Religious Syncretism vs Colonialism: WTF Is the Difference?

Get ready for a deep-dive bonus episode straight from the godless underground of Sacrilegious Discourse. We’re talking about religious syncretism—what it is, what it definitely isn’t, and how colonialism tries to cosplay as peaceful cultural blending (spoiler: it's not).

From Gnostic Christianity and Shinto-Buddhism to Haitian Voodoo and even Yahweh’s messy origin story, this episode unpacks how religions morph and merge—when people actually choose it—and how they get stomped on by power-hungry empires.

We also drag Alexander the Great (with love) for creating a spiritual blender of gods, myths, and metaphysics that helped cook up early Christianity. #ThanksAlex

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