What if God isn’t a person, you don’t have free will, and you’re not a separate individual—but a temporary “wave” in a single, unified reality? In this episode, Dave dives into Baruch Spinoza and his radical idea that God is not outside the universe—God is the universe. With a mix of humor and blunt clarity, Dave walks through Spinoza’s most unsettling claims—no cosmic plan, no control, no special status—and shows why, strangely, this might be good news. Along the way, even Albert Einstein makes an appearance, backing the idea that the real miracle isn’t intervention—it’s that the system works at all. The result? A surprisingly calming shift: you may not be in control, but once you understand the system, everything starts to make a lot more sense.