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18Jan

Ep. 9 – The Psychotic Separation from God

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The Dark Night of the Soul. In the theological canon, this signifies a spiritual crisis in a journey towards union with God. In more secular language, that would be the transformational journey that takes place when you’re suffering. A journey of transformation. A conversion, even. A deep repentance for a path ill chosen. And at

11Jan

Ep. 8 – The Origin of Evil

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

So far in our series, we’ve been looking at the nature of life and God, and how that knowledge has been pushed aside from our daily considerations and from scientific inquiry, obviously. The concretization of the scientific method was an attempt to free the human being from superstition, squalor and medieval cruelty. The cherished ascendance

05Jan

Ep. 7 – The Fall of Man, Updated

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode 7 of our Modern Relevance of God podcast series here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. I was struck in re-listening to our last episode that perhaps some more explanation of the story of man might be necessary. I also realize the challenge today of Biblical references. Religious

28Dec

Ep. 6 – Trouble from the Start

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode 6 of our Modern Relevance of God podcast series here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. You might have noticed in our first few episodes, I’ve been mentioning the importance of the wisdom of the past to our understanding of the present. And especially in our understanding of

21Dec

Ep. 5 – Who Is this God We’re Talking

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode five of our Modern Relevance of God podcast series here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. In our last episode, we looked at some of the scientists responsible for modern science's turn to materialism. Something that sought to make God irrelevant in the creation of life. English biologist,

14Dec

Ep. 4 – Some Scientific Anti-Christs

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I’m Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Episode 4 of our Modern Relevance of God special podcast series on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. In our last episode, we looked at some of the consequences of materializing science, the reverberations of which we are obviously still feeling today. From elevating the bean counters to the

07Dec

Ep. 3 – Science Turns its Back on God

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I’m Richard Lloyd Jones, and welcome back to our continuing series. This is Episode 3 of our special podcast series, The Modern Relevance of God. This episode is the first of 2 parts exploring how science turned its back on God. Well, the dominant scientific view has actually never been tolerant of dissent, and we

30Nov

Ep. 2 – The Fatal Flaw of Inversion

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I’m Richard Lloyd Jones, and welcome to Episode 2 of our special podcast series, The Modern Relevance of God. One of the fundamental problems in doing a series on God is the branding that happens of anyone broaching the subject. “Modern? God? Oh my, how 13th century of you!” Well, religious nutters we are not.

29Nov

Ep. 1 – Why even do this?

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. Welcome to something new on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. A podcast series on what I consider one of the most important subjects in our world today. Spirituality. Finding meaning in this crazy, inverted world today. We could all use some of that, couldn’t we? So I’ve dug back through past

25Jan

Vaccines, Energy and Freedom

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

If you were watching a TV series about the pandemic lockdown we are currently suffering through, you might look at it as a phantasmagorical kind of thing. "Oh, that could never happen," you might think. "It's too much." And, of course, they do magnify and dramatize events for dramatic purposes in those series. Real-life dystopia