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Flawed Theology

Flawed Theology

A podcast about the logical, ethical, and emotional flaws in Christianity for Exvangelicals, current believers, and anyone in between.

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01:13:19

S2E13: The One with the Naked Medic

Flawed Theology ·

2023/07/02

CW/TW: This episode contains discussion about sexuality, child sexual abuse, and other topics related to human sexuality. In this week's episode, Phil and Susie talk with Janis. Janis is a long time friend of Phil’s from his days at moderately progressive Baptist Church in VA, where we both lived. Janis was married to someone who was affiliated with the worship team and went through a very difficult discovery in her marriage, which led her down a pretty incredible life path. She is a bona

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01:06:53

S2E12: The One Where Nature Threatens God

Flawed Theology ·

2023/06/18

In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss how the volume and intensity of animal suffering in the world serves as evidence to disprove theism, especially the version of theism that purports a loving, omniscient, and omnipotent deity. Is animal suffering and the theory of evolution evidence against the existence of a loving God? We expand on the problem of evil that extends beyond human suffering into the animal world. Show Notes and

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01:25:23

S2E11: The One with the High Priest

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2023/06/04

In this episode, Phil and Susie talk with Alex, who is is a recently deconverted Mormon and his story is truly fascinating!! We named this episode the way we did because Alex actually was a "high priest" in the Church of Mormon. If you ever wanted to know anything about Mormonism, you will learn a lot in this episode. Alex shares about his life growing up in the LDS church, the "shelf" items that finally led to his deconversion, some fascinating ways that Mormonism is similar to mainstream

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59:53

S2E10: The One with the ”Real” God

Flawed Theology ·

2023/05/21

In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss the concept “If god Were real”. We will discuss all the ways that we would expect a truly true God to reveal itself and how they would act. We will compare how it would be if God were real or if God were created by humans and then how God is presented in Christianity and see what lines up. We will also discuss an epistemological question that could be useful when engaging believers—what could God do better? Based on a post of Susie's:

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01:05:26

S2E9 The One with the Milk Jug

Flawed Theology ·

2023/05/07

Prayer is a quintessential part of Xtian doctrine and is a mainstay of the life of the believer. Phil and Susie will delve into what prayer is, if it actually works, why and how people use the concept of prayer to give their faith more value/ meaning/ reality. Based a bit off of Susie’s blog post “Does Prayer Work?” which was the first post I ever read of hers. https://www.flawedtheology.com/2021/11/does-prayer-work.html We will discuss what “does it work” means and how we view prayer now, on

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01:15:41

S2E8 The One with Robert

Flawed Theology ·

2023/04/23

In this extremely passionate episode, Phil and Susie talk with Robert Peoples, Founder and CEO of Affinis Humanity. Affinis Humanity is a non-profit organization strategizing to alleviate religious discrimination for secular communities in education, business, and government. Since establishing Affinis Humanity in 2016, Robert has highlighted the problematic woes of racism, women's rights, homophobia, and their connection with societal religiosity. They have a unique focus on Government and

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01:08:04

S2E7 The One with the Pla

Flawed Theology ·

2023/04/09

In this week's episode, Phil and Susie talk about the concept of “magical thinking” and how it is used by believers to explain things that they just don’t understand or to explain away things that they can’t logically defend. The common explanation for explaining the unexplainable for the believer is the “providence” or “sovereignty” of God, meaning God’s overarching plan for the universe and by extrapolation, one’s entire life. Phil and Susie ask, "Does God really have a plan? Is it a good one

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01:05:17

S2E6:The One Down Under with Aaron

Flawed Theology ·

2023/03/26

In this episode, we have our first international guest, Aaron from Australia. Phil and Susie talk with Aaron about a wide variety of topics, including his faith background, childhood, and significant life events, some differences between Xtianity in Australia vs. the US, music, Hillsong, and worship leading. We also dig into how deconversion happened for him and a bit about grieving the loss of faith and how Xtianity shortcuts the grief process. It's a really enlightening and honest look at what

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01:17:04

S2E5: The One with the Bad Boyfriend

Flawed Theology ·

2023/03/12

TW/CW: discussion about abuse, general In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss that the idea that Xtianity is not a “religion, but a relationship” is flawed, but if believers want to maintain that it is a relationship, it’s certainly not a healthy one. We will discuss the ways the “relationship” that God has with his followers has numerous similarities to a human abusive relationship. This will hopefully be information to help you decide if the things you believe are harmful to your life or

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51:24

S2E4: The One with the Morality Conundrum

Flawed Theology ·

2023/02/26

In this episode, Phil and Susie talk about the origins of morality and if it's possible to be "good without God". We dig into the definitions of morality and discuss if morality is objective or subjective. We have both of our new segments in this episode, Flawed Theology and a truly inspiring Good Human of the Week story. Show Notes and Links https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-morality/ https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/morality/what-is-objective-morality-what-can-it-teach-us/ Join

