Podcast appearances and mentions of marie d'elephant

What does it mean to be truly autonomous? Like really, TRULY autonomous? Amongst other things, it means to break free of all of the myriad constraints that we're held back by…constraints held by society, held by family, held by our own expectations of ourselves based on what we've seen growing up, in the media, and that have been ingrained in us throughout our lives. In this episode, I'm joined by the incomparable Marie D'Elephant and we have aa fantastic conversation around breaking free of those constraints and taking ownership of our own lives. Tune in to learn more, and find out more about Marie at www.mariedelephant.com and follow her everywhere @mariedelephant --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/practicingpolya/support

If SecX was looking for a soulmate, Rudy and Marie would be pretty close to the top of our list. Alas there are neither perfect partners nor podcasters, at least until Elliot Page starts a YouTube channel. Still this black and white expectation that god and destiny will bring us the perfect person is a persistent one. Host of Everyone’s Autonomous and relationship ► Find the many hats of Marie D’Elephant at https://mariedelephant.com/ ► Dive deeper into the episode and find more research at https://www.vcatx.com/media/soulmates Struggling With Partner's Very Religious Family | Lilith-(FI) | Secular Sexuality 07.34 https://youtu.be/rULVMu3zTao VC Resources: Radical Acceptance https://www.vcatx.com/media/radicalacceptance WTF Is A Poly Viking Power Bottom? https://www.vcatx.com/media/poly-viking-power-bottom

Here this is a good one. A very comfortable and personal conversation with Marie D’elephant.@mariedelephant@revolutionchurchmn@jaybakker@revolutioncaleb See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast Dan and dawn talk with Marie D'Elephant from the Everyone's Autonomous podcast about ethical non-monogamy, culture, and being normal! Plus they get the new studio broken in, announce some live video classes, and more! PLUS Master Bation.  Don't miss an episode! Click below to subscribe  

My first-ever Motherfucking interview! Today, I'm talking with Marie D'Elephant, host of the Everyone's Autonomous Podcast and personal Autonomy coach. This human RULES. Marie discusses her past religious trauma, deconversion, and learning how to accept herself for the first time. We also cover the idea of death-positivity, the autonomous effect of working for yourself, and combating relationship codependency! For more from Marie, check out the Everyone's Autonomous Podcast, and Google her to learn more about her coaching, photography, and personal history! Find our Skype call on YouTube to see my creepy fawning eyes - Just search for Traumatized Motherfuckers.

Marie D'Elephant joins us to discuss Everyone's Agnostic,Everyone's Autonomous, Toxic Religion Recovery, Non-Monogamy and more

I talk with Marie D'Elephant, host of Everyone's Autonomous, a new podcast in which she talks "with guests and subject matter experts about how we can begin to move forward after having processed our toxic religious upbringings." We also discuss something else that's in the news more often these days: polyamory, or "ethical non-monogamy."  For more visit www.everybodysautonomous.com. Plus: Trump's campaign pitch is getting shriller by the day. Now he claims a vote for former Vice President Joe Biden will hurt religion, the Bible, and God Himself. Jerry Falwell, Jr. takes a leave of absence as president of Liberty University after tweeting a risqué picture of himself with a scantily clad friend. Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow American Freethought on the intertubes: Website: AmericanFreethought.com  Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/ Libsyn Classic Feed: https://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Contact: john@americanfreethought.com Support the Podcast: PayPal funds to sniderishere@gmail.com  

This week we talk with Marie D'Elephant from the Everyone’s Autonomous podcast about her background as a missionary, leaving religion, recovery, and what she’s doing now. Everyone’s Autonomous Podcast Life Coaching MarKei Photo and Video News Study links mask refusal with Christian nationalism Contact Email us at contact@atheistnomads.com or leave us a voice message using atheistnomads.com/speakpipe Support the show at atheistnomads.com/donate Subscribe at atheistnomads.com/subscribe Join our Discord server at atheistnomads.com/discord This episode is brought to you by: Henry K Daniel M Rebecca P Pat Acks from the Humanists of Idaho Darryl G Rachel B George G Kim B SoJo Jen Erik from Wyoming The Flying Skeptic And by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice message using SpeakPipe. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.

