Universalism Against the World

This episode takes the form of a quick commentary on my previous episode ("No One Can See My Face and Live") followed by a short asynchronous exchange between Jason and me (selected messages from the Signal voice app). This exchange covers similar ground to our longer discussion, "My Lord and My God." The episode centers around the exclusivity of Christ and the deceptions of the enemy.

This episode covers a lot of the podcast's regular themes--near-death experiences (NDEs), the exclusivity of Christ, and the relationship between the self and God. It is in large measure a commentary on and refinement of the points I made in my previous episode, "Assorted Thoughts on Natural Theology."

Reflections on natural theology as itself a sort of forbidden fruit: Creation from nothing versus pre-existence, and, of course, hell and the hope of universal salvation. Equity Equation by Jason Schweizer: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoNO-yNAKYG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In this episode I try to explain my reasons for considering Catholicism and why I may stop podcasting altogether. Roy Schoeman's witness testimony: https://youtu.be/EWDevlijGUI Luke Thompson on consciousness: https://youtu.be/6B0D3QVYTas Chris Langan on Godel and self-reference: https://ctmucommunity.org/wiki/Common_CTMU_objections_and_replies#Russell.27s_paradox_and_Godel.27s_incompleteness_theorem_prove_that_the_CTMU_is_invalid.

Another chat with Peter L'Esperance. We delve more into my upbringing and Hare Krishna.

A longform exchange between Jason and myself in which we try to understand the necessity and nature of the Incarnation.

1 Corinthians 8:6, NASB: "yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him."

Pageau and Fr. De Young on the God-Man: https://youtu.be/g4XeV3O2gew

My conversation with Jacob: https://youtu.be/bJvy2RSuw_Y

Bible Study with Jacob and Jason:

https://youtu.be/83QwcDDIe-Y

Christopher Langan: hology.org A better formulation of the argument I tried to make around 48:49: P1. Creation has to be joined to God in order to exist at all

P2. Whatever is joined to God is joined to God eternally since God is without change

C1. Creation exists necessarily

P3. There has to be a tzimtzum/withdrawal//kenosis/atonement event

C2. This atonement event has to be within creation

C3. God must incarnate within His creation in order to perform this atonement event, hence the necessity of His incarnation.

Radical Christology/Soteriology (God is Salvation)

Peter L'Esperance moderates a discussion between atheist Christopher Lazarro and myself.

Miscellaneous solo reflections follow.

Link to Peter's new podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7njfWVzH2LUGJPts3eBSUx?si=7RgutIpuTymVzc6gKobD3w&utm_source=copy-link

Link to Peter's album: https://open.spotify.com/album/3IFYOO62N1fQ1uqziACOLm?si=_fIREKoPRUCCk1OPsfou1g&utm_source=copy-link

Link to Nate Hile's conversation with Jordan Daniel Wood: https://youtu.be/f1JNy1uw0ss

Link to random video of Luke Thompson just being awesome: https://youtu.be/6B0D3QVYTas

Christopher Langan's work: hology.org

Christian-universalist-style "apologetics." Big thanks to Peter L'Esperance and Chris Lazarro for setting up the conversation. Link to Peter's new podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7njfWVzH2LUGJPts3eBSUx?si=7RgutIpuTymVzc6gKobD3w&utm_source=copy-link Link to Peter's album: https://open.spotify.com/album/3IFYOO62N1fQ1uqziACOLm?si=_fIREKoPRUCCk1OPsfou1g&utm_source=copy-link Link to Nate Hile's conversation with Jordan Daniel Wood: https://youtu.be/f1JNy1uw0ss Link to random video of Luke Thompson just being awesome: https://youtu.be/6B0D3QVYTas