Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

By Scott TroutReligion & Spirituality
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Between Two Worlds episodes

  • 22. Equality Under the Law Is A Christian Miracle-- Casey Trout on the Pillars of His Faith (Part 1)

    Deep Thinker, Illustrator-Sculptor, and Scott’s brother, Casey Trout, talks about the three pillars that hold up his Christian faith. 


    Pillar One: the transformation Casey has experienced as a result of his faith. 

    Pillar Two: the transformation he has witnessed in others lives as a result of following the teachings of Jesus. 

    And Pillar Three: the fact that western civilization values, such as a bill of rights and the concept of equality only come from a Christian worldview. 

    Which is where Casey concludes that equality under the law is a Christian miracle.


    Other topics discussed: 

    -The definition of a miracle.

    -Evidence that is personal and evidence that is verifiable and accessible to everyone.

    -Thought pedigree throughout the ages and how to trace the genesis of an idea. 

    -Two divergent enlightenments- the European one that stemmed from an atheist worldview and the American one which stemmed from a Christian worldview. 

    -And how Joey and anyone listening to this needs to do a lot more research into how the western world came to be.  


    Questions for the Community:

    -Where do you think the concept of equality comes from?

    -If it comes from Christianity, what would that mean for your life?

    -On whose shoulders do you build your beliefs?


    Message Us:

    You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

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    Original Release 2/5/21

    1 hr 11 min
  • 21. What B2W is All About and What’s to Come--(Podcast Primer)

    Behind the Scenes:

    What is Between Two Worlds all about? Obviously its a podcast about belief, un-belief, and everything in between. But what exactly does that mean.

    Host Scott Trout takes us into behind the scenes of where the name Between Two Worlds came from and what the podcast is all about.


    Our Story: 

    It all got started back in the beginning of the Corona lockdown when Scott was feeling "quarantine crazy" and decided to make a podcast with that old microphone his wife had bought him two years earlier, but first he needed a partner in crime. That's where Joey, an agnostic who is down to talk about anything, came onto the scene. Scott and Joey had just finished an improv class together from EasyLaughs in Amsterdam. After each class they and their improv buddies would go out for beers and talk about literally everything. Scott, a Christian who works with international students in Amsterdam, started to feel this tension that in a world of so much polarization, these kind of conversations only happen with people who think like you. Christians only talk with Christians. Atheists only talk with atheists. and so on. There is very little respectful yet challenging dialogue. Might be oversimplified, but feels overwhelmingly true. So they came up with the idea of interviewing people's stories of faith on the podcast and then debating the topics that come up from their story.


    Our Objectives:

    • -To give space for people to share their stories of faith, their beliefs, and how they live it out.
    • -To give space for differing ideas to go back and forth so better ideas emerge.
    • -To interview the people who have influenced my beliefs.
    • -To better articulate what I believe against the backdrop of someone else's thoughts and experiences.
    • -To bridge the gap between differing worlds, Christian and non- Christian, to promote greater understanding and dialogue.


      • Season Two Preview: 

      • We have a lot of exciting content to come.
      • -Scott's brother Casey is on the podcast describing how all Western values, like equality under the law, can only come from Christianity.
      • -Scott's cousin is on, defending Mormonism after a comment Scott made in an episode with James.
      • -Scott's improv friend Saudamini is on to talk about feminism in a Hindu worldview.
      • -And Scott's friend Matt is on to poke holes in Joey's arguments.
      • -And so much more....
      • Huge Shoutout to our guests thus far. You have really made this something special. Can't wait to keep going and for you all to keep listening.

        • Message Us:

        You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

        or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

        Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

        17 min
      • --Are You Willing To Be Challenged?-- (ScoTho#1)

        Scott takes some time to record some of his thoughts that have come up as a result of doing this podcast?


        This first one is a challenge to any of his listeners. Are you willing to be challenged? Are you willing to hear out an opposing perspective?


        Let us know what you think of this first ScoTho on instagram or facebook @betweentwoworldspodcast

        Message Us:

        You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

        or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

        Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

        13 min
      • Starting Spiritual Conversations: A Between Two Worlds Trailer
        Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to have conversations about spirituality, to ask someone what they believe, or about their religious background? I have. My name is Scott Trout. I’m the host of the Between Two Worlds podcast and I’m trying to solve that problem one episode at a time. Here people’s stories of faith are heard, their stories are discussed, and hopefully the dialogue between those who don’t see eye to eye gets a lot bigger.
        1 min
      • --Banjo Teaser to the B2W Podcast--

        Welcome to the Between Two Worlds Podcast. 

        Where we interview normal people about their stories of faith..... or lack thereof.

        Come journey with us. Listening to stories of belief hopefully different than your own.


        And if you stick around long enough...

        Your beliefs just might change.

        1 min
      • How to Practice Radical Honesty? Sterre Mense Part Two

        Critical thinker Sterre Mense is back with Scott and Joey to discuss the way he seeks to live his life in the absence of some overriding religious ideology. What he is currently working with is the practice of Radical Honesty. Radical Honesty is a way of life that requires its practitioners to move beyond the daily self-censorship we humans partake in to stay "nice." Instead, it asks you to take full responsibility of your emotions and the story you are creating in your head about the circumstances around you, as opposed to making other people the cause of your pain. From there it teaches you how to live fully honest with yourself and with others. Sterre and former guest Kristina are both practitioners and have found the practice extremely helpful in their day to day lives.

