What begins as an exercise in classifying religion ends in a deeply personal conversation about the impacts of eschatological theology. We adopt a comparative lens to view modern Christianity against its ancient expression, asking questions like "Is it a failed apocalyptic project?" and "As such, was it inevitable that it became a dominant-state religion?" And then Josh makes it personal and ask Stephen how he's thinking about his recent apocalypse of faith.

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Mentioned in the episode: 

• Major religious groups Wiki
• The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
• Shane Claiborne and Red Letter Christians
• Rachel Held Evans Website
• 13. On the Origin of Spiritual Truth Ravel Episode
• Buddhist eschatology Wiki
• 163. Is This All Idle Talk? Ravel Episode

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