Religiosanity

Pastor Andrew answers the questions that weren't asked (due to time)in the 100th LIVE episode, such as "Did ancient people really believe an immortal God could get drunk?," "Does someone have to believe in the Trinity to be considered Christian?" and much more!

In celebration of the 100th episode, Pastor Andrew invites the public to ASK HIM ANYTHING about the bible or ancient times! Co-host Peter Rinaldi moderates questions from the live audience, those in the YouTube chat, and anonymous questions sent in from the public! It's a fun, informative and even inspirational evening!

Baffled by the recent book bans, anti-LGBT legislation, and general fascist behavior from "Florida Man" Ron DeSantis, Pastor Andrew discusses the origins of a mindset that would think of this as acceptable, and religion's part in this insanity.

On the jewish holiday of Shavuot, Pastor Andrew takes us back to the ancient city of Ugarit to discuss KTU141, which is one of the tablets describing rituals for a holiday that could be considered to be the Ugarit equivalent of the Jewish holiday of Shukkot, and he talks about how, for every Hebrew holiday, you can find a Ugarit equivalent from which it was “transferred.”

News that Putin was ordering the handover of Russia’s most famous icon and work of art, Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century "Trinity," from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church, reminds Pastor Andrew of Andrei Tarkovsky's film "Andrei Rublev," which, he posits, might be a fascinating portal for the west to look into the dark soul of Russia.

Peter's traffic ticket leads Pastor Andrew into a discussion on government overreach, particularly in regard to abortion, and the hypocrisy of conservative cries for less government involvement, except of course when it comes to issues they want the government to reach into.

Episode 83: We Refuse, We Resist: https://soundcloud.com/user-268177934-789175382/episode-82-we-refuse-we-resist?si=67529d72315c402a861717b23bd74870&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Consumerism in everything. "If they pay, give them (tell them) what they want to hear." This corrupted our public discourse and fostered bigotry in churches and bigotry and the big lie in politics.

The latest news about the corrupt Fox News giving their audience lies (which they wanted) rather than truth.

This scenario closely resembles what has been happening in many (mostly evangelical and conservative) churches for decades. Fundamentalist churches, with a significant cross-over in Fox's audience might actually be what laid the groundwork for the incessant need for avoiding the truth.

The incredible musical presentation of Theodore Dubois' "The Last Seven Words of Christ" from music director Gabriel Evans and Rutger's Choir and Chamber Ensemble sparks a conversation of what, if anything, Jesus did say on the cross, and how various versions depicted in different Gospels should be taken separately, rather than all together, which lessens the impact and intentions of each.

Watch "Seven last Words of Christ" https://youtu.be/sPZnzjBYYlg

On this episode, Pastor Andrew returns us to Ugarit, this time to talk about the strange form of divination called teratomancy, which is the procedure of deriving insights into the future from the malformations of newborns. And shows how that documentation of these issues actually shows health in a society.

On this episode, Pastor Andrew poses the question "what kind of religion needs advertisements?" He discusses the 7 million dollar "He Gets Us" Jesus ad, and why we should be careful and questioning, not just with a message, but with who the messenger is.