The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

Ep 45: The Realities of Social Construction, with Sam from the Broken Book Bible Podcast

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How can we love religion when so many are hurt?
How do we describe the reality of social constructs?
Does Jesus have a personality?
What's St. Paul's social media presence?
Is God an AI?

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  • Deconstruction
  • John Calvin
  • Calvin College
  • How to be human.
  • Different messages from the minor prophets.
  • Scripture trains you for the ambiguity of life.
  • Sharing religion to expand the universe.
  • Religious thought separates us from other animals.
  • Logic does not have room for contradiction, but the world is all about contradictions.
  • Speaking possibilities into the world.
  • Religious improvisation.
  • Most things exist because we have faith in them.
  • Substance comes from words.
  • Virtual Reality government from words.
  • The most prominent things in life are constructs of imagination.
  • Non-binary religion. We aren't dealing with conservative vs. progressive.
  • We are, like the Trinity, multiple things at once.
  • Are you a coat hanger?
  • You are a trinity.
  • "Jesus Christ is an excellent dinner party guest" - Sam
  • Jesus' Myers-Briggs – INFJ??
  • Jesus is into irony.
  • "Jesus is good at saying smart things in less than 160 characters" - Sam
  • Paul is Naïve.
  • Humans are contradictory, nuanced beings.
  • AI won't come about from logic, but from.
  • "The Bible is closer to being human than the most complex super computer that we have devised" - Sam
  • Libraries are a first draft at AI.
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