(Recorded live at Edgefield McMenamins) Sarah interviews Thomas Schnaars about his experience of converting to Christianity in his early twenties, becoming a church leader and teacher, and then leaving the religion in his late thirties and stepping into a more expansive spiritual cosmology.
Contact Thomas for personalized in depth astrology readings: ts84@live.de
This episode explores:
- issues with Christian doctrines of hell, sin, separation from God, etc., as well as with some of the abuse inherent in Christian culture and values.
- the wisdom in pulling on threads of doubt and trusting in a higher power (if there is one) to help us follow truth (if there is truth), even and especially when it leads us away from the versions of reality with which we've been indoctrinated by religion.
- celebrating the good things about experiences in Christianity and Christian community, and taking the good things along when we leave.
- experiential love, felt Oneness, and felt eternal safety outside of religious doctrines+conditions.
- the importance of self-trust and intuitive knowing.
- enjoying the awe and wonder in the mystery of existing.
- et cetera...
Intro/outro song:
"The Simians Speak" by Climber, used with permission.
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