026: Worldview
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10/24/21 • 58 min
When I was a good Christian, I spent a lot of time thinking and talking about my worldview. It was an important part of identity-formation in my Evangelical faith communities. In this episode we revisit the idea of worldview, and talk about the evolution I have experienced as I have sought what is real.
We begin with excerpts out of my own Personal Statement of Faith (from when I was a good Christian) before diving into an exploration of what it means to orient my life toward the universe through religious naturalism today.
(tw: includes a lot of fundamentalist doctrine and mentions of abuse.)
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When I was a good Christian, I spent a lot of time thinking and talking about my worldview. It was an important part of identity-formation in my Evangelical faith communities. In this episode we revisit the idea of worldview, and talk about the evolution I have experienced as I have sought what is real.
We begin with excerpts out of my own Personal Statement of Faith (from when I was a good Christian) before diving into an exploration of what it means to orient my life toward the universe through religious naturalism today.
(tw: includes a lot of fundamentalist doctrine and mentions of abuse.)
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Get Existential Happy Hour merch @ ExistentialHappyHour.comSupport / Subscribe @ micahjmurray.substack.comConnect on Instagram @existentialhappyhour + @micahjmurray
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