Door #2 is Marie D'Elephant!     Find more about Marie: Websites @ https://mariedelephant.com/ & https://www.markeiphoto.com/ Podcast @ Everyone's Autonomous Podcast Instagram @ mariedelephant Facebook @ mariedelephant Be sure to check out the Worldly Experiences Blog for additional information, links, pictures etc as applicable to each episode. If you are or know an apostate who would welcome a knock on their door, I would love to connect and conversate so send an email to makeyourmindyourown@gmail.com. Wherever you are, I hope you are having a day as awesome as you are and you are AWESOME!  Thank you for listening!  

Today we’re going to be talking about respecting other people’s sexual choices, and how to embody sex positivity. Join Vi, Christy, and returning special guest Marie D’Elephant of the Everyone’s Autonomous podcast to discuss celebrating each other’s right to boink. If you are interested in learning more about Marie’s work, follow her at: www.everyonesautonomous.comwww.Mariedelephant.com Find some of our favorite sex positive media or a dive deeper into the episode at www.vcatx.com/media/positivemarie

Today we’re going to be talking about respecting other people’s sexual choices, and how to embody sex positivity. Join Vi, Christy, and returning special guest Marie D’Elephant of the Everyone’s Autonomous podcast to discuss celebrating each other’s right to boink. If you are interested in learning more about Marie’s work, follow her at: www.everyonesautonomous.comwww.Mariedelephant.com Find some of our favorite sex positive media or a dive deeper into the episode at www.vcatx.com/media/positivemarie

I did a #boudoir shoot for my friend and #exvangelical, Stephanie Van. This is an unusually long, 3 segment interview, which covers the pre-shoot jitters, post-shoot joy, and some other processing which touches on #autonomy during #pregnancy. I edited this show myself since my editor, Caleb Rowe, is out of commission with a broken ankle. Sorry if the audio sucks!*************************Now that we’ve begun to process our history with toxic religion, we seek to regain autonomy over our minds and bodies from residual narratives, whether cultural or religious; while working towards respecting and empowering the autonomy of others. Together, we seek to rejoin the human race and participate in this chaotic experience of existence Thanks for listening and remember: You are autonomous and so is everyone else. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Your financial support, if you are willing and able, can make a huge impact on my ability to continue in secular activism. You can become a Patreon supporter or make a one-time donation via PayPal. Links are on EA's website.Websites: everyonesautonomous.com and mariedelephant.com Facebook (Marie): fb.me/mariedelephantFacebook: facebook.com/everyonesautonomousTwitter: twitter.com/s_autonomousInstagram: instagram.com/everyonesautonomous/Produced & Edited by Marie D'Elephant***************************1:03 Monologue6:11 Intro7:22 Segment 154:39 Segment 21:40:02 Segment 32:12:32 Announcements

And what else would you want from life except to connect with other people … and to talk about things that matter and ask the big questions? My guest this week is Marie D'Elephant the host of the Everyone's Autonomous podcast. Marie has a powerful and unique voice in the secular community. She is passionate about her own autonomy and the autonomy of others. What is next? Since none of that is real, what is going on and how do I want to live? Her new podcast jumps off where Everyone's Agnostic leaves off. What to do now after a faith transition. The podcast “hosts conversations about reclaiming our autonomy and advocating for the autonomy of others through the lens of recovering from religion.” OK, I've been heard, I understood what happened, how do I resolve this, how do I move forward? We discuss existential dread, the fear of aging and facing death. Marie talks about her work on Everyone's Agnostic and taking on managing Dave Warnock‘s Dying Out Loud tour. Mostly we talk about autonomy and how you can discover yours. I love this autonomy and this is the life that I want to live! Links Everyone's Autonomous Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyones-autonomous/id1485253552?mt=2&app=podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_autonomous Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everyonesautonomous/ Interact Dave Warnock Episode: https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/dave-warnock-dying-out-loud/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/support

