joshua McNall (Ph.D., University of Manchester) is associate professor of pastoral theology, ambassador of church relations and director of the Honors program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He is also host of the Outpost Theology podcast. His other published books are below. Connect with Josh: www.Joshuamcnall.com Books by Joshua: The Mosaic of Atonement https://amzn.to/3Fad6Uc Long Story Short: the Bible in Six Simple Movements https://amzn.to/3irXaTo Books recommended by Joshua: NT Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God https://amzn.to/3A1bloo C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce https://amzn.to/3A5ctaG Flannery O'Connor, Complete Works https://amzn.to/2YdcLze Connect with Brian Russell: Information about Brian's Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God's Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com or order: https://amzn.to/3pDpN2E . For group discounts, contact Sr. Estelle at Paracletepress.com Twitter: @briandrussell Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com Brian Russell's Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture: (Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258 Links to Amazon are affiliate links. Dr. Russell receives a small payment if you order resources through these links. There is no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting the podcast through your purchases. Please tell your friends about the Deep Dive Spirituality Videocast. It's also available on Spotify, Podbean, and iTunes as a podcast.

I had a great time speaking with Josh Mcnall about about his new book titled "Perhaps" coming out on September 21st. The Christian life requires faith. That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad?  Josh encourages readers to reclaim the little word "perhaps" as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. In this day especially, it's time Christians learned to say "perhaps.Josh's Blog & Website: https://joshuamcnall.comJosh's Book| Perhaps: Reclaiming The Space Between Doubt & Dogmatism

In a culture with few moral narratives or frameworks—and in which there is increasing doubt that that human life can have any true purpose or meaning at all—a huge void is created. This void is increasingly filled by a morality of rule-keeping which, while giving us a sense of purpose and community, often fails to give us a sense of real meaning. Morality-by-rule-keeping, while inviting us to check boxes, does not necessarily demand internal transformation. In fact, far from demanding that we become good, it may in fact lead us to become morally confused and rigidly dogmatic. This episode is part 1 of 3 and explores this moral confusion and dogmatism. The next episode will explore the phenomenon of hypocrisy hunting and virtue signaling.

We start by looking at the Buyer Classification data for June, and it showed that the expected decline for mortgaged investors' market share (on the back of the LVR changes) is now firmly underway – and this time it'll be emphasised by March's tax changes too. In relation to the current buyer mix, we also cover off some technical aspects of survey evidence and why some results need to be interpreted carefully.It's also worth noting that the consultation on the Government's proposals around interest deductibility closes today (12th July).We then move on to discussing the Reserve Bank's next monetary policy decision and how/when mortgage rates (and the wider economy) might be affected. Perhaps the most important point is that the official cash rate now looks set to rise sooner than had been expected – perhaps even this year, rather than second half of next year.And finally it's a look ahead to upcoming data – including net migration and rental prices. When it comes to the outlook for rents, our view is that they won't spike as a result of the tax changes; but we won't be dogmatically sticking to that view if the data shows it to be wrong.Check out all our regular CoreLogic research insights at https://www.corelogic.co.nz/research-news and get in touch on LinkedIn, twitter @NickGoodall_CL or @KDavidson_CL or send us an email on nick.goodall@corelogic.co.nz or kelvin.davidson@corelogic.co.nz 

We want to be an influence for good.  We want to make a positive impression for the gospel and the Lord.  But, sometimes, our words and attitudes get in the way.  Our words may offend and alienate, and that's the last thing we want our words to do!  In this episode, Becky and Kerry discuss some of the mistakes Christians  make when talking with their religious friends and neighbors.

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The Flex Success Podcast episode #34 - Alan Flanagan - Nutrition dogmatism Similar to religion, we see people backing their diet of choice as 'the best' or 'the only true diet' that everyone else should adopt while ignoring all the potential pitfalls or deficiencies that may arise from it. We can think of this as nutrition dogmatism. In this episode, we speak with Alan Flanagan on this topic where he offers a convincing argument for being nutritionally agnostic Fan of the show? If you find value in the Flex Success Podcast, we'd love if you could show your support by leaving a review on iTunes. This will help expose the show to a bigger audience so we can help more people be less shit. To find out more about Flex Success, head to: www.flexsuccess.com.au Flex Success Instagram To find out more about Alan Flanagan, head to: Alan's Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flex-success/message

To support the pod please check out my social media pages! Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - Show Home Page - Patreon Materialism; the doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications, is unfounded. Marx got it wrong, religion isn't the opiate of the masses, materialism is. It's subtle reassurance that "everything is knowable" perpetuates a kind of psychosis that has not only infected our educational, economic and political institutions but our religious ones as well. Sources https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/scientific-heretic-rupert-sheldrake-on-morphic-fields-psychic-dogs-and-other-mysteries/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz8XNwQXIAejAaDmEaPNmIA All music used in this episode was legally obtained under creative commons licensing. Song information appears in order as played during the show. Dream Catcher by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music for Manatees by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4102-music-for-manatees License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Starry by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4413-starry License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theunfoundedpodcast/support