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52:42

S2E3: The One with the Live Indoctrination

Flawed Theology ·

2023/02/12

TW/CW: This episode features audio recorded from a church service/ baby dedication. If you are sensitive or triggered by church language or church services, please skip this episode or continue with the proper mindset and self-care. In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss a baby dedication that Susie attended for her sister's child at a Seventh Day Adventist church. We dissect the pastor's dedication speech line by line and do some classic exegetical breakdown of everything he says and why it's

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01:15:58

S2E2: The One with Bart

Flawed Theology ·

2023/01/29

In this week's episode, Phil and Susie talk with Humanist Chaplain, Licensed Clinical Counselor, Coach, and our Good Human of the Week, Bart Campolo. Bart is the longtime host of the Humanize Me Podcast, author of "Why I Left, Why I Stayed" which he cowrote with his famous, evangelical father, Tony Campolo, following his deconversion from a life as a professional Christian, pastor, and evangelist He served as the first humanist chaplain at USC and now serves his community as a therapist and coach

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01:10:19

S2E1: Season 2 Premiere | The One with the Nones

Flawed Theology ·

2023/01/15

Flawed Theology is back in Season 2! Phil and Susie chat about new happenings over the break, and we delve into the fascinating and telling topic of data, statistics and the inevitable rise of the religious “nones”. We also introduce two new feature segments “Flawed Theology in Real Life” and “Good Human of the Week” Good Human of the Week | How you can be a good human and help this weeks' good human: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fireleaveshomeless Topic Notes: Pew research

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01:18:42

S1E15: The One with the Season Finale

Flawed Theology ·

2022/11/03

On this episode, Phil and Susie wrap up the inaugural season of the podcast. This episode starts with a brief discussion about the recent comments made by William Lane Craig, a popular Christian apologist, who discussed his epistemic standards for believing in Christianity. The rest of the episode is filled with Phil and Susie answering questions from listeners and a few questions for each other. Stay tuned for announcements about Season 2 and some fun developments that will be launching during

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12:04

Season 1 Finale Promo: Ask Us Anything

Flawed Theology ·

2022/10/03

Get ready Flawed Theology fans, it's almost the end of Season 1! For the season finale, we are doing an "ask us anything" episode!! Send in your questions to us via email, Twitter, Instagram, or on our Facebook page. Ask us questions about deconstruction, your faith journey (or lack thereof), theology, or whatever you'd like to know that might be interesting. Send your questions in to us via any of the below links: flawedtheology@gmail.com @flawedtheology on Twitter and

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01:02:51

S1E14: The One with the Darkside

Flawed Theology ·

2022/09/18

In today's episode, Phil and Susie delve into the concept of fear and how integral a part it plays in the life of a Christian. We will talk about how fear is the basis of christianity (and many religions), but also teaches its followers to not be afraid. It’s a dichotomy that we’d like to dissect and talk about. The belief system is based on several ways that fear is used throughout the “christianity lifecycle”. Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com Phil's

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01:12:58

S1E13: The One with Anthony!!

Flawed Theology ·

2022/07/29

In today's episode, Susie and Phil talk with skeptic and atheist, Anthony Magnabosco. Anthony has taken the concept of Street Epistemology to another level with his YouTube conversations and has big plans to take SE to new heights and to new applications. We explore what SE is, how it can be useful beyond conversations about god belief and religion, and what Anthony has planned for the future of SE, especially with his new organization, Street Epistemology International. All of Anthony’s

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48:35

S1E12: The One with the Hide and Seek

Flawed Theology ·

2022/07/08

In today's episode, Phil and Susie will ask the question, if the god of Christianity is the one true god, why is he so damn hard to find? We will talk about the idea of “divine hiddenness” and why a real deity, if they were all powerful, all loving, and truly wanted to save their creations, probably wouldn’t be so hard to find, but would want to be known and easily found by everyone. Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com Phil's Blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/ Podcast Website:

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01:08:43

S1E11: The One with Lars Pt. 2

Flawed Theology ·

2022/06/16

Phil and Susie chat more in Part 2 with Lars Cade, self taught rage learning expert in the areas of evolutionary biology, young earth creationism, and all things scientific. In this episode, we continue the conversation and talk about young earth creationism and why it's not possible, common arguments for YEC and how to debunk them, intelligent design, and Lars' doctrine of personal infallibility. We start off with a complex scientific discussion between Phoebe Buffet and noted TV paleontologist,

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01:07:39

S1E10 The One with Lars Part 1

Flawed Theology ·

2022/05/29

In today's episode, Susie and Phil talk with Lars Cade about some very interesting topics. We are both very interested in science and are always looking to find people who know more than we do about a given topic. Lars is essentially a self-taught guru on the topics of evolutionary biology, young earth creationism, and intelligent design. We are really excited to dig into these topics today and we hope that this will spark your interest to deepen your learning and knowledge in these areas, not

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