Start with a base of a Christian upbringing, add a pinch of purity culture and a heaping helping of missionary work and baste it all with not believing any of that shit now and you’re getting an idea of Marie D’Elephant’s upbringing. She got out of religion, found her own way and then quit a pretty decent job to travel around the country/world with Dave Warnock. When you think everyone is autonomous, you start with yourself. Marie links: https://mariedelephant.com/ https://daveoutloud.com/ https://everyonesautonomous.com/ Live Read  Happy Separation of Church and State Week https://thehumanist.com/commentary/happy-separation-of-church-state-week Vulgarity for Charity http://citationpod.com/vulgarity-for-charity/ Support me on Patreon:  http://www.patreon.com/zachrilege Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/zachrilege-cast/id996785602?mt=2 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/zachrilege

Today we feature the pilot episode of Marie D'Elephant's new podcast, "Everyone's Autonomous." It's a spin-off of this podcast and we're excited to promote it. For short, we call it EA2 and this show EA1. It'd be great if you could subscribe to EA2 and support the work. Cheers! 

Cass Midgley and Marie D'elephant discuss everyone's autonomous right to grieve their loss however it manifests. We feature a segment of a YouTube talk by ex-Jehovah Witness, Rodney Allgood, and an updated from Dave Warnock on the Dying Out Loud campaign. Thanks for listening and "Be a Yes-Sayer to What Is". We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, we offer these podcasts freely. And your support truly makes a difference. You can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge a monthly donation through Patreon. that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast,  or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com.   ​Produced by Cass Midgley and Marie D'Elephant Website: everyonesagnostic.com Facebook: fb.me/everyonesagnostic Twitter: @evry1sagnostic  Instagram: @everyonesagnostic YouTube: tinyurl.com/sayyestowhatis Patreon: link D'Elephant: mariedelephant.com

Andrew and Matthew chat with Dave Warnock about valuing the life we live as atheists and how it compares to how Christianity values life. Dave is facing a terminal diagnosis and during this conversation we all have a laugh, and a cry. Dave has appeared on multiple podcasts on his Dying Out Loud tour. Including a separate conversation with Matthew at Ask An Atheist Anything. Join us for some irreverence, some frank talk, some laughter, and yes, there were tears too! We also want to pass on huge thanks to Marie, for arranging our conversations, if you need an organiser, Marie can help you, here details are here: Marie D'Elephant, Virtual Assistant mariedelephant@gmail.com mariedelephant.com (life coach page which includes limited information about my virtual assistant work) (This episode has an explicit tag, because from the very start there is swearing and sharp criticism of Christianity) As always, feedback welcome in all the usual places. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable/message

The congregation responds to a talk by Marie D'Elephant for July 28th, 2019, from Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis.@everyonesagnostic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caleb and Marie (of Everyone's Agnostic) conclude their two-parter with discussions on the topics of deconversion and christian atheism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caleb and Marie of Everyone's Agnostic continue their transparent conversation. In this second half, the focus turns to approaching relationships with the church that do not disregard the trauma that it has caused.@everyonesagnostic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this teaser, Caleb and Marie talk about approaching a relationship with the church, without disregarding the trauma that it has caused. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caleb sits down with Marie D'Elephant of Everyone's Agnostic to discuss deconversion, love, death, polyamory, and sex in this first part of an unplanned two-parter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caleb sits down with Marie D'Elephant of Everyone's Agnostic to discuss deconversion, polyamory, sex, and death.@everyonesagnostic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Teaser for the first part of Caleb's interview with Marie D'Elephant from Everyone's Agnostic.@everyonesagnostic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marie D'Elephant is the co-host of Everyone Is Agnostic. She is a Senior Executive Assistant for her career. She enjoys photography, videography, hiking, boxing, speaking Spanish, learning, talking about feelings, swearing, watching kitten videos, doing scary things, and being authentic as hell.