        Other Topics Discussed:

        • -Sterre helps Joey apply Radical Honesty principles to his life.
        • -Sterre challenges Scott on Proportionality Bias and how it can play out in the reason people believe in God.
        • -Why conversations like these are so rare in modern discourse.

          • Questions for the Community:

          • How could the practice of Radical Honesty aid you in your life?
          • Could Radical Honesty fit in a Christian worldview? 
          • How can you root out biases in your own life?

            • Message Us:

            You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

            or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

            Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

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            32 min
          • 20. Proportionality Bias in Conversations about Religion-- Sterre Mense (Part 4)

            Critical Thinker and Atheist, Sterre Mense, is back with his last installment of his interview with Scott and Joey. In this one, he turns the focus onto Scott and the biases that can exist in conversations about religion. Specifically he confronts Scott with the idea of "proportionality bias," which is the process by which someone experiences and extraordinary circumstances and thus concludes there must be an extraordinary explanation. Put another way, people often believe in God after some sort of "supernatural" experience. For Sterre, this is a bias that points to humans desire to have an explanation for everything that happens. Even the unexplainable.

            Questions for the Community:

            • What do you think about this bias?
            • If you are religious and believe in a god, what lead you to that belief?
            • What is the way to decrease your reliance on biases to justify your beliefs?

              • Message Us:

              You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

              or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

              Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

              50 min
            • 19. How to Practice Radical Honesty?-- Sterre Mense (Part 3)

              Critical thinker Sterre Mense is back with Scott and Joey to discuss the way he seeks to live his life in the absence of some overriding religious ideology. What he is currently working with is the practice of Radical Honesty. Radical Honesty is a way of life that requires its practitioners to move beyond the daily self-censorship we humans partake in to stay "nice." Instead, it asks you to take full responsibility of your emotions and the story you are creating in your head about the circumstances around you, as opposed to making other people the cause of your pain. From there it teaches you how to live fully honest with yourself and with others. Sterre and former guest Kristina are both practitioners and have found the practice extremely helpful in their day to day lives.

              Other Topics Discussed:

              • -Sterre helps Joey apply Radical Honesty principles to his life.
              • Joey's patterns of trying to help others.
              • -Why conversations like these are so rare in modern discourse.

                • Questions for the Community:

                • How could the practice of Radical Honesty aid you in your life?
                • Could Radical Honesty fit in a Christian worldview? 
                • In what way have you been avoiding responsibility for your responses in life?

                  • Message Us:

                  You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

                  or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

                  Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

                  32 min
                • 18. Environmentalism, Plants' Purpose, and Humans' Strive to Survive-- Sterre Mense (Part 2)

                  Agnostic Pet Peever, Sterre Mense is back in a continuation of his first part with Scott and Joey. In this episode Scott asks them what is the purpose of plants and spins that into a discussion about environmentalism, altruism, and how humans are just as self centered as plants.

                  Other Topics Discussed:

                  • How Joey would like a nicer conversation and more on Sterre's story
                  • How humans are indeed dominated by their genes, but that there is more to them than plants.
                  • How the quest to save the planet can be quite altruistic at times and lose touch with its pragmatism.

                    • Questions for the Community:

                    • What is your purpose?
                    • Do you think humans are just as self centered as plants only more sophisticated?
                    • Do you believe in human nature? If so, how would you articulate it?

                      • Message Us:

                      You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation. Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

                      25 min
                    • 17. Agnostic Pet Peeves with Spiritual Sloppiness-- Sterre Mense (Part 1)

                      Sterre Mense is a critical thinker, a skeptic of religiosity, and the boyfriend of our former guest, Kristina. He joins Scott and Joey to discuss some of his feedback from their previous episodes, which led to a discussion of some of his pet peeves revolving around how people talk about spirituality.

                      Things such as:

                      1. Spirituality as a means of relinquishing responsibility for your life to a deity.

                      2. Agnostics who say the universe is so big that there must be something out there.

                      3. How the thought of this life being all there is makes people depressed.

                      4. How unfairness in the universe leading people to want a “god”.

                      5. And how the term faith really needs to defined.

                      Other Topics Discussed:

                      Joey on making Sterre throw up in his mouth. Sterre on his obsession with optimizing his life. Scott on building a baby room for his baby. The impact of being raised without a religious background. The exhilarating prospect of no afterlife. And how to find your purpose in life in a universe that doesn’t give a F about you.

                      Questions for the Community:

                      • What would seriously shake or break your belief in God?
                      • If humans are inherently selfish, how do we rise above that?
                      • Why are you here? How do you find your sense of purpose in life?

                        • Message Us:

                        You can e-mail (https://[email protected]/) us your questions directly

                        or follow us on Instagram or facebook (@betweentwoworldspodcast) and become part of the conversation.

                        Also find us on YouTube: (BetweenTwoWorlds - YouTube)

                        55 min

                      About Between Two Worlds

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                      A podcast about belief, un-belief and everything in between.