On this episode, Ryan speaks with Dave Warnock. Dave is the father of two daughters and a son, a former evangelical pastor in the Foursquare Church, now an atheist, and a lover of life.About six weeks ago Dave was diagnosed with ALS—Lou Gehrigs Disease—for which there is no treatment and life expectancy is between three and five years. As a result of this heavy news, Dave has chosen to live the remainder of his life very deliberately; to die out loud, as he says.We talk about his conversion to Christianity, his ministry in the Foursquare Church, his departure from the church and his eventual atheism and its effect on his relationships. In the second half we talk about his ALS diagnosis, what the prospect of death means to him and what he is already learning on this journey.Special thanks to Cass Midgley for his production and post-production assistance, and to Marie D'Elephant for helping me schedule Dave and for all her support along the way.Our executive producer is Jeff Straka.LINKSDave's website | http://www.everyonesagnostic.com/dave.htmlDave's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dwwarnock

Support this podcast at patreon.com/incitingincidentpodcastThis week, Marie comes back for an episode that's not a tribute episode for someone else, and we hang out as we get back on our regular schedule. The theme music is written and performed by Shelley Segal and was used with permission.The closing music is written and performed by Nate MyersContact the show at incitingincidentpodcast@gmail.com, on Twitter @RisMcCool @BethanyLFutrell @SheTalksAtheism, on Facebook facebook.com/incitingincidentpodcast

Episode 49! We have Marie D'Elephant on as a guest, from the Everyone's Agnostic Podcast!! We have a super long and super awesome discussion about religion, toxic masculinity, and other stuff. Follow Marie's Podcast: http://www.everyonesagnostic.com Watch the Youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycl2r6HAAXU This podcast is part of the Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative. Find out more at: www.facebook.com/transvisiblepodcaster HEAR THIS ON ITUNES AND GOOGLE PLAY ALSO. Follow us on facebook: www.facebook.com/OAFPodcast/ Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/OAFPodcast/ Support us on patreon: www.patreon.com/oaf/ Intro and Outro music: Crunk Knight and One Eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Cass Midgley and Marie D'Elephant with Kari Lynn Becken. Kari did not fall from faith, she/they outgrew it. After 43 years of fundamental religious dogma and indoctrination involving several sects and persuasions, Kari is now recovering from the loss of both career and community. While sifting through the wreckage of religious rubble, Kari's ‘rise to reason’ enabled the finding of her Self and the embracing of their queer, gender non-conforming identity. Today, they are committed to making a ruckus by creating compelling, relatable content and a safe space for those discovering their own this-is-who-I-really-am selves. Now, as a certified professional life coach, Kari works with others who are coming out – those coming out of religious paradigms and those coming out to embrace their sexual and gender identities. Through harnessing the power of courageous vulnerability, Kari inspires possibility and encourages potential. Engaging clients in a process empowered by neuroscience and its role in how our habits are formed and why we hold ourselves back, she helps in the overcoming of unproductive habit loops, damaging mindsets, limiting beliefs and emotional obstacles such as fear and self-doubt. Speaking from the real, raw place of their own self-suppression, anxiety and bouts of depression, Kari chronicles her journey and shares strategies of hope in their email newsletter Queerious Beckonings. The goal? To invite others to create the future they truly desire so that they, too, may experience being fully alive – and free. Website: www.karibecken.com Community Newsletter (and future Blog/Podcast): Queerious Beckonings Facebook: Coach Kari Becken (@karibeckencoaching) Email: coachkari@karibecken.com ******* Link to the film "Papoy" ******* Produced by Cass Midgley and Marie D'ElephantWebsite: everyonesagnostic.com Facebook: fb.me/everyonesagnostic Twitter: @evry1sagnostic  Instagram: @everyonesagnostic YouTube: tinyurl.com/sayyestowhatis Patreon: link We taped this conversation on January 13th, 2019. We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, we offer these podcasts freely. And your support truly makes a difference. You can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge a monthly donation through Patreon. that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast,  or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com.

Luke is a former Foursquare Pastor, Seminary student and US Navy Chaplain Candidate turned atheist. He went from believing in divine healing, speaking in tongues, casting out demons, and other supernatural phenomenon to embracing a secular perspective on life. His goal is to put a friendly face on atheism and create an environment for atheists to experience love, belonging, and connection. Cass Midgley and Marie D'Elephant skip past Luke's deconversion story and jump right into discussing post-religious community building and deconstructing sexual traditions. Show Links:  Your Atheist Pastor Tea/Consent Video Produced by Cass Midgley and Marie D'ElephantWebsite: everyonesagnostic.com Facebook: fb.me/everyonesagnostic Twitter: @evry1sagnostic  Instagram: @everyonesagnostic YouTube: tinyurl.com/sayyestowhatis Patreon: link We taped this conversation on January 6th, 2019. The intro music is by ---- The segue music on this episode is an excerpt from ---- We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, we offer these podcasts freely. And your support truly makes a difference. You can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge a monthly donation through Patreon. that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast,  or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com.

Support this podcast at patreon.com/incitingincidentpodcastOn episode 175 of the Inciting Incident podcast, Rissy welcomes guest co-host Bryce Blankenagel (Naked Mormonism) and guest Marie D'Elephant LePage (Everyone's Agnostic.) Together, they discuss diversity in the atheist community before getting into death, grieving as atheists, and remembering a dearly departed friend, "Heretic Woman" Deb McTaggart.

Marie D'Elephant and Cass Midgley chat with Dr. Eric Sprankle. Dr. Sprankle is an associate professor of psychology and co-director of the sexuality studies program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is also a licensed psychologist and certified sex therapist at the Minnesota Sexual Health Institute in Minneapolis. He lives with his wife, Katie, and two cats, Lucy and Mina, in south Minneapolis where they bask in being called "devil worshippers" by their family. We taped this conversation on January 12th 2019. The intro music is by Dave Weckl called "Just Groove Me." The segue music on this episode is a looped drum track played by Johnny Jackson of the Jackson 5. Thanks for listening and Be a Yes-Sayer to what is. Recovery websites recommended by Dr. Sprankle: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/#rfr-welcome https://www.seculartherapy.org/ http://www.snapnetwork.org/ http://shamelessthebook.com/books-purity-culture/ (a book list mainly for Christians recovering from purity culture, but a few are for non-Christians, too) Sex education and sexual health websites/articles Dr. Sprankle recommends: https://helloclue.com/ http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/projects/cliteracy https://pie.med.utoronto.ca/htbw/module.html?module=sex-development https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/visualizing-sex-as-a-spectrum/ http://www.transstudent.org/definitions/ https://www.morethantwo.com/polyglossary.html http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.com/ https://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/brand-dear-daughter-i-hope-you-have-awesome-sex/ http://swopusa.org/ http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/what-consent https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control https://www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm

This week we're joined by Marie D'Elephant from Everyone's Agnostic Podcast. Marie talks about leaving her religion and how that impacted her to this day. We also discuss a myriad of topics relating to religion, death, and polyamory.Opening Invocation: The World Has Turned And Left Me Here by WeezerHero of the Week: Marie's cat (and our pets in general)

Cass Midgley and Marie D'Elephant talk with Emily. She is a former Evangelical Christian who struggled with a lot of doubts and crises of faith on her road to freedom in unbelief. Nowadays, she considers herself a former fundie or a shameless heathen; although, "atheist" is the title she uses most.  She is in her early thirties, works in healthcare, and is currently going back to school to further her career. In the very small amount of free time she currently possesses, she likes to write fiction, daydream, and wander aimlessly through Target with an empty cart. She doesn't have a spouse or kids, but she does have a pet bunny that she spoils beyond all good sense.  Emily tends towards being a hermit, but thankfully has great friends who occasionally persuade her to leave the house and do things like this podcast. We discuss things from faith healing (and is it your fault you weren't healed?) to healing through playful blasphemy of what once felt so direly serious.  ​Website: everyonesagnostic.com Facebook: fb.me/everyonesagnostic Twitter: @evry1sagnostic  Instagram: @everyonesagnostic YouTube: tinyurl.com/sayyestowhatis Patreon: link

December 16, 2018 Marie D'Elephant, co host of the podcast Everyone's Agnostic, joins us this week to talk about her podcast, her life, and her journey from Christian to Atheist. You can find Everyone's Agnostic where ever quality podcasts are found, check out their show page here: http://www.everyonesagnostic.com/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another episode.  You can catch Atheists Tall live, every Sunday Morning at 9am Central on AM950 KTNF online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/  Contact us during the show with questions or comments at 952-946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us @atheiststalk Support this show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Cass Midgley and Marie D'Elephant  We taped this conversation on Oct 17th, 2018. The intro music is by Dave Weckl called "Just Groove Me" The segue music on this episode is "Two Wounded Birds" by Caitlyn Smith Thanks for listening and Be a Yes-Sayer to what is. We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, we offer these podcasts freely. And your support truly makes a difference. You can support us monetarily in two easy ways: you can pledge a monthly donation through Patreon. that’s www.patreon.com/eapodcast,  or leave a lump-sum donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com. I want to introduce a new co-host on this show. Marie. She's been on the show as a guest before and we met in October at the retreat. I've wanted a woman's voice for some time and had considered two women as co-hosts when Bob left that just didn't pan out. I've done the show solo for several months and had pretty much settled into that as the new reality. When Marie offered to help out, it was initially in a managerial capacity. She handles all the social media associated with the podcast and schedules all the guests. But when she expressed a desire to co-host, I decided to give it a try and today is her first appearance in that capacity.  Last note: We were listed in the top 30 Religious Podcasts by Feedspot! https://blog.feedspot.com/religious_podcasts/

Cass and Bob interview Marie D'Elephant. Early in the interview, Marie confesses that as she was graduating from high school, she seriously doubted her own intellect, so between that and her obsession with kingdom things, she decided against college and instead entered the mission field with YWAM. She also admitted that just 2 years ago she wouldn’t have had the confidence to come on a podcast like this, but the Marie we witness here today is really bright, really courageous, and is all out fucks for the cultural standards that oppressed as a woman for the first 30 years of her life—and she expressly says so in this episode. She drops more f-bombs than any guest in our history, even more than me.  What this episode brings up for me is the power and maturation that BEGINS when one leaves an oppressive Christianity. There are Christianities that postpone one’s maturation. This has largely to do with the absence of personal responsibility, the surrendering of autonomy and decision making and problem solving to God. I get the sense that in the last 6 years, since I resolved there were no gods, that it’s just us here, and I joined the human race and reality, that for the first time in my life, at age 50, the wheels and gears of the natural maturation process, the wisdom that comes from truly being a student of life, that were suspended by Christianity, have begun turning again and I’m becoming something and emerging as a truly free, self-determining agent and a true steward of my life. It’s really exciting to see myself emerging and get to know myself and to garner this power to embrace my identity, which is intentionally surrendered in Christianity. “You are not your own, you’ve been bought with a price.” “your body belongs to god” “your mind belongs to god” Coming out from under voluntary serfdom and into free agency has been one of the biggest positives of deconverting. No, I do not think I’m god, no, this is not pride…this is just getting honest with reality and shedding the fairy tale narrative that there ever was a god who was in charge of everything.  The “how now shall I live” goes from horrifying to a most exciting thing to explore.  What Marie calls, “re-owning my brain.” We taped this episode on June 18th, 2016. If you’re liking our show, please subscribe to it, give it 5 stars, and/or leave a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  Also, you can support us monetarily on a per episode basis through our Patreon page. That’s patreon.com/eapodcast. Or leave a donation through PayPal at our website, www.everyonesagnostic.com. Credits: "Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson Thanks for listening and be a yes-sayer to what is. Episode 27 of Secular Sexuality featuring Marie as “April” Marie's story starts at the 30:20 mark